jackdaw is an alltime great bird name
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 15:54 (five years ago) link
crows are good, I love them
― moose; squirrel (silby), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 16:59 (five years ago) link
want to submit that grackles are good, some Austinites have expressed a sort of exhausted loathing for grackles, but on my one visit I was charmed by them
― moose; squirrel (silby), Wednesday, 27 March 2019 17:00 (five years ago) link
Grackles are awesome, they may not have corvid brains but I love them Booming map post re raven placement
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Friday, 12 April 2019 22:30 (five years ago) link
Recently moved to a high-up place where crows perch in the treetops outside. Wish I could open up the windows and invite them in, but our neighbors are total narcs and would rat us out to management.
― cat, Friday, 26 April 2019 04:00 (five years ago) link
A magpie came and sat on my (open) window just now - I think it trying to work out how to get into my room.
― John Harris is a Guardian columnist (Tom D.), Friday, 14 June 2019 19:02 (four years ago) link
you and your twinkly trinkets
― mark s, Friday, 14 June 2019 19:07 (four years ago) link
Yeah I've had a couple of them doing that recently too
Something's going down
― Number None, Friday, 14 June 2019 19:19 (four years ago) link
When we were in Istanbul the place was full of hooded crows and you’d see them attacking - and seeing off - seagulls that were easily three times their size. Fearless lads.
― stress tweeting (gyac), Friday, 14 June 2019 19:20 (four years ago) link
since moving to a city where crows dive bomb pedestrians during mating season and caw aggressively at every passerby, i don’t love crows so much
― flopson, Friday, 14 June 2019 19:37 (four years ago) link
Definitely the lesser evil where seagulls are concerned.
― stress tweeting (gyac), Friday, 14 June 2019 19:39 (four years ago) link
Crows harrass hawks and eagles here (PNW) , follow them around and caw and just bug them. Funny from a distance!
― alomar lines, Friday, 14 June 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link
Raven Joins Road Trip, Drafts Off Car for 45 Minutes
A couple driving along a lonely stretch of snowy Canadian highway had some unexpected company — a raven that used their car’s draft to hitch a ride for 45 minutes.Alex Lavoie, Jodi Young, and their cat were driving from a job in the Yukon back home to British Columbia when an enterprising avian swooped in front of their car, spread its wings, and soared along in front of them for the better part of an hour. Lavoie couldn’t quite believe his eyes.After about 25 minutes, Lavoie and Young stopped to feed their feline, and to their surprise, the raven joined them in their pit stop. The couple tossed the bird some cat treats, then all four travelers got back on the road. The clever Corvid drafted along for another 20 minutes or so before flying off with another member of its species.
Alex Lavoie, Jodi Young, and their cat were driving from a job in the Yukon back home to British Columbia when an enterprising avian swooped in front of their car, spread its wings, and soared along in front of them for the better part of an hour. Lavoie couldn’t quite believe his eyes.
After about 25 minutes, Lavoie and Young stopped to feed their feline, and to their surprise, the raven joined them in their pit stop. The couple tossed the bird some cat treats, then all four travelers got back on the road. The clever Corvid drafted along for another 20 minutes or so before flying off with another member of its species.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Eu_3j8-uwM
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 22 December 2022 03:12 (one year ago) link
two gangs of four pies on the way out to the shops and back again: perhaps the same gang twice (?) silently but gleamingly letting me know that IT'S A BOY
tho not where i might meet him or how i might (*creepy pinocchio voice*) become him
― mark s, Thursday, 7 September 2023 12:00 (eight months ago) link
got to say when these gentlemen have promised me JOY they've rarely delivered
― School of RAAC (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 7 September 2023 12:01 (eight months ago) link
magLIE moar liek
― mark s, Thursday, 7 September 2023 12:05 (eight months ago) link
I recently saw a magpie absolutely torment a big dumb seagull who was sitting in a pool of water that the magpie wanted. After a while the seagull grumped off, it was a joy to behold.
― Tim, Thursday, 7 September 2023 12:10 (eight months ago) link
the internet is trying to convince me that the magpie's call is "wock wock wock-a-wock, wock pjur, weer weer"
― mark s, Thursday, 7 September 2023 12:13 (eight months ago) link
https://gifdb.com/images/high/fozzie-bear-waiting-for-laughter-pl9qhp2nb2job4ck.gif
there was an almighty cachinnation of jays in a client's garden earlier. yesterday two jackdaws let me walk right past them. they're waiting for their moment I swear
― imago, Thursday, 7 September 2023 12:26 (eight months ago) link
In Canberra visiting my brother, a small grey butcher bird came and sat on the chair beside me for a few minutes at eye level. I wasn’t sure if it was interested by me or deciding whether to take my eye out. Magic experience. It flew a short way away into a tree and I cut a scrap of steak for it, which it caught off the bounce.
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 7 September 2023 13:25 (eight months ago) link