Post by monkeyrepublic on May 27, 2015 8:47:45 GMT
Dear folks,
My wife has written a story within which she had a starling dancing on a branch and issuing an alarm call as she walks by in a woods in July.
I suggested that a blackbird might be a better bet for this fictional encounter.
Yet I can't quite let it go without checking that this behaviour fits. Late nesting, or 2nd clutch fits, right? And the male would be doing this defensive 'display'? Or would he be chick-chick-ing from the safety of the undergrowth?
Song thrush might be more poetic. But surely they're less bolshy?
Mistle thrush possibly?
Thanks in advance for your expertise.
Jacob
My wife has written a story within which she had a starling dancing on a branch and issuing an alarm call as she walks by in a woods in July.
I suggested that a blackbird might be a better bet for this fictional encounter.
Yet I can't quite let it go without checking that this behaviour fits. Late nesting, or 2nd clutch fits, right? And the male would be doing this defensive 'display'? Or would he be chick-chick-ing from the safety of the undergrowth?
Song thrush might be more poetic. But surely they're less bolshy?
Mistle thrush possibly?
Thanks in advance for your expertise.
Jacob
