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| Author: | Martin Francis [ Sun Nov 04, 2012 6:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Odd behaviour by carrion crows?? |
This morning, my wife and I noticed several carrion crows carrying something in their bills into the nearby fields. Further investigation revealed that a 'gang' of 10 to 15 crows were stripping the cones from a Scots' pine next door. They would fly off with a cone and then return a few minutes later. We have lived in the same place for 35 years but have never noticed this behaviour before. Can anybody explain for me what is going on, or has anybody else seen this type of behaviour? All suggestions/observations gratefully received Martin Francis |
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| Author: | Nick Clayton [ Sun Nov 04, 2012 7:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Odd behaviour by carrion crows?? |
It appears they are storing the pine cones in the ground for later consumption Martin. |
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| Author: | Alastair Carr [ Mon Nov 05, 2012 2:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Odd behaviour by carrion crows?? |
Eating pine cones? Are they 'nuts'??!!!!! |
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| Author: | Nick Clayton [ Mon Nov 05, 2012 5:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Odd behaviour by carrion crows?? |
Alastair Carr wrote: Are they 'nuts'??!!!!! The question I would like to ask is "are they Rook?" |
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| Author: | George Bishop [ Tue Nov 06, 2012 12:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Odd behaviour by carrion crows?? |
Certainly Rooks do this with our local crop of Horse Chestnuts towards the end of October. I remember making mention about this within these pages only last year! kind regards |
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| Author: | Andrew Chick [ Tue Nov 06, 2012 2:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Odd behaviour by carrion crows?? |
An image sent in today by Roger Bark.
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| Author: | Martin Francis [ Tue Nov 06, 2012 6:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Odd behaviour by carrion crows?? |
Thank you for the comments, facetious and otherwise, and the image. May I make the following further comments:- - my original post was deliberately posed as a question - it appears that the behaviour is not 'odd'. Perhaps it is just that I have retired relatively recently and have more time to look out of the window. - I have investigated further and confirmed that all the birds in the tree I mentioned were carrion crows - however, in a nearby Scots Pine, there were carrion crows, at least 1 rook, jackdaws and magpies but I didn't see these carry off any cones. - the crows were taking the cones into a nearby field, but I couldn't see exactly what they did with them because of the stubble - at this rate, if the cones are buried, the field will become a forest!! Martin Francis |
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| Author: | Alastair Carr [ Wed Nov 07, 2012 11:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Odd behaviour by carrion crows?? |
Good luck on seeing a forest in the near future! |
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