Breydon Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Has anybody noticed lately that the Jackdaw population in most parts of the country has proliferated? A few years ago it was also the case with Magpies. Hopefully we have a naturalist (or even a naturist ) on the forum who could explain this phenomenon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 All Corvids tend to flock in Autumn, along with their "this years" young. Often different species flock together. The Jackdaw has few enemies unlike the Carrion Crow, Magpie and Jay, who are not liked for their appetite for eggs and chicks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breydon Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 Thanks for your reply ChrisB but at one time I never saw a jackdaw or very rarely. One that I do remember when I was a child and one of my neighbours used to feed one and it was very tame despite that it was free to fly. Obviously he called it Jackie and it always came back to visit him. He used to clap his hands and it would call to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 The Jackdaw is a bird with a real affinity to man. If kept in isolation from other Jackdaws they can be taught to speak apparently though I have never heard one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbx5 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 A few weeks ago at Beccles there was a Jackdaw on the over head wires in the Mooring basin talking to itself first thing in the morning, I thought I was hearing things at first or had a few too many the night before. John 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesLV Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 The guy who did my dads roof has a tame one, he rescued it after it fell down his chimney as a chick and was abandoned. Goes everywhere with him now including down the pub. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 13 hours ago, Jbx5 said: A few weeks ago at Beccles there was a Jackdaw on the over head wires in the Mooring basin talking to itself first thing in the morning, I thought I was hearing things at first or had a few too many the night before. John They've disappeared now, but almost every spring/summer, I have around half a dozen Jackdaws on my roof and from about 4 or 5 o'clock in the morning they chatter and argue amongst themselves. You would swear that they were 'talking' in some indecipherable foreign language. I'm not sure that Jackdaw numbers have increased, though that may be the case, but in Autumn and winter they will congregate in large numbers, as has already been said. Corvid roosts are quite a sight (and sound). If anyone is around the Brundall area during winter, a visit to the corvid roost at Buckenham Carr Wood, really is a sight to see, if you're interested in natural history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnoar Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 It’s an omen. Had a pair pecking about a chimney, luckily many years redundant. If they nest they can be a fire hazard. Keep seeing them and they make me nervous, darent spark up a conversation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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