At a friend’s for lunch, and this crow was strutting about the place as if he owned it
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Well, his ancestors probably were around the area before humankind.
Indeed, and cousins Hugin and Munin….
He’s looking very serious!
Surveying with intent
Always liked the idea of a pet jackdaw
Oh, no!
why no?
No, truly, corvids are highly intelligent, supposedly more so than dogs (well, some dogs at least) and jackdaws and magpies have such admirably glossy plumage.
Yep, but a pet corvid??
I’d love one! Historically people did keep ravens and crows as what we’d call pets or familiars, but if they were free to fly around the house can you imagine the mess and destruction wrought by their curiosity? (My mother had budgies flying free when doors were closed and I’d hate to think of their mess amplified if it was down to a corvid.) Also they shouldn’t be caged, and as most corvids are sociable — ravens tend to be more isolated, with just their mates for company — it seems cruel to keep them from mixing with their kind. Still, they’re territorial in their colonies, so to have one or two prepared to associate with you out in the open might be a good halfway house.
Nope, not for me!
Some of them are very brave and friendly, Sue. Nice of him to pose for you!
Oh, he was strutting his stuff!
He looks like he owns that ‘turf’! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
Indeed he does, Pete, along with some of his mates!
That’s a cool looking crow! Not like the ones we have here in the US. I like his attitude! 🙂
He was certainly strutting about the place
Lord of the manor, or the field at least. I wouldn’t like to mess with him.
I think you’re right, Mari!
I’m really delighted to have a juvenile Jackdaw “Chak-Chak” in the garden since a few weeks. His/her behaviour is totally different to the other Jackdaws and I have tamed the little bird to react to the name and come to the terrace when it’s hungry. Cheddar and Edam cheese and bread are just as welcome as proper bird food. Chak-chak runs more than it flies and I hope it will do well in the long run. When it’s tired, it sits down to sleep right where it, mostly in the middle of the lawn.
How cute!
Definitely a Jackdaw. I prefer them to crows as their sound is more pleasant (chak-chak is about right). We have far too many crows here sitting on the barn roofs all day long! Horrid noise!
Oh, OK….I shall bow to your superior knowledge, Jude
I think several others have mentioned that it is a Jackdaw. The grey head gives it away. Crows make an awful racket! I think I almost prefer the cattle orchestra to them!
Crows and magpies are truly rowdy, and we have them where I live…..☹️
😡
Love it – that second one is a real strut…
It is!
Quoth the corvid … doesn’t have the same ring to it, does it?
And now I know it’s a Jackdaw, even less so…jabbered the Jackdaw??
🙂 I thought it looked a bit small for a corvid but I am not a proper birder (although I know a PROPER birder, somebody.
Indeed,I’m no birder either! We both know a PROPER one, she has a thing. A
She has a thing about squares, too
Ahhh… I could venture a guess 😉
It would be better than a guess, Elke!