Your favourite corvid?

Jlayay

Rook, jackdaw, magpie or hooded crow?

Del.Monte

Why no Jay, Raven or Chough? They all have their merits but the Chough wins for me despite the difficulty in seeing them in Enniscorthy.

I've seen them on Cape Clear and on the Burren Coast, but Kirk Michael beach on the west coast of the Isle of Man is Chough Central.

Bsal

Jackdaw for me, I love their steely blue eyes and the way they interact with eachother is fascinating.

rpmcmurphy

Sheryl crow would get my vote if I'm honest

Capercaillie

Chough�� I put up nest box for them in 2016. They nested this year, but they abandoned the nest after they had laid 2 eggs (grey crow disturbance).

Chuchote

Ravens, deffo

https://twitter.com/ravenmaster1/status/837578867653165056

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Jay, Chough and Raven, in that order.

Rosahane

Jay, Raven and Jackdaw on the basis that I frequently see or hear them. Jackdaws often come to the garden feeders.

magicbastarder

dunno if this is still in print, but if you can find a copy, it's a good read:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/aug/24/scienceandnature1

ThunderCat

magicbastarder wrote: »

dunno if this is still in print, but if you can find a copy, it's a good read:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/aug/24/scienceandnature1

I have that book. Really enjoyable read and give a great insight into the intelligence of these birds.


By the way, I got my copy off amazon where it is still available both as hardback and on kindle.

Chuchote

I had a baby magpie staying for a few days (now back in the wild and hanging around with a juvie gang) and it was a lovely experience (though wheezy, as I'm very allergic).

gzoladz

Adam Slow Soapsuds wrote: »

Jay, Chough and Raven, in that order.

Same for me.

A small mention to the magpie...when I receive visitors from countries that don't have them, they love them. The thing is that we have them on our face too much.

An tUasal C

Magpie.

fryup

jay

lovely plummage, almost tropical

Adharcach

I love the steely blue eyes of the Jackdaw

fryup

put the jay in your options OP (or maybe a mod can do it)

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

fryup wrote: »

put the jay in your options OP (or maybe a mod can do it)

Along with Chough and Raven.

WildIreland

Jlayay wrote: »

Rook, jackdaw, magpie or hooded crow?

Raven would beat any of the above in my book, as would Jay... but my favourite has to be chough. Fantastic birds... plenty of them about down here on the West Cork coast.

TedR

A word for the plain oul Rook

I love the sights and sounds of a rookery coming in and settling down for the evening

Chuchote

TedR wrote: »

A word for the plain oul Rook

I love the sights and sounds of a rookery coming in and settling down for the evening

Rook's off.

mr.wiggle

I've no caps on my pillars and a few years ago pair of jackdaws nested in one. Needless to say nature took its course and now I've all 4 of them colonised! Very posh looking when they walk around the garden.

Eyepatch

I voted for hooded crow, even though I love them all.