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Blackbirds squealing, sounding panicked?

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Blackbirds squealing, sounding panicked?

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Postby Clariman » April 25th, 2021, 6:40 pm

We were out in the garden when there was a flurry of activity in a hedge and 2 blackbirds sounded as if they were squealing as they flew to and fro around the hedge. At one point a female flew out of the hedge to very close to us and it almost appeared as if she was wanting us to intervene in something. A male was also there.

Is this behaviour likely to have been the presence of a predator, a territorial dispute or noisy mating ritual? We do get cats around and we sometimes see a sparrowhawk in the tress.

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Re: Blackbirds squealing, sounding panicked?

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Postby PinkDalek » April 25th, 2021, 6:54 pm

I’d have gone for predator.

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Re: Blackbirds squealing, sounding panicked?

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Postby Clariman » April 25th, 2021, 7:34 pm

Actually I can see 2 males in the garden just now who are hopping back and forward to each other. Perhaps a territorial dispute is underway too.

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Re: Blackbirds squealing, sounding panicked?

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Postby macbrains » April 27th, 2021, 11:56 am

A cat nearby, more then likely


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