mathnerd Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 There are a couple of chickadees nesting in the ivy on my fence. There are 2 small chicks that have hatched in the past week. When the parents are away foraging for food, a slightly bigger bird (a mockingbird?) flies into the nest and starts aggressively attacking the chicks. I happened to be around twice and heard the loud commotion that the chicks were making and was able to shoo the predator away and it dropped a small bird on the ground and fled. I gathered it up and put it back in the nest and it seems to be doing fine. It looked like the mockingbird was either trying to eat the hatchlings or to take over the nest, I am not sure which. These attacks are happening once a day and it is distressing to watch. Anything that I can do to help the chickadees? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Idk. I sawthis happen to robins with eggs in their nest earlier this spring. A crow was the attacker.☹️ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 I think that shooing the atracker away is the only thing you can do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Nature is harsh. 😞 You are doing a kind thing. Could you somehow bend more ivy over the nest to make it less visible to predators? Mom and Dad would still know where it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 3 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said: I think that shooing the atracker away is the only thing you can do. For some reason I misread this as shooting ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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