I’m posting the daily bird today because it’s a Russian bird who’s name is Jack. Well, I’m not really sure his name is Jack, but I was told he is a Jackdaw. He and his amigos were pretty bold about begging and stealing food while we were docked at the Moscow Canal.
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What a magnificent bird! Reminds me of a Witcher story, there’s a character called Three Jackdaws.
Gorgeous bird and lovely photo. Love the light on his feathers and wow, that eye!
Yup, a jackdaw Corvus monedula. A very intelligent bird and it can learn to talk when kept as a pet.
A fine, sunny picture. I wonder if the jackdaw was a bit careful in its moves so as not to slip from the railing.
Jackdaws are closely related to to crows, but smaller, about the same length as or a bit longer than domestic pigeons, but slimmer and significantly lighter. Here their stereotypical nesting place is a church steeple.
Reminds me a lot of the Australian raven(s)* that visit my yard to pick over the bones left out for my dog. Very cool critters and good photo.
* Which, in my case, I think & gather are actually Little Ravens (Corvus mellori) :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_raven
Rather than Australian Ravens (C. coronoides) as I once probably mistakenly thought. The species are extremely similar indeed and very hard to tell apart -- only separated in the late 1960’s -- but been told by an expert that almost all the local ones are actually C. mellori and that C. coronides are rarely if ever seen in the area where I live so, yeah. Either way, great birds and always glad to see them at my place even if my dog feels differently! (She doesn’t miss out!)