suspicious minds

"Rodney Blackall" <rblackall@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4dccf2f91brblackall@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk...
>I have long had bird-baths in my gardens but I cannot recall ever seeing a
> corvid drinking or bathing in one. Are they too cautious or do they use
> only running water or do they have private clubs hidden away in the
> countryside maintained by fairies?
>
> I really cannot image a magpie or jackdaw being intimidated by a blackbird
> or sparrow!

I have often seen a magpie using one on my shed roof.