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Originally Posted by Steve_In_Cheshire  I`m fairly certain ive just seen 2 blackbird chicks in the garden with a male parent, they were the normal chick colour of dark brown with speckles on the front. The male left them in the top corner of the garden and then he popped into next doors where i watched him foraging for food.
Is it normal for blackbirds to have chicks this late in the year ? |
As Picidae said, it could be first winter birds albeit that they may have come from a very late brood. The mild conditions seem a distant memory now but we did have quite a late running summer this year in relative terms. We probably cannot tell but I wonder if they are recently arrived continental birds and the family unit has stayed together because the youngsters were not fully independent when they had to depart. I have never heard of this type of behaviour being recorded before but I imagine it is possible.