But you don't now though?

It's fairly logical that bird numbers would go up if one of their principle predators was removed from the environment.

 

Just to qualify this story, the house is five years old, the trees are starting to rule the landscape...
We had nothing alive in these gardens for some three years. But Last year we had, a heron ( bast'd ate my smaller Koi and carp ), robins and blue ****.

This year we've added magpies, jays, blacbirds and some large thrushes, "she" thought they were woodpeckers

And now young 'uns... one is now asleep in it's box in the kitchen, dog seems bemused by it all !

dunx

P.S. Cats aren't welcome here

 

I know as much as you do mate. That said, I agree with what you say that bird numbers would increase if one of their principle predators was removed. You've not however proved that domestic cats are the culprit. Indeed, your source suggests that farmers using intensive farming techniques are the key culprit.

I reckon the cats are off the hook (for now)

 

Anyway, forget cats, let us know how the little one gets on.

 

Top work Dunx

Fingers crossed for a happy ending, and a happy ending for the Thrush not the Moggy

Right all we need now is a name for the little'n

Dunx is it a 'he' or a 'she'

Rob

 

Responsible cat owners like myself put a bell on the collar, means they have less chance of getting the birds

We even have endangered bullfinches (both male and female) visit our garden despite having 3 cats.

Itchy

 

Yes, it just couldnt fly, not good having budgies at the same time though coming home to find their water bath on the floor and only one of two budgies and one happy magpie sitting on top of the cage though luckily the other budgie had fallen down the back of a large wall unit and into a draw
Use to sort of squark/talk and could be a right cheeky thing given the chance!

Tony

 

In fact, nature is counter-intuitive. Often, if fewer adults survive the summer months into the winter, there is far less competition for meagre food resources and there is no mass starvation with its resultant population crash. There is often a population explosion in the following spring.

 

Eat it...light snack but free food...........sweet, free food...DUNX 1 - VAT 0. Home win, free food!....do it!

 

Only you could come up with that

 

Good job that worked for the Dodo.

 

If we were to shoot all the magpies and crows, then the numbers of other birds would rocket.

Magpies are really evil creatures as they search out other birds nests and eat either the eggs, or the chicks.

 

No name needed... gone !

Got up just as dawn broke, tipped box onto shed roof.

Left some bread/milk/meal-worm, and waited.

A short while later a parent appeared and off they went.

dunx

P.S. It must be a male, it just sat on the fence all day waiting to be fed

P.P.S. It will be the Magpies that are the next problem.

 

Bloody humans... it isn't MY thrush ,

I am merely the temporary occupant of this space, and when I die nature will continue it's fight to control our numbers...

dunx

 

Mrs Leslie says chopped up worms or grubs and maggotts fed with a pair of tweezers.

The cat would follow its inbred instincts and kill it if it gets the chance.

We would certainly follow yoiur example and try to save it.

les

 

Touché mon Liege.

 

Great stuff! A happy ending all round. Glad you helped it out now

 

The RSPB don't agree with you.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/advice/garden...ddeclines.aspx

Whilst cats do kill many birds, the evidence seems to suggest they kill the weak/ill/old birds, and this makes little or no difference to the overall bird population, in fact it may help as only strong and healthy birds survive to breed.

Well done to the OP for helping out, experience has taught me to leave nature to take it's course, as I've yet to have any success rescuing injured birds. Still that didn't stop me driving 150 miles, to take a House martin chick that had fallen out of the nest, to a bird sanctuary.

 

It didn't need help, except in avoiding being eaten by one of the local cats...

LoL

dunx

P.S. Came back to the same spot on the fence today, but is at least flying around a bit.

 

I had one of our pairs of blue **** having a bath together in the bird bath. They were having a whale of a time!

 

This thread ought to be called "Rescued a baby thrush, what do I feed it to?"

 

Tell that to all the bloody seagulls around here, I've seen a seagull give a ginger moggie a good pasting.

 

Perhaps it was keen on another night's accommodation chez dunx

 

I'm not known for my accommodating attitude...

 

Very manly!

Les

 

Apply the same to the human race and what have you got?

 

A benefit society ?

 

Les