Watching the Robins from the window,I was shocked by the treatment of 2 adult Robins attacking a juvenile,proberbly thier own. The youngster was begging for food ,when one of the adults attacked it,knocking it over and pecking at it until it flew away. Why should they do this ?.
They need to clear one lot out before the second lot arrive,They are probably sitting on thier second lot of eggs now,and having youg birds around attracts preditors,like Magpies,who will then predate the new batch of eggs. You see this in most birds at some point,some only a few weeks after leaving the nest.i.e kingfishers chase thier young off thier terratories only a few days after leaving the nest,its to do with the young getting used to looking after themselves,rather than being dependent on thier parents Its just happened to me ,we have finally pushed our daughter out of the nest after 30 yearsand into her own flat
Oscar Coutts said
Tue Jun 8 9:06 AM, 2010
Watching the Robins from the window,I was shocked by the treatment of 2 adult Robins attacking a juvenile,proberbly thier own.
The youngster was begging for food ,when one of the adults attacked it,knocking it over and pecking at it until it flew away.
Why should they do this ?.
They need to clear one lot out before the second lot arrive,They are probably sitting on thier second lot of eggs now,and having youg birds around attracts preditors,like Magpies,who will then predate the new batch of eggs.
You see this in most birds at some point,some only a few weeks after leaving the nest.i.e kingfishers chase thier young off thier terratories only a few days after leaving the nest,its to do with the young getting used to looking after themselves,rather than being dependent on thier parents
Its just happened to me ,we have finally pushed our daughter out of the nest after 30 years