Jackdaws

Many of Follett's novels, such as Jackdaws and Night Over Water, have been set in World War II, but A Place Called Freedom is about 18th-century migrants to America and A Dangerous Fortune reads like a juicy season of Desperate Housewives set in the world of 19th-century British banking.

Review of World Without End, by Ken Follett 2007

Many of Follett's novels, such as Jackdaws and Night Over Water, have been set in World War II, but A Place Called Freedom is about 18th-century migrants to America and A Dangerous Fortune reads like a juicy season of Desperate Housewives set in the world of 19th-century British banking.

Archive 2007-11-01 2007

Jackdaws and magpies in particular have a habit of taking colourful objects to place in their nests.

Tiny artworks vanish from stately home 2010

Jackdaws were notorious thieves, attracted to anything that was colorful or shiny.

Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010

Jackdaws clatter in tall pines at the Priory, as a family group gathers before flying off to the clan roost together, making sounds like kids playing in the park.

Country diary: Wenlock Edge 2010

Jackdaws, however, incorporate their words into their songs to create, as Lorenz puts it, something more like a ballad, in which they can re-create past adventures or directly express emotions.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

Jackdaws, the cousins of rooks, also live socially, are highly intelligent and communicate with each other in remarkable ways.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

Jackdaws, however, incorporate their words into their songs to create, as Lorenz puts it, something more like a ballad, in which they can re-create past adventures or directly express emotions.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

Jackdaws were almost always out in the middle air of the gorge as I crossed the bridge.

A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009

Jackdaws are the only animals, other than man, that understand that eyes are the source of vision.

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