There’s a bird called Eurasian jay (whose scientific name is Garrulus Glandarius) which shares a lot of common traits with the Erasmus Project we’re working on.
He belongs to the ravens (Corvidae, birds of the crow family) well known because of their awesome intelligence comparable to the mammalian abilities.
Characteristics:
- He lives all over the Eurasian area: from Spain to Turkey and Scandinavia (excepting its northern area).
- He’s a chatty bird able to imitate sounds and voices from other birds (and even from cats!) … He’s a multilingual animal!!!
- They can travel great distances but not as a flock. One single bird follows another one keeping a strategic distance.
- He’s a lovely beautiful bird. We’ve thought it could be possible to draw an icon from his essential physical traits like his erectile feathers on the top of his head, his freckled wings, his tail, his blue eye line, his “mustache”, …
He can only live in the countryside: timberland, oak woods, brown woods and pine tree wood. His scientific name is Garrulus Glandarius: “Garrulus” because he likes speaking and “glandarius” because of the acorns (glans glandis in Latin language) he collects and stocks for winter. He also eats insects, ivy and holly berries, chestnuts and blackbird eggs. There are lots of photographs of Eurasian jays in the water, where you can notice the erectile movement their feathers can display.
We have chosen this smart bird to organize a contest with the intention to create a logo for our Erasmus + KA 2 Project.
Some of our students have already proposed their designs …
The images were taken from these sources:
1.- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Garrulus_glandarius_albipectus.jpg/1024px-Garrulus_glandarius_albipectus.jpg
2.-http://www.rios-galegos.com/gaio02.jpg
3.-http://fotos.imagenesdeposito.com/imagenes/a/arrendajo_en_agua-1715.jpg
The Eurasian Jay is indeed an amazing animal. Its intelligence is something admirable! The fact that it can imitate many other birds and even cats makes me want to have one back home to keep me company on the lonely days!
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteThere's a Eurasian Jay living in our garden in the centre of Bristol FYI.
ReplyDeletei have a pair of these visit my garden and bathe in my large birdbath every day, i lve in leeds in west yorkshire in a small wooded area, its wonderful to watch them
ReplyDelete