rick6point5
Well-Known Member
Hmmm
Know what you mean.
I'll go with Willowbank's version.
Rook & Jackdaw have similar diet, both friends of the green keeper.
Hmmm
Know what you mean.
I'll go with Willowbank's version.
Its surprising how many shooters do not know a Rook from a Crow here in the south, more than 2 birds will normally be Rooks which are naturally gregarious and live in Rookeries whereas Crows are normally to be found in pairs. A pair of Crows will usually be territorial and live together in a single roofed nest (wait until she is sitting on eggs then take her out along with the nest at dusk)
A crow has a dark beak, dark beak=dark heart, the Rook has a grey beak. Crows will hunt out miles of hedgerows taking eggs, fledglings, nesting game birds etc. They will perch for hours in an old dead tree watching for nesting bird coming and going from the nest. The poor old Rook is often painted the villain yet feeds mainly on Leatherjackets from pastureland, sprouting and ears of maize etc, they do damage to crops but easily dissuaded by hanging a few dead ones on sticks in the fields affected.
regards WB
Stan,
Meet Mr Digweed
Mature rooks can be mistaken for crows as they have black beaks and don't have the bare face of a mature rook
rooks have a blue sheen to their feathers, crows are a deeper black.
Crow Recipe Pluck and draw the crow, then take a fire brick on which you place a thick bacon rasher. Place dressed crow on top of bacon, wrap all in aluminium foil then into the oven. Cook for 40 minutes at 180 deg. C.
Remove from oven, discard the crow and eat the brick!
Mature rooks can be mistaken for crows as they have black beaks and don't have the bare face of a mature rook
rooks have a blue sheen to their feathers, crows are a deeper black.
In your part of the country you have Corvids not seen down here, that's why I put "here in the South" I would probably be hard pushed to ID some of yours.
regards WB
That old saying doesn't ring true any more. Seen hundreds of crows feeding with jackdaws, very common sight nowadays. They might not nest in colonies like Rooks, but feed together. Agree they do good eating leather jackets, and don't think they're a big predator of eggs and young birds, but on fresh drillings, do some real damage. Also they don't have a roofed nest, think your thinking of Magpies!Its surprising how many shooters do not know a Rook from a Crow here in the south, more than 2 birds will normally be Rooks which are naturally gregarious and live in Rookeries whereas Crows are normally to be found in pairs. A pair of Crows will usually be territorial and live together in a single roofed nest (wait until she is sitting on eggs then take her out along with the nest at dusk)
A crow has a dark beak, dark beak=dark heart, the Rook has a grey beak. Crows will hunt out miles of hedgerows taking eggs, fledglings, nesting game birds etc. They will perch for hours in an old dead tree watching for nesting bird coming and going from the nest. The poor old Rook is often painted the villain yet feeds mainly on Leatherjackets from pastureland, sprouting and ears of maize etc, they do damage to crops but easily dissuaded by hanging a few dead ones on sticks in the fields affected.
regards WB
Not that different we have Ravens, but you also have them in the South in some places Tower of London for one
by far the biggest member of the crow family and not easily mistaken.