Sunday, January 05, 2020

Visitors from the Woods

They keep me
cracking hazel- and walnuts
these days
which does not keep them
from pinching a bit from

what is thought for the smaller guests



7 comments:

  1. They are colourful. What do we call them? (Not that what we choose to call them is particularly relevant really, but still, I don't recognise them [obviously])

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    1. They are Jay's, part of the Corvid family of birds.

      Highly intelligent.

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    2. Yep. And in German they are called Eichelhäher.

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    3. If I see one I will call it by its German name, which may test its intelligence (and my pronounciation).

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    4. Ah, Andrew, you are (at least) clever like an Eichelhäher.
      Obviously. ;-)

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  2. I don't recall ever having seen one, even though Professor Google informs me that I could do, apart from in "Northern Scotland". I do like corvids, and supply plentiful food for many of them, but I will need to try harder to find a Jay. Maybe they are too intelligent to be near me.

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  3. It's the first time I was able to watch a jay couple in Seanhenge. Now I start to understand why now and then I am stumbling upon very tiny oak-"trees".
    Jays use to settle in new territories from time to time. Thus, one day some might come to know there's a generous friend of corvids living in the Perth area.

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