Snow bathing crow!

Zoobec

Moderator

Staff member

• Mar 4, 2018

• #1

This morning I looked out of the window to see a huge black bird - I think it’s a crow :? head down and belly sliding in the snow, sometimes doing it’s side and wings too! It looked very comical and carried on with it for ages, there’s it’s foot prints and skidding marks all over the lawn :lol: I’ve never seen anything like it!

 

orangediva

Mama Doe

• Mar 4, 2018

• #2

How lovely - at least someone is enjoying the snow!

“My” birds are all very active - and noisy - round the feeders, they are getting through a fair bit, will have to re stock soon.

 

Graciee

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Staff member

• Mar 4, 2018

• #3

That's so sweet we've had a lot of birds on the feeders more than normal, I started putting extra down in an old dog bowl near the feeders but on the floor so the fat wood pigeons wouldn't have to try balancing on the feeder perches which are a little small [emoji38] been filling the bowl up twice a day as there's just so many birds eating here now

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kattymieoww

Warren Veteran

• Mar 4, 2018

• #4

I have a pair of "pet" carrion crows that always turn up every morning for monkey nuts,they sit on the wheelie bins and look in the kitchen window.They were on the roof opposite the other day snow bathing,diving into it and flapping their wings.They even climbed to the top and rolled down the roof over and over.Having fun as well as feather cleaning.I've been topping up all ny bird feeders.I use old foil dishes and melt lard into them,put them out for blackbirds',robins,dunnocks,that prefer ground feeding,also mushy dog food.

 

kattymieoww

Warren Veteran

• Mar 4, 2018

• #5

Meant to add,I half apples and put them out too,blackbirds and thrushes love them.

 

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Jack's-Jane

Wise Old Thumper

• Mar 4, 2018

• #6

kattymieoww said:

Meant to add,I half apples and put them out too,blackbirds and thrushes love them.

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I heard this on the Radio yesterday, I never knew before xx

 

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Omi

Wise Old Thumper

• Mar 4, 2018

• #7

kattymieoww said:

Meant to add,I half apples and put them out too,blackbirds and thrushes love them.

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The large flocks of Fieldfares and Redwings, which spend their Winter in the UK, congregate in orchards so that they can feed on the fruit, which has been left on the ground

 

joey&boo

Wise Old Thumper

• Mar 4, 2018

• #8

I'd love to have seen that

 

Zoobec

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• Mar 4, 2018

• #9

joey&boo said:

I'd love to have seen that

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It was lovely and funny at the same time :lol: there were 2 of them at it later