I have felt such a responsibility towards them as it is 100% our fault that they are so open to predators! I have been providing them with lots of food , so the parents don't have to go too far away from the nest.
Even so , the babies must be drawing attention to themselves as I have had to chase a cat and a big crow, away from the nest!
Murray sneaked a photo on Thursday, they had little fluffy mohawks!
So cute!
Daddy black bird was not impressed! He gave Murray a warning swoop! Just clearing the top of Murray's head!
We have done a little research and it seems that blackbirds are exceptionally caring parents. They wont abandon their nests, when it is time for the babies to leave the nest, they stay on in the tree with Daddy there for protection while Mummy goes to set up the nest for the next lot if eggs. They wont force the babies to move on and allow them to do so in their own time. So sweet.
We also found out that the babies will take up to 14 days to reach the stage where they will leave the nest, but can do so as early as 9 days if they feel they are in danger.
So with this in mind we sneaked close for one more peek. It may be our last as it is 7 days since we discovered them.
And yesterday we found this through the branches!
wow!! Don't they grow fast?? you can see their eyes and beaks!!
I wish them well out there in the big bad world, I hope they will stay close by and we will do all we can to help them.
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13 comments:
I've been thinking about them all week! It's really interesting knowing more information about them, thankyou! - blackbirds are my favourite garden birds!! And those little babies are just soo cute!!! I bet you'll all feel really sad when you peek in soon to find an empty nest!! Xxxx
How beautiful! I'm happy to hear they are doing well, and thanks for sharing your story especially keeping predators away. Sounds like you might be able to relief yourself from guard duty soon!
I'm so glad they're doing well. I'm surprised at how quickly they develop! Your sense of responsibility for them is sweet.
YEAH! So glad the birds are ding well. WE have a nest with eggs that just hatched too and I'm keeping my fingers crossed they grow as fast as yours so they can more along from our porch.
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YAY Im so glad you did an update! they are sooo cute:)
They are doing so well.
Thanks for carrying on with the story.
Thank you for the visit.
Have a good week Lee Ann. xxx
Surviving and thriving! That is what I LOVE to hear! : )
So cool! We had some baby birds in a tree outside our house - it was so neat to watch the eggs hatch and the birds get bigger!
How great!! You are so lucky to get some pics of them!
Glad to hear they are okay!
Oh, I'm so happy to hear that they are doing well. It will be sad when they leave.
Theyäre so cute! and soon adults - like human babies... :)
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I came over from SIMC so I have not been following your nest watching.
Watching life develop can be amazing but I don't understand your 100% responsibility feeling.
Most probably have their favorite animals. I do. I don't know what makes us pick favorites.
You mentioned predators, well their babies need to eat too. These birds probably eat worms and bugs so they are predators too.
The food chain thing does work and we often like to favor the underdogs but we shouldn't forget there is food chain.
so cool!! wish I could catch that!
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