10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

So, to cut things short, there is sickness all around me, and I have thus decided to have my February post whistle to that tune as well and give an update to the mysterious die-off amongst our Eurasian Blackbirds that occurred around my home turf in Heidelberg last summer – blogged about here. Significantly reduced flight distance.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

But something happened, and it happened many times: Something has been killing our Blackbirds. We interrupt this blog post for an important message: This is the kind of Blackbird I am talking about, the Eurasian thrush that is Turdus merula, and not the American group of iconic Icterids you might have had in mind.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A hen Chaffinch in contemplative mood Robin s can never resist free food Blackbirds have a very sexist name, for only the male is black Needless to say, no Willow Tit came to the food, and most of the other customers were birds that I see daily in my garden: Blackbirds, Chaffinches and the odd Dunnock.

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JULY 21, 2011

But it happened at that moment that a lot of what I was looking at was avian in nature: a few crows, some sparrows, blackbirds, and other run of the mill inner-ring suburb fliers and flitterers. Those mammals consist of the previously mentioned fossorial members of Insectivora, Rodents, and bats.

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Mammals Rodents Birds Reptiles 179

10,000 Birds

MARCH 28, 2018

I do have to admit; I did get this nice image of the Blackbird , which despite being quite common, I have not captured with my camera yet. Zealandia is one of those areas, where an entire valley has been set aside, with a rodent/weasel/opossum proof fence all the way around it.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2020

To be honest, I was in a last-minute bind trying to find something appropriately spooky for Hallowe’en, some bottle along the lines of the wines or beers with creepy ravens or blackbird s we’ve enjoyed on this holiday in years past. Good birding and happy drinking! Companhia das Lezírias ‘Tyto alba’ Vinhas Protegidas Tinto (2013).

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