#rooks — Public Fediverse posts

#silentsunday #wildlife #Vögel #birds #nature #natur #Rooks #krähen
Saatkrähe
Rook

#silentsunday #wildlife #Vögel #birds #nature #natur #Rooks #krähen
Saatkrähe
Rook

#silentsunday #wildlife #Vögel #birds #nature #natur #Rooks #krähen
Saatkrähe
Rook

#silentsunday #wildlife #Vögel #birds #nature #natur #Rooks #krähen
Saatkrähe
Rook

#silentsunday #wildlife #Vögel #birds #nature #natur #Rooks #krähen
Saatkrähe
Rook

For the Birds

The weather here in Maynooth was very mild until a couple of weeks ago and with the arrival of inclement conditions I started out out the bird feeders in my garden. I can see the level of the seed from my kitchen window so know when they need filling up. I had one out for a couple of days before the arrival of Storm Claudia with associated torrential rain, but when it passed I was surprised to see the feeders were still half full so I left them.

Last weekend it started to become very cold so I was surprised there were no birds at the feeder. When I went out to look I realized that owing the heavy rainfall some water had got into the seed container, with the result that some of the seeds had started to germinate. This formed a tangled mass of shoots that blocked the gap through which seed is dispensed. The reason the feeders were not empty was not that the birds weren’t hungry, but that no seed was coming out.

I took the feeders inside and cleaned out all the matted seedlings. Then I took them back to the shed to fill up, at which point I knocked over the jar in which I stored the birdseed, scattering the supply all over the floor. There wasn’t much left anyway, but my clumsiness reduced the stock to zero so I was unable to feed the birds despite having functioning feeders.

Yesterday I finally had time to buy some more birdseed. I filled up the feeders as soon as I got home. It was quite interesting to watch the sequence of events. The first to arrive were sparrows who, being small and agile, were quite happy taking terms perching at the feeders. Not long after, however, starlings arrived, squabbling and squawking as they usually do. Starlings are much larger then sparrows and are extremely messy and noisy eaters, their attempts to perch at a feeder causing it to swing and scatter seed all over the ground.

(Incidentally, the term for a large group of starlings is a murmuration, a congregation, a cloud, or a constellation, but there are alternatives for a smaller group like the dozen or so that arrived in my garden. These include a clutter, a scourge, a vulgarity and, my favourite, a filth…)

Some starlings and sparrows started to feed on the ground, as did a very bonny collared dove, walking around calmly amid the flurry of other birds and paying them no attention at all .

At this point the feeder was almost empty.

The last cohort to arrive were the rooks and jackdaws. These are too big to even attempt to perch so their modus operandi is to crash into the feeders to try to break them or knock them down to the ground where they are easier to attack. They didn’t succeed, so they left.

Now the feeders are empty, the birds have gone, and all is quiet. I think I’ll put more food out tomorrow before I go to work. I imagine they’ll be empty by the time I get back home.

#birdFeeders #birds #birdseed #collaredDove #jackdaws #rooks #sparrows #starlings

For the Birds

The weather here in Maynooth was very mild until a couple of weeks ago and with the arrival of inclement conditions I started out out the bird feeders in my garden. I can see the level of the seed from my kitchen window so know when they need filling up. I had one out for a couple of days before the arrival of Storm Claudia with associated torrential rain, but when it passed I was surprised to see the feeders were still half full so I left them.

Last weekend it started to become very cold so I was surprised there were no birds at the feeder. When I went out to look I realized that owing the heavy rainfall some water had got into the seed container, with the result that some of the seeds had started to germinate. This formed a tangled mass of shoots that blocked the gap through which seed is dispensed. The reason the feeders were not empty was not that the birds weren’t hungry, but that no seed was coming out.

I took the feeders inside and cleaned out all the matted seedlings. Then I took them back to the shed to fill up, at which point I knocked over the jar in which I stored the birdseed, scattering the supply all over the floor. There wasn’t much left anyway, but my clumsiness reduced the stock to zero so I was unable to feed the birds despite having functioning feeders.

Yesterday I finally had time to buy some more birdseed. I filled up the feeders as soon as I got home. It was quite interesting to watch the sequence of events. The first to arrive were sparrows who, being small and agile, were quite happy taking terms perching at the feeders. Not long after, however, starlings arrived, squabbling and squawking as they usually do. Starlings are much larger then sparrows and are extremely messy and noisy eaters, their attempts to perch at a feeder causing it to swing and scatter seed all over the ground.

(Incidentally, the term for a large group of starlings is a murmuration, a congregation, a cloud, or a constellation, but there are alternatives for a smaller group like the dozen or so that arrived in my garden. These include a clutter, a scourge, a vulgarity and, my favourite, a filth…)

Some starlings and sparrows started to feed on the ground, as did a very bonny collared dove, walking around calmly amid the flurry of other birds and paying them no attention at all .

At this point the feeder was almost empty.

The last cohort to arrive were the rooks and jackdaws. These are too big to even attempt to perch so their modus operandi is to crash into the feeders to try to break them or knock them down to the ground where they are easier to attack. They didn’t succeed, so they left.

Now the feeders are empty, the birds have gone, and all is quiet. I think I’ll put more food out tomorrow before I go to work. I imagine they’ll be empty by the time I get back home.

#birdFeeders #birds #birdseed #collaredDove #jackdaws #rooks #sparrows #starlings

In today's picture: Corvus frugilegus (known as rook). #CORVUSPHERE #CorvusFrugilegus #rooks :crow:

Join us on a gentle night of summer rain as we listen to the rooks and explore the beauties and ambiguities of liminal places.
A night of crow song, poetry, and a guided tour by Luke Sherlock to the ruins of a church under wide East Anglian skies.

#podcast #nature #rooks #crows #fenland #canals
https://www.noswpod.com/fenland/

Not quite a parliament of #rooks but perhaps a select committee?

Seen along the #SouthDownsWay

#NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #photography #birds #pyecombe

In today's picture: Corvus frugilegus (known as rook). #CORVUSPHERE #CorvusFrugilegus #rooks :crow:

Russell Crow the Rook Star!

He's about two years old in this video. Presently, Russell is seven, and is king of Helen and Tristan Motteram's household. Recently, he had to have his right eye removed due to an abscess (fortunately, it was benign), and is still recovering from that, but frequent "duvet days" with Helen make him feel a lot better.

#Birds #BirdVideos #Rooks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NojN7mYHZ3Y

You may be aware that the game of #chess started in India in the sixth century A.D. The game took several centuries to be adopted into its current European form.

In the original version, some of the pieces moved differently, but the biggest difference in my opinion was the use of #WarElephants rather than #Rooks !

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_chess