School: Carrigeencor (roll number 10826)
- Location:
- Carrigeencor, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Mrs Annie Gillmor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0200, Page 058
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- The blackbird is a very common bird. He begins to sing and the end of February, and soon is mated, and make preparations for nesting.The nest is built of grass and mud, and lined with finer grass. It is usually in a hedge or low bush. The eggs are bluish green speckled with brown. There are usually four or five in a full clutch. Very often a pair of blackbirds will raise two broods in the course of a season.The adult cock has beautiful black plumage, and a bright orange bill, the adult female is a kind of brown, and her breast is a lighter brown with dark markings.
The " scaldies " or young birds also are brown above, but marked with buff spots, their breasts are light brown with a dark tip to each feather.
- Collector
- Mrs Annie Gillmor
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
