School: Carrickallen
- Location:
- Carrickallen, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: A. Lynch
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The blackbird is of a medium size and it is of a black colour and this is the reason it is called the blackbird.
This bird builds its nest at the top of the white thorn or on the top of an old ladder.
This bird builds it nest of clay and sticks and it lines it with moss and hay on the inside.
When the blackbird has its nest built it lays five or six small green eggs in its nest.
This bird hatches these eggs for about a month.
At the end of a month young birds come out of the shells.
The wren is a very(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Sexton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carricknashoke, Co. Cavan
