| Highfield Hospital chief Wyn Davies got the bird when he rescued a jackdaw that was trapped behind the cavity wall in his office. |
| Given the freedom to wander, he became a keen boy naturalist, and kept many pets including a kestrel, a jay and a jackdaw. |
| A jackdaw, who sat upon an elm, and beheld his exploit, resolved to imitate it. |
| Netting unless very well put on the trees prove no good as the clever jackdaw or cheeky magpie can get in with ease in the smallest opening. |
| But their responses are not always well timed, and the notes of the jackdaw sound uncommonly like the scoffings of the ribald. |
| I threw a rock at a jackdaw that waddled over toward Oliver's grave. |
