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Baggy trousers, baggy trousers
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OUR mates the rooks. Black and big. Baggy trousers with tatty cuffs. Big stomach hanging down. Jerky uncool walk. Bit-too-big coat. Big black quiff. Giant conk like a warrior’s weapon. Flashing iridescent blues and purples. Always in a gang. Always noisy. KAAAA KAAAAH KAAAAH KAAAH.
Boisterous, super-social, messy, warm, domestic…LOVEABLE.
If it’s a big black bird here’s how you roughly tell a rook from a crow. If it’s on its own it’s maybe a crow. If it’s in a crowd it’s probably a rook. If it’s all black it’s probably a crow (except in Scotland and Ireland). If it’s black with part-white beak and cheeks it’s a rook.
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