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Female reed bunting, I assume:
A very welcome rook joining the jackdaws:
2 years ago we had a lovely family of rooks whose youngsters would sunbathe on our trellis arch. We didn't get any last year, so maybe this one will bring his/her family in the spring. He/she certainly left with a good beakful!
A closed mouth gathers no foot.
Great photos and comments Maisie :o)
I would go with a female Reed Bunting too, as a guess that is, although I'm sure someone can give a possitive answer.
I did laugh at your Rook photo - he certainly managed a beak full! lol!
Lovely pics Maisie! I too agree about it being a female reed bunting! Love the Corvids! Amazing the quantity of peanuts he's managing to get in his beak!!
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Great photos Maisie. I echo MarJus's comment.
Coming back to the rook, is (s)he goig to 'stash' those or simply take them to eat somewhere he feels more confortable?
What a beakful! (Bit like my husband when he has peanuts!!)
I've never had a rook, but get plenty of jackdaws. They do love peanuts, but mine are well mannered and only have one at once.
Beautiful photos Maisie.
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Rockwolf said: Coming back to the rook, is (s)he goig to 'stash' those or simply take them to eat somewhere he feels more confortable?
All corvids stash. In our house, it's not unusual to find a chicken wing behind a cushion, or Danish pastry in the curtains (thanks to the magpie)! And I know from friends who have rooks, jackdaws and crows that they do the same. This rook doesn't seem very comfortable with being in our garden rather than wherever his usual rooky haunt is, so I'd guess he'd be taking the peanuts elsewhere (back to the rookery?) to eat.
Coincidentally, I've just had a rook drop in. He's pinching the chicken scraps I put out for the red kites. Not such a good photo as yours though Maisie.
Then a black headed gull dropped by. Can't see what he's eating but at least he kept the fieldfare away for a while who seems to regard this source of food as his own personal larder.
I don't know if you would regard a blackcap as unusual but this male has been with me for a couple of weeks now. He seems to have taken a fancy to my home made fat cake which most other birds ignore. Occasionally he allows a female blackcap to visit.
All this without leaving the warmth of the kitchen.
TJ
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Nice looking rook! He'll be very grateful for that chicken. I'm jealous of your blackcaps. We had a pair years ago, but haven't seen any since.
Wow! You get some amazing birds in your garden. A pair of Blackcaps visited our garden for a couple of years but we haven't seen them again. We have got a Bullfinch visiting since the snow came. I was interested in seeing the Jackdaws, we have them in daily and in the Spring when they had young they were just a little noisy!! Especially first thing in the morning.
The birds here seem to feed in shifts (not through this weather though) we have 6 or 7 Jackdaws in and then the Sparrows move in and the Blue Tits and Great Tits flit about in between. I do love to see the Long Tailed Tits. I was here for seven years before they decided to visit the garden and now they are regularly in. I've never got a picture of them. They are just too quick for me.
I got lucky this morning when this chap flew in looking for breakfast and I just happened to be stood in the porch with my camera. I had mixed feelings when the first Sparrowhawk visited but they are so beautiful and it seemed like a real privilege ~ just don't like him taking his lunch from my feeding station but I guess he has to eat the same as the rest.
Oh dear ~ it's snowing again and they said it wasn't going to be much. I'm in Wiltshire by the way.
Best wishes ~ Shirleyann