Wednesday, 19 March 2014

Nordic Daw

An interesting Jackdaw frequenting the fields south of Lizard Village appears to show all the characters of a monedula race from Scandinavia. The mottling (frosty edges) to the underparts and mantle, combined with paler grey hood and white collar make it stand out from the locals.



3 comments:

JRandSue said...

Very interesting.

part-time Naturalist said...
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part-time Naturalist said...

Noooo .. Now I'm going to have to look more closely at corvids as well as gulls !

Seriously though .. interesting daw.