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Colin Salter

British Birds

  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    black back and white breast,
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    the tail and wings tinged with iridescent greens, blues and purples when seen at close quarters.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    In folklore it has associations with witchcraft and bad luck.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    The Jackdaw is much mentioned in folklore.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    But the crow is actually one of Britain’s most intelligent animals, adapting ingeniously to the man-made environment.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    Easy to characterise as unpleasant because they are black and scavenge for dead meat, the collective noun for these birds is a murder of crows!
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    Unlike the Rook which it so closely resembles, the Carrion or Hooded Crow is a solitary bird, nesting and feeding alone or in close family groups – very occasionally foraging in small gangs, or flocks of a few hundred.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    grey back with iridescent purple and green;
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    surprisingly rounded wings,
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted3 years ago
    Close up, the black of the adult bird has a purple sheen to it. Thigh feathers of both adults and juveniles are long and shaggy, giving them a baggy-trousered look.
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