Re: Bird Words

by Fangirl Three Thu Feb 18, 2021 6:16 pm

I was impressed by how the situation awakened my own inner animal. I was eating my BLT sandwich with both hands, eyeing the potential predators intently.

It ended happily though, they didn't get any of my sandwiches, and when I finished eating and started brushing the crumbs off me, they obviously recognised the gesture and came forward eagerly to pick them up off the ground.

by Fangirl Three Thu Feb 18, 2021 6:32 pm

Btw, after checking various bird identification flowcharts I believe that the 'crows' I was describing were actually jackdaws.

by Zarniwoop Thu Feb 18, 2021 11:11 pm

Top one is a Crow.
Bottom one is a Jackdaw.
Crows are much bigger and don't have the "staring" eye.

Now, Rooks are a lot harder to tell apart from Crows, not got any pics as I don't see them very often.

I think there are Ravens down the Hythe but I have never seen one (possibly because I never go down the Hythe)

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Feb 19, 2021 12:01 am

There's lots of rooks round my way. You can recognise them because they hang around in groups and have a white patch at the top of their beaks.

I think we get ravens too but it's hard to be certain, as they could just be big crows.

by Fangirl Three Fri Feb 19, 2021 6:27 am

Zarniwoop wrote:
Now, Rooks are a lot harder to tell apart from Crows, not got any pics as I don't see them very often.

Rooks have got those distinctive heavy-duty beaks.

I think there are Ravens down the Hythe but I have never seen one (possibly because I never go down the Hythe)

Neither do I if I can possibly help it. But sometimes I have to go to B&Q (which was supposedly going to be turned into a Sainsburys, but it never happened).

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 22, 2021 5:40 pm

by Nightjar Mon Feb 22, 2021 6:10 pm

Is it a kind of potoo? Excited

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 22, 2021 6:15 pm

It is species related to nightjars. scared

by Guest Sat Mar 06, 2021 8:51 am

마녀의스프 wrote:

Is it a person?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:26 am

by Nightjar Sun Mar 14, 2021 4:23 pm

I just got back from getting jabbed and there was one of these beaky little devils hopping about on all the flower baskets hanging in the communal balcony. love them

A coal t*t, I think...

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by Nightjar Sun Mar 14, 2021 6:55 pm

Hummingbird eggs.

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by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Apr 02, 2021 8:59 am

I've just seen a raven.

I know it was a raven because it was riding on thermals to get altitude before flying off, and the Internet tells me that crows don't ride thermals.

by Nightjar Fri Apr 02, 2021 11:14 am

Thermal underwear? gasp

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Apr 03, 2021 10:43 am

I've just seen a huge great big bird of prey swooping down to try and catch a wood pigeon. Excited

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Apr 03, 2021 10:44 am

You will be relieved to know the pigeon evaded its attack and escaped into the woods. happy

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Apr 03, 2021 10:44 am

Now I have to Google to find out what kind of bird of prey it was.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Apr 03, 2021 10:47 am

It was a bit far away but what I could make out was that the rear edge of its wings was black and there was some sort of white area in the centre, with hints of reddy-brownness to the rest of it.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Apr 03, 2021 11:03 am

From my in-depth research, I have narrowed it down to a buzzard or a golden eagle.

I shall check on Twitter, to see if any golden eagles have been reported in Sheffieldshire lately.

About 15 years ago, I did encounter one locally. It was perched up in a tree while a man with a van was tinkling a bell at it and calling its name, trying to lure it down.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Apr 03, 2021 11:06 am

The most recent Twitter mention of a golden eagle, that I can find, dates back to 2011.

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