COUNTRY LIFE
JACKDAWS are about in large numbers at the moment, and before many days have passed they will be taking over their nesting places once more—the chimney-pots of many houses in my locality. There can be few birds with the jaunty impudence of the jackdaw. They feed in henruns with the domestic fowls, sweep down at the back door to pick up a crust and sit on the chimney half drugged with smoke after they have knocked down enough soot to fill a room. These may be small annoyances. The farmer does not take the view that they are, for food for livestock is scarce enough as it is without his having to pay tribute to the corvidae. Plans for a wire netting cage to capture jackdaws are available from the County Pest Officer, the Essex Farmers' Journal informs its readers, and encourages them to apply by telling them that over 100 birds have been taken at one time in the cage.
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