24 April 2001
Clondalkin Ireland
We have a great many birds in our small back garden right through the year. To a large extent they are the same birds all the time. The sparrow is of course the most numerous, and they live all the year round in the roof of the house. They number about 20 at the best of times and will feed from the hanging peanut feeder or from the ground. Most of the other birds seem to appear in pairs or singly. Wrens, Robins, Thrushes, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Chaffinches, Magpies, Pigeons, Collared Doves, Crows and of course the Blackbirds all co-exist without any apparent trouble. I guess they know how to gauge and respect each other's sense of space.We seem to have two pairs of Blackbirds. One of the males has a few very distinctive musical phrases in his song which makes him immediately identifiable. Our Carport which is only half roofed is now the site of the nest which the Female of this pair has built on one of the shelves. Last week it had one egg in it. Now it has four and she spends most of the day sitting on these eggs. Across the way on the other side of the carport, about 8 feet away, a robin has built a nest on another shelf and she is also sitting. I have not been able to determine yet the egg situation with the robin as I have been unable to see both birds off the nests at the same time. However I hope to remedy this soon.
We have a great many birds in our small back garden right through the year. To a large extent they are the same birds all the time. The sparrow is of course the most numerous, and they live all the year round in the roof of the house. They number about 20 at the best of times and will feed from the hanging peanut feeder or from the ground. Most of the other birds seem to appear in pairs or singly. Wrens, Robins, Thrushes, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Chaffinches, Magpies, Pigeons, Collared Doves, Crows and of course the Blackbirds all co-exist without any apparent trouble. I guess they know how to gauge and respect each other's sense of space.We seem to have two pairs of Blackbirds. One of the males has a few very distinctive musical phrases in his song which makes him immediately identifiable. Our Carport which is only half roofed is now the site of the nest which the Female of this pair has built on one of the shelves. Last week it had one egg in it. Now it has four and she spends most of the day sitting on these eggs. Across the way on the other side of the carport, about 8 feet away, a robin has built a nest on another shelf and she is also sitting. I have not been able to determine yet the egg situation with the robin as I have been unable to see both birds off the nests at the same time. However I hope to remedy this soon.
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