Thursday, 13 January 2011

Nordic Jackdaw

This Jackdaw is showing signs of being from the race `soemmerringii` which is from Finland, Russia and East Europe. You can clearly see the pale half-collar that this race of Jackdaw shows, the race that we commonly see in Britain `spermologus` does not have this collar.





Digiscoped using Lumix FS15 and Kowa TSN-883 x30

The Jackdaw looks black at a distance, but at closer range it is dark grey and not black with a blue/grey eye. They are extremely intelligent and can become quite tame where they are not persecuted. A much underated bird.
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4 comments:

  1. Grandpa14 January 2011 at 09:05

    I have a similar coloured bird over at The Farm, John. Will put up some photos soon, not that I think they are the same species, or even distantly related.

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  2. bazza14 January 2011 at 16:29

    John, I am getting a great education in bird-spotting from you. I know this chap (the UK version, that is) but have not identified him until now. We have started to get ocassional invasions from large crows, about 30 at a time.
    Bazza’s Blog ‘To Discover Ice’

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  3. John15 January 2011 at 11:20

    Hi Grandpa, I look forward to seeing them. You do have a Jackdaw species over there, it is called the Daurian Jackdaw, very similar in build etc, but it is black and white.
    J

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  4. John16 January 2011 at 11:44

    I hope you are enjoying it bazza!
    Are you sure they are a flock of Crows? It is quite unusual to see a lot of Crows together, it is more often Rooks that you see in numbers. Rooks have grey feathers at the base of the bill.
    J

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