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Re: Corvids

Post by nuthatch » Sun Jan 18, 2015 10:07 am

:photo: :D

No, didn't see the jackdaws on the One Show, JooMoo - would like to see them doing that - a bit like sparrows :D

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Re: Corvids

Post by greg » Sun Jan 18, 2015 11:29 am

Can't post the close up of the Crow, showing its beak! I keep getting the message - "Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached."
So I must be in some breach of rules :haha:

This link shows the difference between Crows and Rooks. The shape of the beak is the givaway. :)

http://www.bto.org/about-birds/bird-id/ ... id-corvids

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Re: Corvids

Post by Placido » Sun Jan 18, 2015 1:49 pm

Scientists have discovered how to differentiate between a rook and a crow. A rook has five wing pinions whereas a crow has six, thereby proving that it's all just a matter of a pinion :unsure:

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Re: Corvids

Post by nuthatch » Thu Apr 14, 2016 7:02 am

Never had so many 'crows' crowing it here every morning - always wonder what they're on about :blackbird:

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Re: Corvids

Post by greenfinch2 » Thu Apr 14, 2016 12:44 pm

The crow is back and sitting on her nest at my backdoor.

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Re: Corvids

Post by nuthatch » Fri Jul 01, 2016 6:23 am

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Re: Corvids

Post by Placido » Fri Jul 01, 2016 7:39 pm

Like those :yes:. First one especially - total concentration ... on a clothes prop :shrug:

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Re: Corvids

Post by Jacksparrow » Fri Jul 01, 2016 8:16 pm

I like them too. The first photo looks like a this years fledgling. :clap:

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Re: Corvids

Post by Placido » Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:45 pm

Saw a jay this morning early. Not in the garden; I was bowling along and it flew in front of the car and then very obligingly landed in a tree so I could tell what it was :D.
Good start :)

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Re: Corvids

Post by Placido » Fri May 12, 2017 10:46 am

Kestrels are nesting in a girrrrderrr in the Forth Road bridge. That's nice :nod:

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