Amazing, well done Woody, let me know how it goes. The fact he is eating is a really good sign Beware of that beak, it looks a real weapon
I'll let you know. I'm sitting at the computer, pricing a job, and could hear him squawking, so went out to the shed. Turns out he was hungry. Just spent 20 mins feeding him chicken and water. He's eating very happily and when I left him just now, he'd settled into an old t shirt/bed. What a creature. The beak isn't much of a weapon, he's gentle when he takes the food. Lawn mower now covered in the white stuff! I think jake's gonna be ok.
Update on jake the crow. It's now his 6th day with us. On day 4, his behaviour changed, he became more active, lots of wing fluttering, so I called the vet. She said maybe he's ready to go, so I coaxed him onto my finger and took him into the garden. He had a good look around, jumped down onto the lawn and spent half an hour familiarising himself with the place, before making his way back into the shed. I tried again today, with similar results, except this time, he went in the house, had a look around and introduced himself to the dog, before making his way back to the shed. I may have a new pet.
Looks like you have a new pet. And a very calm and collected dog, mine would have gone mental with a crow on his patch.
He's no mug, they are marvellously intelligent birds, I remember one trying to get water out of a narrow container, it tried and tried but couldn't reach it. Eventually, it started dropping stones into the container, as they piled up the water rose up to the point where it could drink it. I remember many years ago a building I was responsible for had four or five resident crows in the grounds, in colder weather they would often sit on top of the chimneys. One morning I got a call that smoke was coming out of the basement boiler room. On investigating I couldn't see the cause so called out the service company. On inspection he opened up the chimney flue and there at the bottom was a dead crow done to a turn, he said it happens where they are overcome by fumes when sitting on the chimneys and fall down causing the blockage. Good luck with your 'guest' Woody...
I think Jake is eyeing off the yellow ring .................. probably wants to have a game of Quoits.( Coits ) please log in to view this image
So jealous Woody...he obviously has discovered a cushti pad there and a new doggy friend?. Please keep us updated
Carrion Crow please log in to view this image Both Sexes Jet black plumage. please log in to view this image Corvus corone Length: 45-47 cm (18-19") Wing Span: 93-104 cm (37-42") Weight: 370-650 g (¾-1½) Breeding Pairs: 800 000 Present: All Year Common Raven please log in to view this image Both Sexes Glossy black plumage. Shaggy throat feathers. please log in to view this image Corvus corax Length: 64 cm (25") Wing Span: 120-150 cm (47-59") Weight: 0.8-1.5 kg (1¾-3¼ lb) please log in to view this image Breeding Pairs: 7 000 Present: All Year OKay...nearly twice as big in weight, and much rarer. I am sure you are right...i know diddly squit about birds...would love to know more
It has the flat topped head of a carrion crow by the looks of it. These are often solitary birds or in pairs. Rooks are the ones you see in multiple nests together (rookery).
Not so big, not like your average crow. Black beak, black all over. At first, I thought he was old, but now I'm thinking he's young. His feathers are a bit sparse and slightly fluffy around the neck. I'll put a better picture up later. Interested in your thoughts.
This is a great story Woody....think Jake needs his own Facebook page for updates, mind you'll probably need to do one for the dog as well so it doesn't feel left out......
How tall is it mate? Looks like a carrion crow to me. If it's smaller it could be a jackdaw, but they're greyish around the neck. A carrion crow is around 18 inches high. A jackdaw around 13 inches.
I am also now intrigued by Jake and his story, hope he is in the mend and with Col's help you can work out what he is. Being a city (old) girl who has now moved to the country I am also besotted by the birds that come to my garden. They wake me up with a dawn chorus, that a few years ago I would have found annoying, now I love it and go into the garden to see which of our usual visitors are around. We seem to have a nest of small jet black birds with yellow beaks and yellow rims round their eyes, some have greying tail feathers. They aren't scared of anything, they don't fly off when you go into garden and they just stare at my dog as much as to say 'dare you to chase me'. He stares back and then just walks away, guess he knows when he is beaten.
