| Hive mind- crows 05:59 - Jul 12 with 1583 views | BlueandTruesince82 |
Morning all. 5.50 am and i am awake due to a murder of crows (id like to murder them) that have suddenly moved into the neighbourhood.
OMG they make a noise. I thought the pigeons were annoying but crows are a different level. So loud, so intrusive. Ruins the joy of sleeping with the window open.
In 9.5 years of living where I am there have never been crows. Where did they come from? Why?
Any suggestions as to how one might encourage them to love on? I know they're clever little gits so I'm not convinced by decoys etc. Help. |  |
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| Hive mind- crows on 18:27 - Jul 12 with 269 views | WeWereZombies |
| Hive mind- crows on 17:44 - Jul 12 by DJR |
Not according to the RSPB website.
"1. A Crow in a crowd is a Rook, a Rook on its own is a Crow
This describes how Carrion Crows are mostly encountered alone or in pairs, whereas Rooks often feed together in large, sociable groups. Although not infallible – groups of Crows might be seen together where there are good feeding opportunities, for example – it is still a good general principle for distinguishing between these commonly confused birds." |
And if it's got a hood it might be a jackdaw... |  |
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| Hive mind- crows on 20:35 - Jul 12 with 228 views | EdwardStone |
| Hive mind- crows on 17:19 - Jul 12 by flykickingbybgunn |
Incorrect.
Yes it's a generalisation but mostly it works well. |
All generalisations tend to be partially untrue
Including this one |  | | |
| Hive mind- crows on 20:44 - Jul 12 with 223 views | Ryorry |
| Hive mind- crows on 18:27 - Jul 12 by WeWereZombies |
And if it's got a hood it might be a jackdaw... |
Or a Hooded Crow … |  |
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| Hive mind- crows on 20:47 - Jul 12 with 220 views | WeWereZombies |
| Hive mind- crows on 20:44 - Jul 12 by Ryorry |
Or a Hooded Crow … |
Known as a hoodie in these parts, they tend to be a bit more ominous than jackdaws and they do tend to hang around in small gangs, nothing like as in your face as rooks though. And I'm sure their mothers love them. | |
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| Hive mind- crows on 20:51 - Jul 12 with 214 views | Ryorry |
| Hive mind- crows on 20:47 - Jul 12 by WeWereZombies |
Known as a hoodie in these parts, they tend to be a bit more ominous than jackdaws and they do tend to hang around in small gangs, nothing like as in your face as rooks though. And I'm sure their mothers love them. |
Talking of in yer face, the Bonxies (Giant Skuas) divebombing yer nut in spring were something else back in the day on Orkney, downright dangerous! | |
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| Hive mind- crows on 21:11 - Jul 12 with 196 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Hive mind- crows on 16:09 - Jul 12 by mellowblue |
swallows and swifts are quite different really , swallows are smaller with pronounced long forked tail. Swifts and housemartins look more similar in shape. Sadly I can not remember the last time I saw any of them locally, which is a shame as they are all superb fliers . |
Housemartins nowhere near as big as Swift.
Only the one number one, Caravan of Love, and that was a cover version. |  | | |
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