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#10     Wildlife watch: the rook,More info:saga

Wildlife expert David Chapman looks at the superstitions surrounding the rook, a member of the crow family that’s responsible for many familiar sayings.

There are many superstitions surrounding members of the crow family and many of these can be traced back to the rook (Corvus frugilegus). For example the saying ‘as the crow flies’ is likely to refer to the rook which has a very direct flight, particularly when returning to its roost site in the evening.

#9   Rook,More info:ebird

Fairly common in farmland and other semiopen areas with hedges and groups of tall trees, where nests in rookeries. Forages on ground, usually in flocks, and associates readily with crows and jackdaws. Easily passed off as a crow unless you see the diagnostic pale patch at base of bill. Rook calls are higher pitched and less rolling than crow calls. Juvenile lacks pale bill base and is very similar to Carrion Crow, but bill a little more tapered; pale bill base develops late in first winter.

#8      Rook,More info:nzbirdsonline

The only member of the crow family found in New Zealand in modern times, rooks were introduced by Acclimatisation Societies in 1862-74. Liberations in the Nelson and Auckland areas and failed, but after a slow start, populations in Hawke’s Bay and Canterbury flourished and spread. The rook’s diet is a mixture of invertebrates and vegetable and the rook is often vilified by farmers for its crop destruction. Others have accepted this intelligent bird as a welcome addition to our sparse large bird fauna.

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#3       Ignoring rook sightings could be a rookie error says council,More info:stuff

Kiwis are being urged to call in rook sightings, “one of the most destructive birds introduced to New Zealand”, instead of shooting them.

The birds are capable of stripping crops and ripping up paddocks and can also learn the difference between a gun and a stick, and using the knowledge to avoid extermination.

Rooks were introduced to New Zealand by European settlers and began to stir up trouble by setting up rookeries, or group nesting sites, in spring, before ravaging nearby produce.

Marlborough District Council biosecurity officer Jono Underwood said rooks were “very intelligent” and the public had to respect them for that.

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#1        Rooks have a remarkable aptitude for using tools,More info:onekindplanet

 

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