Munzy Posted June 8, 2018 Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 Stood in the garden today and Blackbird flew out of a hedge and dropped this little chick at my feet... Twenty minutes later and the same bird flew out of the same hedge and dropped another! Does anyone know what this bird is? I wonder if it’s a cuckoo chick that has been rumbled and dumped? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted June 8, 2018 Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 2 hours ago, Munzy said: Stood in the garden today and Blackbird flew out of a hedge and dropped this little chick at my feet... Twenty minutes later and the same bird flew out of the same hedge and dropped another! Does anyone know what this bird is? I wonder if it’s a cuckoo chick that has been rumbled and dumped? The only way to give an indication would possibly be to compare the size of the outed ones to the nestlings as I think cuckoos are larger and more developed? Where's Kwiss? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted June 8, 2018 Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 3 hours ago, Munzy said: Stood in the garden today and Blackbird flew out of a hedge and dropped this little chick at my feet... Twenty minutes later and the same bird flew out of the same hedge and dropped another! Does anyone know what this bird is? I wonder if it’s a cuckoo chick that has been rumbled and dumped? Were the chicks dead when the blackbird dropped them..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted June 8, 2018 Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 1 hour ago, islandgun said: Were the chicks dead when the blackbird dropped them..? I wondered that, parent bird getting rid of dead chicks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munzy Posted June 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 2 hours ago, islandgun said: Were the chicks dead when the blackbird dropped them..? Interesting idea. The one that landed at my feet was dead, I assume before impact as there was no movement at all from it. The second I can’t be sure as it was dropped past me over a road. I have to say, it seems big if it is a young Blackbird, I would guess it’s almost 2/3rds the size of an adult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted June 8, 2018 Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 Cuckoo normally only lays one egg per nest. I believe they may be dead chicks and she was cleaning out the nest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted June 8, 2018 Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 (edited) A guess would be that the blackbird may have lost its mate and couldnt feed all the young, so the strongest would get the most and the weakest get removed when dead ! Edited June 8, 2018 by islandgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munzy Posted June 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 7 minutes ago, islandgun said: A guess would be that the blackbird may have lost its mate and couldnt feed all the young, so the strongest would get the most and the weakest get removed when dead ! Makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted June 9, 2018 Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 Looking at the chicks head could that be bruising from a peck mark ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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