RUTLAND OSPREY PROJECT 2015

May I just say that I am in awe Scylla at the hours you 'put in' and the recordings you make and post. Thank you so much. The forum is so much richer for the video clips that you and others post. A God send to a technophobe like me.

What a nice surprise - first to see you here, CRINGER, I'll never forget the legal discussion ;-) and second for your kind remark - it's because I'm neurotic that I do it ;-)

Hooded crows ???

Ah, they are all having a go at squatting, bless em.  Lovly pic, SCYLLA

Scylla, they're jackdaws.

We have a fair number of corvids visiting our garden so I've been lucky enough to have seen enough of them to tell them apart more often than not.  Jackdaws are distinctive because of their pale eyes and the slightly greyish patch at the back of the neck.

Thank you Scylla.

I well remember a very early morning at Rothiermurchus Fish Farm in 2004. Henry was being mobbed (empty taloned) by c. 50 jackdaws at some height. An occupational hazard for any Osprey. It was quite comical, they looked like a swarm of flies around him. It didn't stop him being successful in his dive, after which he disappeared LG bound.

That must have been quite a sight!  We don't get many jackdaws in the garden, mainly due to the crows chasing them off.

I think Jackdaws are really pretty birds.  Two EG's honking to unseen birds, and now flown off.

SheilaFE said:

I think Jackdaws are really pretty birds.

I'll agree with that.  In fact, all of the corvids are attractive to look at with their glossy feathers (especially the rooks) and their knowing looks.