Darrick wood - the Kings and Queens of the sky


Thoughts in Darrick Wood by Trevor Morgan 01 April 2020 (traduction française ci-dessous)

When I see the jackdaws performing acrobatics in the reserve, I nearly always think of my birthplace - Pembrokeshire in West Wales. There we have more species of the crow family, as well as jays, carrion crows, magpies and jackdaws, we have ravens  and rooks, and the very rare choughs with red bills and legs The choughs are confined to the coast and the  ravens to the coast and foot hills.
The raven is a huge bird and the largest member of the crow family it is bigger and more powerful than a buzzard. It can easily see off raptors as large as a red kite. There are no eagles, in Wales, so the raven dominates the skies.

It is equally as aerobatic as the jackdaw or chough but in a different way. It can fly and glide upside down. It can flip over onto its back and glide for a hundred meters in this flight configuration. An eagle can fly upside down vertically, but it cannot compete with a raven for aerobatic ability.
The raven has been able to fly like this for thousands of years and before modern man appeared in the sky with his jet engines and “artificial intelligence”. A raven can put us to shame in this regard and there is no need for fossil fuels or fusion energy.

The raven is also one of my favourite birds, it is intelligent and can mimic the voices of other species, including humans. It is rapacious and raids the nests of smaller birds for eggs and fledglings; it catches rabbits and other small mammals. It is also a scavenger - just like humans. It is a killer, but it only does this to survive. It does not attack its own species gratuitously. For everything it does there is a reason, but the raven is probably not aware of this. The ravens are the kings and queens of the sky and the jackdaws are the princes and princesses.
To be continued…..




Pensées dans Darrick Wood par Trevor Morgan) 01Avril 2020

Lorsque, je vois les choucas faire des acrobaties dans la réserve, je pense presque toujours à mon lieu de naissance - Pembrokeshire dans l’ouest du Pays de Galles. Là, nous avons plus d’espèces de la famille des corbeaux, ainsi que des geais, des corneilles, des pies et des choucas, nous avons des grands corbeaux et des corbeaux freux, et les très rares craves à bec rouge avec des becs et jambes rouges Les craves sont confinés à la côte et les grands corbeaux à la côte et les collines de pied.
Le grand corbeau est un énorme oiseau et le plus grand membre de la famille du corbeau et est plus grand et plus puissant qu’une buse. Il peut facilement repousser des rapaces aussi grands qu’un milan rouge. Il n’y a pas d’aigles, au Pays de Galles, donc le grand corbeau domine le ciel.

Il est tout aussi acrobatique que le choucas ou le crave mais d’une manière différente. Il peut voler et glisser à l’envers. Il peut se retourner sur le dos et planer sur une centaine de mètres dans cette configuration de vol. Un aigle peut voler à l’envers verticalement, mais il ne peut rivaliser avec un corbeau pour la capacité acrobatique.

Le grand corbeau pouvait voler comme cela pendant des milliers d’années et avant que l’homme moderne n’apparaisse dans le ciel avec ses moteurs à réaction et son « intelligence artificielle ». Un grand corbeau peut nous faire honte à cet égard et il n’y a pas besoin de combustibles fossiles ou d’énergie de fusion.

Le grand corbeau est également l’un de mes oiseaux préférés, il est intelligent et peut imiter les voix d’autres espèces, y compris les humains. Il est rapace et fait des descentes dans les nids de petits oiseaux pour y trouver des œufs et des oisillons ; il chasse des lapins et d’autres petits mammifères. C’est aussi un charognard - tout comme les humains. C’est un tueur, mais il ne le fait que pour survivre. Il n’attaque pas sa propre espèce gratuitement. Pour tout ce qu’il fait il y a une raison, mais le corbeau n’est probablement pas au courant de cela. Les grands corbeaux sont les rois et les reines du ciel et les choucas sont les princes et les princesses.

À suivre…..

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