The blackbird is larger than sparrows and tits, but smaller than black-coloured members of the crow family, such as carrion crows and jackdaws. The only bird with which it might be confused is the starling, which is also black, but which has numerous white spots and reddish legs (a black...
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The jackdaw is a kind of blackbirds that lives in Europe. Jackdaws live together. Young jackdaws do not know their enemies. When an older jackdaw sees a dog, it makes a loud rattling sound. The younger birds know this sound means danger is nearby. The sound warns them to know their ...
In jackdaws, its most important survival value is to teach the young inexperienced birds what a dangerous eating-enemy looks like, which they do not know instinctively. For just such educational reasons, geese and ducks may gather together in intense excitement to learn that a fox—anything ...