merlin

In article <4dccf2f91brblackall@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk>,
rblackall@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk says...
> 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've seen magpies drinking from my pond (and taking tadpoles) but never
bathing. Not sure my birdbaths are big enough for them.
--
(call me) Merlin

Nogood Boyo

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 at 23:10:39 in uk.rec.natural-history Rodney
Blackall wrote:
>In article <MPG.1dec5c026a0bd71698968b@news.btopenworld.com >, merlin
><mr.magee@btinternet.com> wrote:
>> In article <4dccf2f91brblackall@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk>,
>> rblackall@rodsrisc.demon.co.uk says...
>> > 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've seen magpies drinking from my pond (and taking tadpoles) but never
>> bathing. Not sure my birdbaths are big enough for them. -- (call me)
>
>So still no observations of corvids bathing! Fat chance they would have
>had here today; the blackbirds and thrushes emptied ours with their
>furious splashing.
>
Your original question was "Are they too cautious [to use bird-baths] or
do they use only running water or do they have private clubs hidden away
in the countryside maintained by fairies?"

I watched a few jackdaw last week having a good bath in the local
reservoir. Still water, very deep close to the margin, tucked away in
the countryside. No fairies visible (although Welsh Water certainly do
employ a few)...

--
Nogood Boyo