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Post by andy on Oct 4, 2006 15:11:18 GMT
Firstly, i hope i've posted this in the right place...please move if needed.
I have a family of crows at work who have been living in the garden for about 5 years. Most years, they produce one baby and the baby stays with the parents throughout the winter until they nest the following spring.
However this year, they have two babies. But there are 5 of them that come down for a handfulful of bread every morning.
Could the 5th crow be last year's baby still hanging on. Does anyone know anything about the life of these gorgeous, fascinating birds ?
I'd love to hear peoples experiences of them
Andy
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2006 17:44:39 GMT
Hi Andy
They usually live alone or in pairs and usually lay 3 to 6 eggs that hatch after 18 days, the young fly after 32 days.
You could also try the rspb website .
Hope this is of some help
Regards karenwl
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2006 6:31:53 GMT
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Post by andy on Oct 5, 2006 6:49:52 GMT
Thanks for that.
I'm very lucky that we have a vast amount of bird species living in the garden that i look after. Probably the most spectacular is the colony of around a dozen Jays which make the garden sound like the Amazon when they're really going for it.
We have a lot of Wrens too as well as Robins, blackbirds, mistle and song thrushes, blue tits, long tail tits, grey wagtails, dunnocks and greater spotted woodpeckers. We even had an Egret land for 5 minutes last year before the crows chased it off.
A 10 minute sit in peace and quiet on my morning walk round often reveals some beauties and it's quite surprising what you can learn about animals and birds in such a short space of time.
Andy
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2006 10:03:00 GMT
If you see a lot of crows together they are rooks.
If you see one rook on it's own it's a crow.
Apparently.
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Post by andy on Oct 5, 2006 10:14:39 GMT
If you see a lot of crows together they are rooks. If you see one rook on it's own it's a crow. Apparently. Yeah...i've heard that one too.......... A crow in a group is a rook and a rook on its own is a crow !!!!  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2006 10:19:31 GMT
If you see a lot of crows together they are rooks. If you see one rook on it's own it's a crow. Apparently. Yeah...i've heard that one too.......... A crow in a group is a rook and a rook on its own is a crow !!!!  You are joking, aren't you A rook is a different bird  www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/r/rook/index.asp |
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You are joking, aren't you 