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| Topic Started: Apr 27 2013, 06:54 PM (13,046 Views) | |
| HelenA | Apr 27 2013, 06:54 PM Post #1 |
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Has anyone seen or heard anything yet of young fledglings or nestlings. I have. I heard the clear sound of a baby blue tit/great tit. And it was in a laurel tree next door. I rushed to the end of the garden but couldn't see it. Where are the cats I thought. Is my cat indoors or out! Anyway I haven't heard it since. Perhaps it was the first out. Baby blue tits seem to be the first don't they? And have survived this cold weather! Just wondered if any one else has seen or heard anything. Exciting when that happens. I know the blackbird and robin are nesting because of the flying to and fro of feeding. haven't any interesting photos yet but hope to soon.
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| Night Owl | Apr 27 2013, 11:49 PM Post #2 |
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No sign of any fledglings here yet, the Blackbirds are still collecting nesting material
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| feedyourhedgehog | Apr 27 2013, 11:52 PM Post #3 |
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Nothing here Helen although I did have a broken egg in the garden last week and like Julie I still have Starlings collecting nesting materials ![]() Not sure whose egg it was though ![]() |
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| Birdwatchandy | Apr 28 2013, 08:05 AM Post #4 |
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Nothing here yet but I am hopeful of some Great Tits Fledging from the Nest Box. House Sparrows are still collecting Material here |
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| Tabatha | Apr 28 2013, 12:17 PM Post #5 |
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No sign of anything here at the moment. I have no idea what your egg would have belonged to Happy Hare. I suppose a magpie or crow got at it. |
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| Davebutterflyman | Apr 28 2013, 02:28 PM Post #6 |
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I'm trying to work out if there is a hint of mottling on both those pale blue eggs Happyhare and Paula. Blackbirds lay pale blue eggs, sometimes with heavy brown mottling and sometimes they can be almost devoid of any markings. What sort of size would you say the shells were? |
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| celticsparrow-Jan | Apr 28 2013, 03:26 PM Post #7 |
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No sign of fledglings here either. I was going to say blackbird for the egg shells too
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| feedyourhedgehog | Apr 28 2013, 03:57 PM Post #8 |
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I thought they were Blackbirds too, mine had hardly any markings on at all just a a couple of pale brown speckles and about the same size as Happyhares
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| Davebutterflyman | Apr 28 2013, 04:13 PM Post #9 |
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That would seem to confirm them as Blackbird eggs
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| feedyourhedgehog | May 15 2013, 08:51 AM Post #10 |
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I don't think we have a thread for this but I thought it would be nice if we could put all our fledglings on here for all to see ![]() Only the one from me at the moment from down the bottom of the garden |
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| Dovetail-Marg | May 15 2013, 11:30 AM Post #11 |
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A lovely capture Paula. ![]() I haven't seen any fledglings yet, plenty of different birds taking food away first thing in the morning though, so I wait in anticipation.
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| happyhare | May 15 2013, 12:03 PM Post #12 |
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aww! Lovely Paula. I haven't seen any yet but by the amount of cheeping going on in the nests around here it won't be long!
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| Niggit | May 15 2013, 02:21 PM Post #13 |
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Lovely thread! I think we've had a fledgling robin in the garden - we had two adults at the feeder and one that had no discernible tail (it looked like a brown and red golf ball!), and they were all tolerating each other quite happily, so we imagine it was a family. |
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| Tabatha | May 15 2013, 07:20 PM Post #14 |
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Paula. I haven't seen any yet.
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| celticsparrow-Jan | May 15 2013, 09:26 PM Post #15 |
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A very good idea for a thread Paula A lovely photo to start off with Paula
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| boger | May 16 2013, 11:37 AM Post #16 |
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Unfortunately they soon bring the raptors around. But they do look nice. |
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| Davebutterflyman | May 16 2013, 09:02 PM Post #17 |
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Great idea for a thread and an excellent capture to start it off with Paula. Good to see you posting Boger. |
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| Night Owl | May 17 2013, 05:23 PM Post #18 |
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A great idea for a thread Paula and a gorgeous photo to start it off with
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| feedyourhedgehog | May 22 2013, 01:59 PM Post #19 |
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A new addition to the family today .....still at the bottom of the garden ....I wish they'd come up to the window and pose Robin |
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| birdcake | May 22 2013, 05:26 PM Post #20 |
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Don't know if it's too late too respond to this now, being late into May, but my friendly robin has been showing up with a fledgling for the last couple of weeks. At first, he was gathering suet pellets from me and flying off with them in his beak, only to return a minute or two later to do the same again, but now a fledgling has started showing up with him quite a lot. It's breast is still yellow and black flecked, not red yet. |
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Where are the cats I thought. Is my cat indoors or out! Anyway I haven't heard it since. Perhaps it was the first out. Baby blue tits seem to be the first don't they? And have survived this cold weather! Just wondered if any one else has seen or heard anything. Exciting when that happens. I know the blackbird and robin are nesting because of the flying to and fro of feeding.
haven't any interesting photos yet but hope to soon.











I thought they were Blackbirds too, mine had hardly any markings on at all just a a couple of pale brown speckles and about the same size as Happyhares
aww! Lovely Paula. I haven't seen any yet but by the amount of cheeping going on in the nests around here it won't be long!
Paula. I haven't seen any yet.
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