Yer man Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 Any ideas what this is? Saved from a cat by a neighbour, my bird book has let me down. Obviously a nestling,just fledged. About the size of a juvenile jackdaw or blackbird. Not so obvious from the photo is that the eyes have bright yellow rings around them. Beak is corvid like and bright yellow/orange. Nearest I can think is a chough but wrong colour beak and a bit small? Queue up and make me look uneducated! 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow white Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 Looks like young male black bird that been attacked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yer man Posted June 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 Thought juvenile blackbirds were brown and flecked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 (edited) Its an adult Blackbird. It's in shock, it may recover if you can put it somewhere out of reach of the cat. Edited June 19, 2020 by old'un Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 Male blackbird 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 The Blackbird is one of Britain’s most common garden birds, think you need a better bird book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 2 hours ago, old'un said: The Blackbird is one of Britain’s most common garden birds, think you need a better bird book. The sort of bird book that only has a Page 3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 2 hours ago, old'un said: The Blackbird is one of Britain’s most common garden birds, think you need a better bird book. Even the wife got that one, she thought I was trying to trick her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokersmith Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 The ‘Tipping Point’ of bird ID’s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misser Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 Was that a spot of blood on the leaf just below the end of the right wingtip....poor ****** looks knackered, cats are natural born killers and result I the loss of a lot of garden birds... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 5 hours ago, Yer man said: Any ideas what this is? Saved from a cat by a neighbour, my bird book has let me down. Obviously a nestling,just fledged. About the size of a juvenile jackdaw or blackbird. Not so obvious from the photo is that the eyes have bright yellow rings around them. Beak is corvid like and bright yellow/orange. Nearest I can think is a chough but wrong colour beak and a bit small? Queue up and make me look uneducated! 😄 Can’t see that blackbird being alive now. Poor thing. My garden is a sanctuary for songbirds, the dogs and my boys make sure of that.... no predators welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yer man Posted June 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 I shall retire suitably crushed! In my (weak) defence, this bird's wing feathers are still not fully emerged from their sheaths, so I assumed a fledgling and its beak is much heavier than any blackbird I have seen, so on both counts I discounted a blackbird itself. But still alive and recuperating in my aviary. Won't take food from me yet or from the ground, though it is able to move around if it has to. Time will tell.... Had success with this Jackdaw, dropped by a crow, who is now whizzing around quite happily with all the others in the field Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Yer man said: I shall retire suitably crushed! In my (weak) defence, this bird's wing feathers are still not fully emerged from their sheaths, so I assumed a fledgling and its beak is much heavier than any blackbird I have seen, so on both counts I discounted a blackbird itself. But still alive and recuperating in my aviary. Won't take food from me yet or from the ground, though it is able to move around if it has to. Time will tell.... Had success with this Jackdaw, dropped by a crow, who is now whizzing around quite happily with all the others in the field The blackbird is probably moulting which could have thrown you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve s×s Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 18 hours ago, Yer man said: Thought juvenile blackbirds were brown and flecked? This one is certainly Flecked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yer man Posted June 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 9 minutes ago, Mice! said: The blackbird is probably moulting which could have thrown you. Now you're just being kind! 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 1 minute ago, Yer man said: Now you're just being kind! 😄 Little bit😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 Too early for moult, Blackbirds only moult once a year around August, the bird looks like that because its been mauled by a cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve s×s Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Mice! said: Edited June 20, 2020 by steve s×s Alsimers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurchers Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 10 hours ago, Yer man said: I shall retire suitably crushed! In my (weak) defence, this bird's wing feathers are still not fully emerged from their sheaths, so I assumed a fledgling and its beak is much heavier than any blackbird I have seen, so on both counts I discounted a blackbird itself. But still alive and recuperating in my aviary. Won't take food from me yet or from the ground, though it is able to move around if it has to. Time will tell.... Had success with this Jackdaw, dropped by a crow, who is now whizzing around quite happily with all the others in the field Young jackdaws are funny at this time of year they either survive or die mate hope you pull it through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted June 20, 2020 Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, lurchers said: Young jackdaws are funny at this time of year they either survive or die mate hope you pull it through Er...isn't that true of everything? Existence is usually pretty binary... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurchers Posted June 21, 2020 Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 9 hours ago, chrisjpainter said: Er...isn't that true of everything? Existence is usually pretty binary... Err yeh but look at the state that young jackdaw is in,like I say it will pull through or die as it’s at the stage it will take food from you or not.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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