Common blackbird

Length	25 cm, bill to tail tip
Habitat	Trees
Heard	6 days since 1 September 2026, last on 4 October 2026. Best confidence 87 %.
Winters here	Yes
On the branch	Scale 1.11 of the redwing. Gets one of the branches in the middle.
Source plate	George Graves. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. See the plate
Drawn	Once, after the plate, perched and in flight. The foot point is measured so the feet land on the wood.