Garden Visitor - Blackbird (Male) by phil_sandford

Garden Visitor - Blackbird (Male)

A cold, damp, misty and foul day here in the Shire. Haven't ventured far today, in fact no further than the conservatory to get this shot.

We have two nesting pairs of blackbirds in our garden; it can get quite feisty as they are as territorial as Robins when they want to be.

As a ground feeder, and 'soft bill' they are also something of a bully when it comes to chasing the other birds, such as the Robin, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Wren etc, away from spilled seed.

One of the most common birds in the UK, it is a member of the True Thrush family

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_blackbird
Lovely capture
January 7th, 2017  
Good focus
January 7th, 2017  
beautiful.. love his eyes
January 7th, 2017  
Lovely capture.
January 7th, 2017  
A lovely capture
January 7th, 2017  
Well caught showing a bold confident male. They seem to return each year at about this time to stake a claim to favourite nesting sites.
January 7th, 2017  
A lovely capture !
January 7th, 2017  
Great shot
January 7th, 2017  
super shot, look at that eye!
January 8th, 2017  
Everytime you say the shire I think of Frodo and his friends 😊 A lovely capture 😊
January 8th, 2017  
@ziggy77 @padlock @brennieb @susiemc @dawnee @boatman137 @beryl @elisasaeter @lynnz Many thanks for your views and comments. Begining to run out of birds in the garden to photograph, so you will hopefully begin to see other threads :-)
@paul10 Thanks mate. Must admit to thinking that myself when I write "the shire" and not "Lincolnshire" :-) :-)
January 8th, 2017  
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