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Old 03-08-2007, 01:09 PM
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Re: Male Blackbirds - Strange Behaviour

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Originally Posted by felino View Post
I live in Brittany, a region with a similar climate to most of the UK, and I'm puzzled and
concerned about the curious behaviour of blackbirds, and indeed most other birds, in that they seem to have disappeared altogether from our locality this past month or so! No dawn chorus, no hordes of small birds fluttering to and fro from the virginia creeper on the house to the trees and hedges. Total silence. Ideas anyone?
Probably just a seasonal thing, they're busy feeding youngsters on an abundance of natural food, so no need to defend terrtories like in the spring, so no dawn chorus; or... if you live in France, is it the hunting season yet?
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