Disappointed Jackdaws Two of our jackdaws here have had a
week of disappointment ; they have been making a thorough nuisance of themselves by carrying nesting material into the porch of the parish church. Just beneath the tiles of the porch there is a complicated arrangement of widely spaced rafters as well as a considerable opening in the stonework. We have been unable to fathom the plan that it running in the minds of these persistent birds ; whether they have chosen the rafters or the opening as the site of their nest has not been determined. In either case they have com- pletely failed in their building operations, and all the dried grass, twigs, paper, string and wool that they have transported continuously have fallen to the ground. The considerable pile of rubbish thus accumulated has repeatedly been removed by human hands, but after each clearance a fresh supply has been carried in by the birds in the course of the next twenty-four hours ; and we wonder how long this is to go on.
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