Friday 2 July 2010

Friday at the Flicks (Jackdaw Feeding Juvenile, Clouds)

Hot off the press, camcorder anyway, this morning is some video of an adult Jackdaw feeding one of its youngsters. I first spotted one juvenile by itself under the Birdy Bistro but an adult near the end of the garden spotted me and flew over to fetch the young one away to safety. Fortunately they stayed under the far feeders while I set up the camcorder.

It's a slow job when you have to find each seed and strip the husk off before you can give it to your offspring. Plenty of noisy Sparrows nearby!



I had rebuilt my electronic gizmo which fires the 350D at fixed, chosen intervals and set the camera up in the garden last Tuesday to give it its final test run. Fascinating on a hot afternoon the way each cloud bubbles up and disappears and the way winds blow them in different directions at various levels.

956 photos (one taken every 6 seconds)  make up this video clip which was automatically produced using VideoMach.



 Have a great weekend observing the natural world around you.

10 comments:

  1. Very enjoyable 'Friday at the Flicks' John. I had visions (if only I was Glo!) of a group of adult Jackdaws protesting and wielding banners saying 'Make our job easier, only sunflower HEARTS please!' :) I thought it was fascinating how carefully the youngster was watching its parent prepare the seed, not long before it learns how to do it I suspect.

    Beautiful photo of the Stockdove on the previous (slightly sinister!) post. I have seen one in my garden again recently, probably the same one which visited during the snow, but haven't been able to get a decent photo as it is so flighty.

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  2. Two very enjoyable videos John.
    Love the Jackdaw preparing lunch for the young one. Such patience!

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  3. The video of the clouds is especially beautiful.

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  4. That juvenile jackdaw needs to learn some patience! Even pulled at mum's tail at one point to make her hurry up!

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  5. i love the cloud sequences. When we go to Spain we both long for British clouds! Mad people.

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  6. Hello Jan. The young Jackdaws do sometimes find their own seed but it is easier to pester the parents.

    A couple of Stock Doves are regular early morning visitors and it is lovely to see their feathers glow in the sunlight.

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  7. Thank you Keith. It must take all day to feed the youngsters when they have to shell every seed first.

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  8. Thank you Mick. I am always fascinated by the way clouds bubble up and then disappear.

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  9. Hello Matron. The Jackdaw equivalent of pulling mother's apron strings for attention.

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  10. Hello Gerry. I am always fascinated watching the behaviour of clouds.

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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