Cheers Paul. Very interesting. sounds like it might be based on some facts then. It would be a great photograph to get
Paul Heaton said
Fri Jan 3 7:33 PM, 2014
Okay found it, its in a book called A notebook of birds 1907-1980 Jim Flegg
In the Staplehurst area of Kent on 26th December 1973, I noted Carrion Crow hanging upside down from electricity cables.
Brit.Birds,46:378 Brit Birds,42,327 and Brit Birds,57:182-183. Also quotes Rooks, and Hooded crow behaving in the same manner.
Bored on these dark night.
Keep Birding.
Paul Heaton said
Fri Jan 3 4:07 PM, 2014
I have seen this somewhere, I think it was a 1973 paper in British birds, will check it out.
Dennis atherton said
Sat Dec 28 5:43 PM, 2013
Aye. Sound's batty for sure. It's gotta based on some facts. I've never seen it. Im guessing you neither. Someone will have noticed this if there's any truth in it
Nick Isherwood said
Sat Dec 28 5:39 PM, 2013
Dennis atherton wrote:
ok here is a funny one, being a birder i always expect new bird books at xmas, this year being no exception i have one with a section on behaviour, it says and i quote
"From time to time Rooks hang upside down, it maybe they find this way more comfortable"
with a sketch of an upside down Rook on a phone line, has anyone actually ever seen this?
Sounds like they have delusions of being Bats.
Dennis atherton said
Sat Dec 28 5:02 PM, 2013
ok here is a funny one, being a birder i always expect new bird books at xmas, this year being no exception i have one with a section on behaviour, it says and i quote
"From time to time Rooks hang upside down, it maybe they find this way more comfortable"
with a sketch of an upside down Rook on a phone line, has anyone actually ever seen this?
Cheers Paul. Very interesting. sounds like it might be based on some facts then. It would be a great photograph to get
Okay found it, its in a book called A notebook of birds 1907-1980 Jim Flegg
In the Staplehurst area of Kent on 26th December 1973, I noted Carrion Crow hanging upside down from electricity cables.
Brit.Birds,46:378 Brit Birds,42,327 and Brit Birds,57:182-183. Also quotes Rooks, and Hooded crow behaving in the same manner.
Bored on these dark night.
Keep Birding.
I have seen this somewhere, I think it was a 1973 paper in British birds, will check it out.
Sounds like they have delusions of being Bats.
"From time to time Rooks hang upside down, it maybe they find this way more comfortable"
with a sketch of an upside down Rook on a phone line, has anyone actually ever seen this?