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Jackdaw asks strangers, "are you alright?" in a Yorkshire accent

Jennifer Sandlin
Dec 31, 2024
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Jackdaw

All animals are amazing, but this pied jackdaw (not a crow, but in the same family), who asks strangers "are you alright?" as they walk by, is extra cool!

Meet Mourdour, who speaks in a Yorkshire accent and lives near Knaresborough Castle in North Yorkshire, England. BBC reports that Mourdour and her fellow feathered friends are looked after by Ig…

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