My normally peaceful tranquil garden seems to be turning into a fight arena over the last few days. There's the little grey squirrels who run along the boarder fence or leap through the trees to seek out the bird food being attacked harried and hassled a magpie. If they stop and shake their bushy tails at their persecuters they risk a sharp peck of the nether regions. I think the magpies may be nesting in next doors trees.
Mr Blackbird who normally tolerates any bird coming to feed or bath in the stream has turned the garden into a no go area for any bird larger than himself. He gets extremely aggressive and fights off any bird that doesn't respond to his warning tweets. It's actually quite funny to watch.
Mrs Blackbird sits placidly on her clutch of speckled blue eggs in her nest tucked in the gazebo coming out occasionally to feed then darting back well guarded by Mr Blackbird.
Even the heron who tries to catch my pond fish has been the target of severe aggression. Not by Mr Blackbird though but by a clutch of big black crows who are not going to tolerate him in their air space. Yesterday the fight got serious when the heron was chased off the roof screaming alarmingly instead of his usual raucous cackle. This morning he managed to fly down into the garden before the crows spotted him and honed in at him. No fish dinner today then! Thank goodness.
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