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Re: Completely OT: - But I know there are keen ornithologists here...

Jupiter

2005-06-29, 6:25 pm

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:33:02 +0100, Kay <kay@scarboro.demon.co.uk>
wrote:

quote:

>In article <11j5c1l8vmq2tgdaerao9kg7vgev1jnefd@4ax.com>, Jupiter
><Jupiter@shotmail.com> writes
>
>A jackdaw isn't *that* big - 13 inches long cf 14 inches for Jay. Though
>they are both bigger than blackbirds (10 in)
>
>It's the raven which is the really big corvid.
>
>But still larger than jackdaws, surely?

True, but with a lifespan of 7-8 years, they may not attain full size
in their second year. Whatever it was, I think it was one of the
corvids.

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