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Jackdaw no tail feathers

  • 25-05-2011 10:47am
    #1
    Scrappychimow
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    Jack comes around to my garden for peanuts biscuits and cheese everyday,i noticed before that his tail feathers looked in bad shape,but today his tail feathers are gone,other than that he seems fine.

    Will he survive without them or will he grow new ones?


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  • #2
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    He will moult shortly and will grow new ones. He will be fine.


  • #3
    Scrappychimow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭Scrappychimow


    Hi ,
    Here is Jack today having some cheese and biscuit , his new tail feathers appear to be growing as I see a quill or two sticking out.

    I am just curious if this jackdaw looks like a young jackdaw? or is it a girl?
    Because it is very quite,its small also ,and has become a bit tame , compared to the other types of jackdaws that are around my area,they are bigger are seem wilder and a bit aggressive sometimes when they arrive in the garden.

    Jack
    163640.jpg


  • #4
    recedite
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    You might like this book, the author studied several generations of jackdaws that were living at the back of his house. If he called them and held out his arm, one would fly down and land on it. :)


  • #5
    Scrappychimow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭Scrappychimow


    recedite wrote: »
    You might like this book, the author studied several generations of jackdaws that were living at the back of his house. If he called them and held out his arm, one would fly down and land on it. :)

    Hi ,thanks for that,it sounds very interesting,I must check it out


  • #6
    bogtreader
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 350 ✭✭bogtreader


    We seen a Magpie today no tail feathers
    Looked just like a plane with the rear end knocked off


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  • #7
    Scrappychimow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭Scrappychimow


    163728.jpg
    bogtreader wrote: »
    We seen a Magpie today no tail feathers
    Looked just like a plane with the rear end knocked off
    It looks like that alright , I can always tell its him coming towards my house when I see him in the sky.

    Anyone know how many weeks it will take to fully grow back a new set of tail feathers?


  • #8
    Kess73
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,560 ✭✭✭✭Kess73


    Looks like it is moulting alright.

    Generally the bigger the bird, the longer the moult.

    You may also notice over the next month or two the numbers of small birds in your garden dropping off all of a sudden. This will be a lot of them starting to moult.

    Robins for example become very reclusive when moulting and a regular robin could go missing for anthing from one to three months.

    Jackdaw moults generally take place between June and September with the bird going through a complete moult during that time.


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