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We have heard alot from Poet recently, it seems at least two or three times a week now a lone jackdaw will call to us from the rookery persistently, and of course there's only one person it could be.

Yesterday he was calling to us when we were outside and then I came inside and sat on the computer and I'm sure I saw him land on the chimney pot in the back yard, I was about to take a photo of him, but as soon as he had landed merlin jumped up there and chased him away.

He seems to call to merlin as much as he does me and mum when he is around, merlin does seem to answer him but it doesnt seem to be in very polite terms!!

Merlin has been more irritating than usual of late, he recently had a phase of not going into the cage for lunch and he had to be chased in there with the broom every day, he seems to be getting over it now, the snow didnt help as he had the added excuse that the front garden outside his cage "looked wrong" and it wasnt supposed to be like that!

Birds are very sensetive to these things, especially stroppy teenaged birds!!!

Josh