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    How long do jackdaws take to fly?

    Now, I can't find him today, day 7. This may not be as good as it sounds because overnight some bastard flytipper has filled my tiny garden with a mattress, six tyres and two bicycles, and I've had to call in the police. I hope the bird has flown and not been killed - however they don't appear...
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    How long do jackdaws take to fly?

    He's still out there - it's been six days now. On the plus side, he's been lurking in a stack of pallets, propped up against the fence on their sides, and today he was sitting on the middle bar, about 18" up. It's a little far for him to have hopped or scrambled, so that suggests he may be...
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    How long do jackdaws take to fly?

    Day four and he's still there and still showing no sign of flying. On the plus side he doesn't seem to be getting any weaker, so he's evidently still finding enough crunchy millipedes, and the presumed parents swear at me if I go near him. At least, if he's going to be becalmed somewhere my...
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    How long do jackdaws take to fly?

    Thank you both. The village where I live, Slamannan, is ground central for a medium-sized flock of jackdaws. As an experiment I once timed how long I could look out of my bedroom window for and not see a jackdaw, and the highest I got to iirc was 37 seconds. There seem to be four or five...
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    How long do jackdaws take to fly?

    I've got a fledgling jackdaw chick in my garden. He (?) still has a bit of fluff underneath, wing and tail feathers are in but not full-length yet. The SSPCA says don't feed him, just give him water, as hunger will encourage him to fly. However, he seems to be managing perfectly well to find...
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