I was out having my walk one morning a few days ago and heard the familiar racket of blackbirds. As I got closer, I noticed that two males were fighting - nothing new about that, but how they were fighting was what struck me and I’d never seen before.
The two birds leapt at each other feet first scrabbling at chest feathers and heads. At some point the feet of the two birds became locked together and they both fell back onto their tail ends with their feet still locked together.
After a bit of struggling they freed themselves and then proceeded to repeat the procedure. This went on for a few minutes before they finally separated and went pecking around for food with the other blackbirds that watched the fighting for a few seconds before continuing in their search for food.
It was quite fascinating to watch this aggressive behaviour with raised feet trying to do damage to the opponent. Learn something new every day.
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