{"id":22578,"date":"2016-08-11T11:30:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T04:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/blackbird-fledging-in-a-crushed-creche-bleats-and-beats-the-odds\/"},"modified":"2016-08-11T11:36:45","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T04:36:45","slug":"blackbird-fledging-in-a-crushed-creche-bleats-and-beats-the-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/blackbird-fledging-in-a-crushed-creche-bleats-and-beats-the-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackbird fledging in a crushed cr\u00e8che bleats and beats the odds"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSandy, Bedfordshire The nest overflowed, the first baby spilled out. Did it fall or was it pushed? Its helpless fellows parachuted down at dawnAll through the sudden downpour the last survivor of the last brood of summer looked out from the dry recesses of a rosemary bush. The baby blackbird wore a pitiable frown, the downturned corners of its mouth enough to draw out all my paternal instincts. It rocked forward, raising little triangular appendages on its back that could barely pass for wings. Devoid of tail feathers, its rear end looked as if it had been involved in a shunt.Only two days before, this spotty blackbird, still flecked with down, had been crammed against its siblings in the nest, patchily feathered, eyes newly open. Its single parent was returning with a beakful of food every three or four minutes, hour after hour. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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