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what are these birds?
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For the last 2 years, the area around where I live has become infiltrated by a huge "swarm" of birds, which I cannot identify. They are medium/large in size, blackish (some of them, the males I presume have a kind of fluffed up feather look around the top of their heads, which is a kind of silvery black colour.) They live along side the magpies that are in the area but on saying that, I have noticed a decrease in the magpie numbers lately. Their call is a single sound emmitted once or twice in succession like "Jo Jo" - although that does not really describe the sound as it is not easy to translate to human noise! We live close to the sea and there are plenty of trees and bushes around the area. They are in a pack of about 50 but sometimes they team up with others and are 100 or so in number. I have listened to the call of the crow and rook on the internet but neither sounds identical to this bird. They are definitely not blackbirds. Can anyone identify the mystery bird for me?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The fact that they are crow-like and have a silvery-black fluffy feathering to their heads does make them sound very like jackdaws.
Have a look here, Le Chat, to see if it's your mystery bird:
http://www.birdphotography.co.uk/Jackdaw.htm
Have a look here, Le Chat, to see if it's your mystery bird:
http://www.birdphotography.co.uk/Jackdaw.htm
kev100 - the reason you can't create a link to that picture is because it's only on your computer (and believe me, you don't want outsiders linking to your computer!) You need to upload it to the web before anyone can see it.
Have a look here if you're interested:
http://www.magix-photos.com/index.php?l=en_UK_magix
Have a look here if you're interested:
http://www.magix-photos.com/index.php?l=en_UK_magix