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Robin carnage

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  • 25-03-2016 5:56pm
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    Joshua J
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    So the mother feeds Robins, buys them mealworms and all sorts. Been doing it years spent fortunes raising broods for them. So she was delighted when a new couple had their first lay two weeks ago. Hatched few days ago 3 chicks. She gets up this morning and the chicks are all dead scattered about the garden, not eaten. She thinks another male Robins come in and emptied the nest. Is this common among Robins?.


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    cd07
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    Not sure whether other males would do this although very territorial. Magpie perhaps?


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    savagethegoat
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    surely a MAgpie would have eaten them


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    Joshua J
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    Yeah dunno she said there were peck marks on the chicks. Tis a mystery who dunnit.


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    Hotei
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    Where was the nest sited? Was it low enough for a cat to get at it perhaps?


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    New Home
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    Could a cuckoo have done that, or is it the wrong season for them?


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    OpenYourEyes
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    New Home wrote: »
    Could a cuckoo have done that, or is it the wrong season for them?

    They havnt arrived yet!


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    Joshua J
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    She's positive that another male came along and swept the mother off her feet and took her away cause there was only one Robin left and she reckons it's the original male. I've no heart to tell her she's more than likely dead by whatever killed the chicks. He has since got himself another partner so all good. They're building as we speak.


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    Interslice
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    Joshua J wrote: »
    She's positive that another male came along and swept the mother off her feet and took her away cause there was only one Robin left and she reckons it's the original male. I've no heart to tell her she's more than likely dead by whatever killed the chicks. He has since got himself another partner so all good. They're building as we speak.


    Maybe the new female is at fault for the carnage. Previous female KIA :(.


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