Very Strange Bird Behaviour

yaaaboy

So apparently today thousands of thrushes got together in cork and emigrated, both are things they never do? Also i noticed that i have been seeing way more thrushes than usual where im from lately and they have been actind weird too - flying at my car etc...

Anyone have any insight on this?

edit* their rock thrushes apparently they do that

kevrr

Well I'm not sure but it probably has something to do with all the freezing weather that's causing a severe lack food for most types of bird.

A lot of them seem to be acting really clumsy at the moment, doing things like flying out in front of cars or not keeping their distance from potential predators (like humans) etc... Unfortunately this is probably because they're starving and have low energy levels.

That's strange about the thrushes in Cork though, out of curiosity where did you hear that from? Guess it makes sense if your a thrush to get out here!

Kess73

Might explain why I am seeing far bigger numbers of Thrush, Blackbirds, redwings, and Fieldfare than I have ever seen in the Limerick area.

I had mentioned it in another thread here about the extra redwing and fieldfare this year, and my blackbird and thrush numbers are way up.

I literally have 20+ blackbird in my garden all day long and because I feed them prety much all day now, they ain't moving.


My redpoll population is quite large this winter also, as well as all the regular species I get.

tomahawk101

Did you mean "they are" rock thrushes?
There are no rock thrushes in Ireland, they are redwings and fieldfares. song thrushes, mistle thrushes and blackbirds also overwinter in Ireland moving down in front of the bad weather from Scandinavia. As the bad weather is covering our country they need to fly further south, hence they are leaving from our south coast for France.
Tom

Alun

There's loads of redwings around our estate at the moment, and they do indeed, seem rather dopey, keeping very close to the ground, and seem very tame. We had to shoo a couple out of our conservatory today (we keep the outside door just ajar to let the cats come in when they're outside).

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

As Rock Thrush winter in NE Africa, then it would be strange behaviour!

Thrushes do certainly move about in large numbers in Winter (Redwings, Fieldfares and even Song and Mistle Thrushes). The cold Easterly airflow has forced them West.
That low flying habit in flocks in common in Redwings in daylight.