Blackbirds - bloody fight for territory
April 16 2013
Dear reader,
Often I watched in spring time fights for territory by Blackbirds in my garden, but …
… never such a ….
… long, resolute and unfortunately …
… also bloody fight like today:
Despite I tried to interrupt and chased both, their hateress was that heavy, that they …
…. again and again looked for the rival:
Besides themselves in rage they even …
… fell on the floor, where …
… the pecks against each other …
… continued without mercy:
Not only the beaks but also the claws were used again and again:
Who already, at this point, assumed the worst and believes, that this fierce fight for territory would end fatally wounded, is thank God, wrong. Both finally flew off after a while and … began foraging..
I read in the internet, that a Blackbird needs a territory of 2.000 qm. So I am not surprised, that there are such scenes in my garden, because this year I see notably many mal Blackbirds. Many more than in years before. And that is definitely the reason for such bad fights.
Best regards
Birgit Kremer