When I lived in Geelong (Victoria) there were lots of Blackbirds. I had a
small garden which had 4 nesting pairs which hatched young every year
(sometimes more than once - I didn't keep track). They often built nests in
extremely dopey places - for example in a vine on a fence where my cat could
see into it on her daily parade around the top of the fence. Yes I had a cat
which did catch Blackbirds over the 10+ years we lived there - one adult
male and a couple of babies just out of the nest. The dead babies I found
had mostly killed themselves in stupid or tragic ways - like trying to walk
out under the front gate, getting stuck, and dying there. I did not find the
cat was a Blackbird deterrent, I just swept up the mulch now and again.
Liz Kerr kept the Blackbirds off some of her garden beds with a kind of
plastic netting which I assume she bought at a garden shop. It was dark
green so was not offensively visible. It was no good on beds she wanted to
plant things in or work in frequently (she had many bulbs) but OK on beds
that had shrubs surrounded by lots of thick mulch.
Margaret Cameron
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