The traditional date to shoot at 'perchers', that is young rooks just hatched out thinking about their first flight, is the first weekend in May, so very soon.

They used to live in Elm trees, but since all the elms died they have switched to anything tall. Rooks are vegetarian, and prefer to live next to a field of cows so that they can eat the insects hatching in the cow pats. Maybe that is one reason that we don't eat them much anymore...

HB