I took the above photo back in September a few miles south of Birmingham. The bird to the left is a jackdaw, and is, I think, mother ofthe bird on the right. The younger bird is presumably a partially albino jackdaw. I can't remember having seen one before, but perhaps it's the usual colouring of young jackdaws ? I'd be interested if anyone can tell me about them, or the likelihood of albinoism.
Yesterday we had lunch with our friends Martin and Jackie. They live in a lovely -originally small- Tudor cottage a few hundred yards from us. Over the years Martin has enlarged and extended the cottage and done it so well that the joins are invisible - it's a welcoming little house. Jackie gave us a lovely lunch; the main course was a large fillet of salmon baked (?) under a covering of cous-cous, pine seeds, and herbs - delicious.
Went to Cafe Church this morning, lingered over coffee and a croissant, then spent half an hour or so tidying and rearranging the second hand book stall. Ann went off to help organise and serve lunch to the Ansell Club. This afternoon friend Brenda called to pay Ann for some thermal underwear that Ann had (at Brenda's request) brought back from Sweden for her before Christmas. By a minor miracle I was able to find the receipt for it. Pushing ten now, so I'd better knock off.
Good night every one (which sounds like children's hour circa 1950) .
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Goodnight!
There was an exhibit of stuffed pied (meaning piebald rather than baked en crout) jackdaws at the Rothschild Zoological Museum, Tring. Also an exhibit of abnormal colour variation in jackdaws at the Ipswich Museum.
Apparently pure white jackdaws are known but are fairly rare and cause much interest amongst bird-watchers.
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