Stirring sounds at sunset – jays, ravens and some “chikks” from a woodpecker. Jays and ravens are both corvids, but they sound very different.
When I hear jays screeching around dusk there’s often a tawny owl call too. I’ve seen them mobbing owls – they’re natural enemies. Ravens make wonderfully visceral sounds. I’ve only just realised that they have a loud swoosh to their wingbeats too, which carries more than a hundred yards in a quiet wood. No wonder they’re such a powerful presence in legend and ancient fiction.
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