Blackbird feeding one of his babies
Sorry I have no photo but I just wanted to tell you of a lovely experience I had on Saturday.
I have an Acer tree just a few feet from my window, that I can see when on my Pc. I put feeders, containing fat balls out there for the many different tits that come here to feed. When the robins came they struggled to eat the fat balls so I hung them in a position where they could reach them whilst perching on a branch... and it worked.
On Saturday I saw a daddy blackbird taking food from the fat balls, while his fledgling baby was hopping about on other branches, with its mouth open.
I watched them for about 5 mins and, although the dad couldn't get much out of the feeder, he kept working till his baby was satisfied.
I know they do it all the time, but it was lovely to watch and made me smile.