School: Marlfield, Cluain Meala
- Location:
- Marlfield, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mary E. Skally
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- (continued from previous page)hedges. She lays four to five eggs and two to four broods. She builds her nest with hay, sticks, and pieces of dry mud, the eggs are white spotted with blue. The cock helps to build the nest and feed the little ones with snails, worms, insects and berries.
The blackbird flies low, and when startled utters a cackling cry.
