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Do blackbirds just disappear after breeding

Hi there

I was wondering if anyone had any experience of blackbirds nesting and then just completely disappearing after the littl'uns have fledged? The dad disappeared straight after they went, the mum a week later and I have not seen the youngsters in over a week Icon_sad I really hope the cats have not got the Icon_sad I vaguely remember last year a male who yodelled and one day around this time he just stopped yodelling.

14-08-2007 09:38 PM
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RE: Do blackbirds just disappear after breeding

I believe that blackbird chicks can survive on their own after a relatively short time, usually about two weeks but can be less if they have to. They breed more than once in a season so the parents may have left to setup another nest.

15-08-2007 09:33 AM
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My boyfriend spotted what he thought was the female one early this morning. I do hope they are all ok.

15-08-2007 09:24 PM
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Still have not seen any since Icon_sad

20-08-2007 08:41 PM
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I hope they're ok, I'm sure they are doing well. As Xeract said they sometimes don't stick around long at all so it is normal for them to move on quickly.

21-08-2007 07:50 AM
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Have you seen them at all rowena? I would be very interested to hear if they come back, although I would expect them to have moved on for good.

05-09-2007 01:52 PM
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I saw a baby about two weeks ago but other than that no sightings. Th same faily apparently made a nest in my neighbours hedge but he thinks they were scared off by the pigeons?? And thats why they nested in out hedge.

Will let you all know of anyother updates...

05-09-2007 09:54 PM
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That's good news that you saw a baby. I would be surprised if the pidegons worried the blackbirds, but I don't know if they could for sure.

11-09-2007 06:06 PM
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I would not of thought so either. Their next nest choice, although brilliant for me was not really that good a choice, right next to our house, but they still fed the babies throughout my birthday bbq!

12-09-2007 02:35 PM
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