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The starlings arrived today, along with a cuckoo and some swallows. I wonder if they all came on the same flight?

Probably, group tickets usually cost less. :)

My starlings arrived on Thursday, mob-handed as ever. Starlings are the bird equivelant of lager-louts, no manners, sheer brute force & ignorance is their style.

Sparrows are also "mob" creatures, but much more reserved. There seems far fewer sparrows in recent years.

Rooks, however, seem to be increasing in bundance. Tom pointed out a Rookery by the M1 last week, & I've been looking out for Rookery's since - I've spotted 7 or 8, never less than 30 nests in each. I don't recall this many in previous years.

Revenge for all those train stories ;D

Are these the birds that sing at 5am? nuisances!!

I was trying to get them an ASBO but the authorities said that they needed more proof of drinking and intimidating behaviour so i put a load of empty Stella cans under the tree where they live then i pushed an old lady down that was walking past and phoned up the police and said that the birds had got drunk and hit an old woman, court summonses are being served as we speak, ship it!!!!!!!

Leave the birds alone. Right? Right.

Seriously, listen to a song-thrush just before dawn. I just think "why do they do it?" - their range of "songs" is enormous.

....and while we're at it, why do they have forty fahzand fevvers?

Bill Oddies Starling Magic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuY9hJ6gKeI

One of the greatest sights I've seen on tv.

Enjoy, if you haven't seen it before.

Geo.

I have deliberately avoided this thread until now because I thought it was likely to be about human immigration, and thus tricky to mod... ::)

see them big black birds could be crows might not be but they are big black and covered in feathers i love it at the beginning of sring when they fill the skies with there dance it looks like they have some sort of seniority and are dancing while filling up the next tree/telegraph pole to perch on

its bloddy amazes me everytime i look out the window (the beuaty of living surrounded by farms)

Awesome. How wonderful is Nature?

thats what i was talking about

i always thought they were crows though but wasnt sure

its pure magic watching them

Am i right in saying its a murder of crows

Did you know that it's common for a swift to leave the nest and then remain in the air, day and night, for 3 years before landing again.

They are superb flying machines, capable of eating, drinking, sleeping and mating on the wing. They are only forced to land in order to rear their young.

Sure are Mr McS.

They are so good that they have had a verb named after them

Yes, or a flock of geese, a parliment of rooks, a charm of goldfinches....

Come to think of it, aren't geese a gaggle?

They come over here taking our perches, sh*tting on our statues.....

I found these....




A Band of Jays

A Bevy of Quail

A Bouquet of Pheasants

A Brood of Hens

A Cast of Falcons

A Charm of Finches

A Chattering of Choughs

A Colony of Gulls or of Penguins

A Company of Parrots

A Congregation of Plovers

A Conspiracy of Ravens

A Convocation of Eagles

A Covey of Grouse or of Partridges

An Exaltation of Larks

A Flight of Swallows

A Gaggle of Geese
 A Host of Sparrows
A Murder of Crows

A Murmuration of Starlings

A Muster of Storks

An Ostentation of Peacocks

A Paddling of Ducks

A Party of Jays

A Peep of Chickens

A Pitying of Turtledoves

A Seige of Herons

A Skein of Geese

A Walk of Snipe

A Watch of Nightingales

A Wedge of Geese or of Swans

A Wisp of Snipe
 

For those with poor eyesight, like me, you can tell many bird species apart by their actions, flight patterns, the way they feed.

Starlings are notoriously "pack" birds, congregating & feeding in huge throngs.

Rooks are "solo" birds, acting alone usually. Tom told me their reason for nesting close together, in Rookery's - they are thieves, & wait till their neighbour pops out, then go & steal their nest material to save gathering their own!

Collared Doves tend to operate in pairs.

Swans mate with the same partner for life.

Ever seen a Heron fly? Or a swan take off and land? Wonderful sights, all of them.

I know where there's a swans nest in the middle of a lake, it's as big as a 6 man dingy.

I thought id seen just about everything   now ive seen an elephant fly

I've seen a house fly,

I've seen a crane fly

I've seen a dragon fly

I've seen a horse fly. And....

I've seen Walt Disney's Dumbo.

We had a heron in our back garden!  Now that was a sight, as it's not the largest garden in the world.

We've also had a sparrow-hawk kill and eat a pigeon in the back garden.  Amazing that all that was left when he/she'd finished was a few feathers.  Fascinating to watch.