All your bird talk in here
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nuthatch
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by nuthatch » Sun Jan 18, 2015 10:07 am
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greg
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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
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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Placido
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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

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nuthatch
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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

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greenfinch2
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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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nuthatch
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by nuthatch » Fri Jul 01, 2016 6:23 am
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Placido
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by Placido » Fri Jul 01, 2016 7:39 pm
Like those

. First one especially - total concentration ... on a clothes prop

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Jacksparrow
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by Jacksparrow » Fri Jul 01, 2016 8:16 pm
I like them too. The first photo looks like a this years fledgling.

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Placido
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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

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Good start

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Placido
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by Placido » Fri May 12, 2017 10:46 am
Kestrels are nesting in a girrrrderrr in the Forth Road bridge. That's nice
