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Post by WildlifePaul on Apr 12, 2019 12:15:09 GMT
Just managed to get camera over the blackbird nest in our barred wire by the conifer tree, She’s got four eggs, clever of her to build the nest inside the barred wire on the fence, should give her little more protection.
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Post by YorksherLass on Apr 12, 2019 15:51:43 GMT
Great piccies & nice to know what my blackbirds eggs will look like. This morning & yesterday Mrs Blackbird was diving in & out of our ivy like a demon possessed, she must be shattered by the end of the day! No time today to catch up with Bird Boxes thread, so will do that tomorrow.
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Post by matt on Apr 12, 2019 15:55:29 GMT
Awesome Paul! So is that camera now setup to record for the rest of the season over that nest? Assume it is all weatherproof etc? Nice idea.
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Post by WildlifePaul on Apr 12, 2019 16:48:36 GMT
Well its on a V shaped piece of wood above the nest and inside the conifer tree with branches above and around the wood, So should be totally waterproof, Did same thing with the dunnocks a few years ago in the same conifer. I currently have the blackbirds, goldfinches, collared doves and a wood pigeon all nesting in the garden. Sadly impossible to get a camera over the goldfinch nest as its right at top branch of a tree same with the doves and wood pigeon. But blackbirds was perfect to camera up so 1 out of 4 will have to do! Gutted about the goldfinch nest though would of loved to get a camera over that.
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Post by springtime 66 on Apr 13, 2019 16:37:08 GMT
Gosh Paul, you must have a huge garden you have so many camera boxes on the go amazing
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Post by WildlifePaul on Apr 13, 2019 18:28:13 GMT
I wish I did Ann I think alot people do think I do, However I just live on normal street! Gardens are pretty small to peoples gardens I have seen on here. I just have more boxes than I should have that's all and some spare cameras to put over nests around the garden if its possible.
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Post by suep on Apr 14, 2019 20:02:45 GMT
Well done Paul, you are so good at spotting where these nests are and managing to get cameras up without disturbing anyone. I can imagine you camouflaged at night creeping around your garden and looking like some warfare guerrilla Sue
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Post by WildlifePaul on Apr 14, 2019 20:59:30 GMT
Oh sue, You make my life sound more exciting than it actually is! My gardens isn't big so its easy to see from the window what is going on around the full garden, Its just case of seeing them building and then seeing if I can get a camera over it 1 without disturbing the birds / 2 for it be secure enough not to fall and scare the birds. If its not safe or would disturb the birds I wouldn't dream of doing it, I currently have a goldfinch nest, doves nest and woodpigeon these 3 nests aren't able to get cameras over without disturbing the birds so I have left them well alone. Blackbird one was just in the perfect place to camera it up without any troubles.
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Post by elle on Apr 15, 2019 11:25:54 GMT
This is brilliant Paul such a pity about the goldfinch nest, I would love to see what these nests & eggs are like. I have several different finches visiting my garden, however with all the natural environment so close to me, they always choose that! (I’m not complaining though!)
Elle xx
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Post by WildlifePaul on Apr 17, 2019 12:39:00 GMT
Well, The blackbird nest was shortly lived. Turned the camera on this morning to find an empty nest, All 4 eggs taken. My guess is the usual magpie attack that probably took my song thrush nest out last year. Magpies are nesting 2 gardens down in the big tree so doesn't take much to figure out what happened. Empty nest picture here was good while it lasted
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Post by elle on Apr 17, 2019 20:35:15 GMT
Oh Paul this is such a shame, Blackbirds seem to have a really tough time of being able to get eggs to survive without being snatched, let alone get them to the chicks stage!! My brother has a blackbird which nests regularly in his bay tree, and many times the eggs get stolen, he’s often seen running up the garden scarring magpies away, but once they know there is a nest, then it’s game over!! They never forget!! But unfortunately she repeatedly lays time after time, even on occasions when chicks have fledged, they often get picked off by the magpies and other birds. They must be in fast decline, surely!? They must be one of the worst survival rates where garden birds are concerned, what’s your thoughts Paul? Elle xx
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Post by hfriel on Apr 17, 2019 20:41:31 GMT
Aw that’s so sad Elle, `I always have that problem in my garden. I hate to hear the screeching sounds of the Blackbirds when the magpies are attacking.
Unfortunately Magpies have no predators. Despite all this though, we still have loads of them, but very few Thrushes now.
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Post by WildlifePaul on Apr 17, 2019 20:52:29 GMT
Yes Elle, It seems like blackbirds nest very easy target for the magpies, I have had blackbirds nesting in garden on and off over the years and I can only remember 1 time we got to chicks fledging due to the magpies. Its a shame but nothing we can do really
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Post by YorksherLass on Apr 18, 2019 8:58:16 GMT
Oh heck Paul, what a shame about your blackbirds eggs & thanks to others too who told me that it's very hard for them to keep their eggs - I didn't know that. I'm going out gardening again today, but I'll ask my husband to have a look in our ivy on the Big Shed, (I can't do it) as I haven't seen our female blackbird diving into it for two days now, nor her mate hanging round it either. Probably the same thing has happened here too & all it takes is two magpies to do it, as these two are the only ones we get, (one of them has a droopy wing.)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2019 9:56:42 GMT
Just realised I've missed the posts on nests. Sorry to read about your Blackbird Paul.....so frustrating!!! We too have only had one successful fledge from 6 attempts. This year our local Blackbirds do have fledglings as we have seen both parents collecting worms this last 10 days. They have nested in our neighbours deep and thick Leylandii hedge which they enter from the bottom. It is so thick I reckon the Magpies could not get through to the nest. The fledglings will have left by now and buried themselves deeper in this hedge.
We had Goldfinches in the climber outside the front of our house several years ago. First clutch succeeded but the nest two nests in following years were raided by Magpies.
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