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  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 8,927 Online Community Team

    That sounds lovely @WhatThe. We got a lot of parakeets in my last garden and they're noisy little blighters and quite destructive at the bird feeder! Definitely prefer the quieter birds too, although they are beautiful to look at. Do you think your crowlet is far off fledging, or has it still got a way to go?

    I've been watching a young fox in the garden over the past few days. When I first saw him, he wasn't using his front leg and was quite skinny, so I left him a few scraps to make sure he could get some food. I was worried about him at first but his leg already seems a lot better and he's putting weight on it now. I left him an egg yesterday which he gladly took.

    He upsets our resident magpie family though, they get very loud and shouty when he's about and probably for good reason! I'm sure he'll be a menace to them when he's back on all four legs.

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 6,040 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1131489#Comment_1131489

    Two crowlets fell (or were they pushed?) from the nest three weeks tomorrow and only one made it back to safety: they had been exercising their wings on the edge of the nest and clambering over one another inside. This family of three has chosen well and I hope they stay.

    I found this online:

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    1.  Were you surprised to learn that they are songbirds? Indeed, corvids have impressive vocal repertoires and are among the minority of songbirds that can learn new sounds throughout their lives.

    "In general, I find that crow people are lovely, and easy to get along with folk."

    😁

  • WhatThe
    WhatThe Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 6,040 Championing

    @Rosie_Scope

    Invasion of The Parakeets is on Channel 4 on Tuesday at 8pm with Chris Packham.

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