tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613892359440241969.post8157164879044113240..comments2023-10-24T06:20:19.075-07:00Comments on The Rattling Crow: The scary bright eyes of the JackdawAfrica Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613892359440241969.post-64423122444369570672014-02-24T06:35:58.922-08:002014-02-24T06:35:58.922-08:00Thank you for commenting Gabrielle, I look forward...Thank you for commenting Gabrielle, I look forward to your analyses on stock doves.Africa Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613892359440241969.post-41258721939757214442014-02-24T05:01:19.075-08:002014-02-24T05:01:19.075-08:00Hi, It's really interesting you brought this u...Hi, It's really interesting you brought this up. In the experiment, I had many instances when stock doves landed at the nest boxes. I have yet to analyse the data, but when they were at the nest box, there was no indication that the stock doves responded to the images at all. -Gabrielle Davidson Gabriellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16071634038021421769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613892359440241969.post-18859284705055478302014-02-09T09:47:57.695-08:002014-02-09T09:47:57.695-08:00They do look intelligent. I do wish my local jackd...They do look intelligent. I do wish my local jackdaws were tamer. The photo above I took in the park in Buxton, where they can almost be hand fed.Africa Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613892359440241969.post-74154571943762472982014-02-09T09:08:05.231-08:002014-02-09T09:08:05.231-08:00Don't they look amazingly intelligent though?Don't they look amazingly intelligent though?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613892359440241969.post-4706608726793579282014-02-08T14:26:26.978-08:002014-02-08T14:26:26.978-08:00I suppose the white eye signal prevents fights. St...I suppose the white eye signal prevents fights. Stock doves neither offer nor recognise the signal, so fights start between the species which would not have occurred in a jackdaw--jackdaw confrontation.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613892359440241969.post-61267541625163373062014-02-08T11:12:59.576-08:002014-02-08T11:12:59.576-08:00Thank you Ralph, I think you could be right, proba...Thank you Ralph, I think you could be right, probably is a shared instinct of birds to stay shy of staring eyes and hole nesting birds have much to gain from keeping other birds away from their nests. I find it surprising that stock doves have black eyes though, they have been found to engage in fierce battles with jackdaws for nest boxes.Africa Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03501193251810926737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613892359440241969.post-72499092144454218202014-02-08T11:09:50.932-08:002014-02-08T11:09:50.932-08:00What a very interesting post. Have added a link fr...What a very interesting post. Have added a link from my own <a href="http://kensingtongardensandhydeparkbirds.blogspot.co.uk" rel="nofollow">blog</a>. Do you think that Green Woodpeckers, which also have pale eyes, nest in holes, and are extremely shy when stared at by humans, share this behaviour?Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.com