Talk:Rookery

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sea lions stay in rookeries and have their kids and mate. they are pretty safe in these rookeries, no predator can reach them, unless little young cubs run into the ocean and killer whales eat them. 65.74.74.181 06:02, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Weren't some exceptionally bad Victorian-era slums once referred to as "rookeries" ? GCarty 14:40, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

My Sandman 40 seems to think so but how reliable that is for information? Highlandlord 03:17, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Lostan's River by Cynthia DeFelice

I have found no info on the web about this. I think it is someone's fantasy SuzanneKn 16:55, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Rookeries in the english countryside

I turned to this article as I hoped to find something about rookeries in the english countryside, stereotypically near an old vicarage, but zilch about them. I'm sure they must have been studied in depth by naturalists and biologists. As there are not many of them, and as I think they do not move about, then it would be possible to have a list of them. Similarly with other bird colonies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.2.205.177 (talk) 12:50, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

I think a list would be hard to compile - I know of at least five within ten miles of my house (South Norfolk). But there is a certain lack of detail with regard to the use of the term for its original purpose.--Woodgreener (talk) 20:06, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Crow reference??

Crows are solitary birds, and do not nest in colonies. This is a common misconception, at least in the UK, when people see a group of black birds flying or nesting, they presume they are crows, but they are nearly always rooks. My point being crows do not nest in rookeries, contrary to the first paragraph of the article. Thoughts? --Woodgreener (talk) 20:02, 27 August 2008 (UTC)