Archive for 'jackdaws'

Corvid Sculptures by Terence Coventry

I came across these beautiful corvid sculptures by Terence Coventry and thought I would share them. According to kingsplace.co.uk,
In each of these animal and human figures Coventry masters an amazing balance between anatomy and sculptural form. He distills and refines everyday subjects into powerful and monumental images that have a connection in all of us.

Jackie – Avebury’s Albino Jackdaw

A kind man named Andrew brought to my attention Jackie, an albino jackdaw, who lives in the trees of Avesbury (in the UK), the largest stone circle in the world, in SW England.

Avebury Stone Circle, originally uploaded by Quentin C.

As majestic as the place is the albino jackdaw, locally named ‘Jackie’, who lives in the [...]

Corvid Bookends

I found these fantastic crow bookends, raven bookends and rook bookends all over the internet…
Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Raven” bookends
 
Handcrafted Wooden Raven bookends
 
Antique Wooden Crow bookends
 

Jackdaw

The beauty of the internet… I love the jackdaw and I couldn’t describe it better than the wonderful editors who contributed to the Wikipedia entry…so I will share that with you…it is well worth the read…
The Jackdaw (Corvus monedula), sometimes known as the Eurasian Jackdaw, European Jackdaw, Western Jackdaw, or formerly simply the daw, is [...]

Corvid Abnormalities

Abnormalities can be found in all life forms–corvids included. Here are some interesting photos I found of corvids with two abnormalities deformed beaks and partial albino-ism–leucistic or albino corvids.



Read about THE MYSTERY OF THE LONG-BEAK SYNDROME here. Or you can read Passerines with Deformed Bills by Julie A. Craves (an article) here.
There seems to be [...]

Jackdaw Quotes

The Jackdaw sat in the Cardinal’s chair! Bishop and Abbot and Prior were there, Many a monk and many a friar, Many a knight and many a squire, With a great many more of lesser degree,– In sooth a goodly company; And they served the Lord Primate on bended knee. Never, I ween, Was a [...]