Carved wooden blackbird made from Tasmanian blackwood timber. Each wooden bird is lovingly carved from a custom selected bit timber to provide its own unique grain pattern and character. As each one is custom carved they are all slightly different in shape and size. The upmost effort has been put in to sustainably source all of the materials used to ensure the most gentle of footprints.
Dimensions (Size Large) –
Height: 300mm; Width: 60mm; Length: 190mm
(The Carved wooden blackbird is also available in a smaller – regular size)
Description of bird –
The Eurasian blackbird was introduced to New Zealand, and is now our most widely distributed bird species. Adult males are entirely black apart from their yellow bill and eye-ring. Females and juveniles are mostly dark brown, slightly mottled on the belly. Blackbirds are common in a wide range of habitats including suburban gardens, farmland, woodlands and indigenous forests. Their song is given from winter to summer, with the singing male usually perched on a high branch, tree top or power line. They sing most in the early morning and evening. Blackbirds feed mostly on the ground on earthworms, snails, and insects. They also take berries while perched in foliage.
Identification
The blackbird is larger than a song thrush and is further distinguished from it by having darker, more uniform plumage, which is entirely black in adult males. Males also have a yellow bill and a yellow eye-ring around their dark eye. Adult females are mostly dark brown on their upperparts, light brown or grey on the throat, and dark brown with slight mottling on the breast and belly; their bill is light brown. Juveniles are similar to adult females, but with light mottling over the body.
Voice: the loud male territorial advertising song is mainly given from July to January. The song is similar to that of the song thrush, but without the repeated phrases that characterise thrush song. Other calls are given throughout the year, including a sharp quickly repeated alarm call made if a predator threatens.
Similar species: female and juvenile blackbirds may be confused with song thrush, but thrushes are smaller and slimmer, with creamy-white underparts (speckled with brown) from chin to undertail.
More information here – https://www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/eurasian-blackbird
