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Birds - Jackdaw Page 3

Image Taken on 02 Sep 2010 at 16:21 Image of day on 22 Oct 2010

Finally the Hobby had enough and got the advantage - they really were this close. The encounter drifted off to the East and we lost them in the haze.

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Image Taken on 30 Apr 2016 at 07:26 Image of day on 04 Jun 2016

The Jackdaw unexpectedly landed on an 11kV power line right in front of us and we could see that the load was probably animal hair to provide comforts to the nest, wherever it might be.

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Image of day on 07 Apr 2005

Jackdaw pretending to be a gargoyle?

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Image of day on 23 Jan 2006

Despite the removal of the chimneys they have nested down for decades, the jackdaws are still regularly seen.

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Image of day on 07 Nov 2005

This Jackdaw was photographed during a glowing dawn. If you look carefully you will see two bird shadows: one almost under the bird from the flash, and the other well to the left from the sun.

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Image Taken on 13 Jan 2010 at 08:05 Image of day on 14 Feb 2010

Jackdaws pounce on the feeding sites as soon as we leave.

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Image Taken on 09 Feb 2007 at 15:41 Image of day on 15 Feb 2007

A moderate snowfall when seen at the scale of even a big bird. There is food under and on the snow, and this jackdaw wants his share.

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Image Taken on 09 Jul 2015 at 18:48 Image of day on 14 Sep 2015

Who would be a Corvid parent?
Your offspring is bigger than you are and are still demanding food.
Sounds like human teenagers?

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Image Taken on 14 Jun 2019 at 06:19 Image of day on 30 Jul 2019

The morning of last day of continuous rain sees this uncomfortable looking Jackdaw waiting on the bare tree-stump.

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Image Taken on 20 Apr 2011 at 11:26 Image of day on 16 May 2011

An unusually aggressive looking Jackdaw lands on the perch looking ready for a fight with anything.

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Image Taken on 26 Nov 2020 at 14:51 Image of day on 04 Jan 2021

In recent years Jackdaws have mostly disappeared in the summer months, returning for the Winter.

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Image Taken on 13 Apr 2023 at 07:33 Image of day on 21 May 2023

A Jackdaw making a head-on landing on the Meadow Post.

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Image Taken on 11 Jun 2014 at 09:53 Image of day on 18 Aug 2014

This Jackdaw is particularly aggressive / confident / stupid / Testosterone driven (you choose!) and launches itself at anything in its way including the normally dominant Grey Squirrels.
Here the Jackdaw is trying to chase away a juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker who may have wished it had launched half a second earlier!

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Image Taken on 24 May 2014 at 15:15 Image of day on 03 Aug 2014

"Boo!"
Before we actually saw a Great Spotted Woodpecker we imagined from the name and noise they make that they would be a much bigger bird. Here you can see the size relative to the much larger Jackdaw.

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Image Taken on 09 May 2014 at 20:08 Image of day on 05 Jul 2014

Enjoy the spread tail as the Jackdaw finished aerobraking to land on the perch.

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Image Taken on 04 Nov 2012 at 15:29 Image of day on 09 Dec 2012

We get so used to the plethora of Jackdaws and Rooks here that you can forget what magnificent creatures they are up close.

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Image Taken on 16 Dec 2015 at 14:12 Image of day on 22 Jan 2016

This Jackdaw look particularly villainous as it lands head-on to camera with almost perfect symmetry.

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Image Taken on 16 Dec 2015 at 11:10 Image of day on 22 Jan 2016

Is this Jackdaw directing the traffic?

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Image Taken on 18 Jan 2024 at 10:36 Image of day on 11 Feb 2024

A Jackdaw lands on the frost covered Meadow Post top.

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Image Taken on 23 Dec 2023 at 13:26 Image of day on 21 Jan 2024

This Jackdaw makes a neat landing on the Meadow Post.
Jackdaws 'disappeared' through most of last year, and we are relieved to see them back.

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