We Saw A Jackdaw!....Walk On…..
by Bernie Bell - 09:25 on 27 December 2024
We Saw A Jackdaw!....
Roookie the Rook rules our bird table - no other birds are allowed on or near it when he’s feeding. They form an orderly queue….
He has a set way of feeding – he fills his beak/crop then flies away. The pigeons take their chance and descend on the bird table. About 5 minutes later Roookie returns, and the pigeons scatter.
I was watching a big black bird on the bird table, thinking it was Roookie – but….though pigeons were getting very near, they only merited a passing glance….
And, the big black bird just stood there, feeding steadily, not flying back and forth as Roookie does. I pointed this out to Mike, who told me it’s a Jackdaw! We’ve never seen one in the garden before and are pleased to have another addition to the clan. We’ve called him Mr. Rheims…
We’re chuffed.
The Cardinals curse …
https://allpoetry.com/The-Jackdaw-Of-Rheims
….is nearly as good as Nell Flaherty’s….
https://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/songs/cmc/nell_flahertys_drake_mreidy.htm
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Walk On….
From Robert MacFarlane’s Bluesky…
“On this (Boxing) day of walks, some good walking/access news: c. 40,000 miles of historic rights-of-way in England & Wales have been reprieved from deletion from the “definitive map” of such paths. Great work
& other campaigners on this. www.theguardian.com/environment/... “
This is a fitting place to mention Mr. Mac's book 'The Old Ways'....
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/56083/the-old-ways-by-macfarlane-robert/9780141030586
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