Tea-leafing* litterbug

A waiter, Lester and I watched with amusement as this jackdaw landed on one of the outside tables at the Savill Garden cafe, stole an unused carton of spread and proceeded to open it in order to enjoy the contents.
*From the Cockney rhyming slang for 'thief'

Many thanks for all the great feedback on my posts. It's always very much appreciated.
Hope everyone's having a great weekend.

[Hamble]

Ha ha! Lovely capture! Did he manage to get to the contents?

[elkehochban]

Awesome capture! Nice to see you enjoying some sunshine!

[Milanie]

I think they're a whole lot smarter than we give them credit for! That's such a cute shot.

[Ariel]

Birds do need fat. At least he's gone for the healthy option and is having low-fat Flora.

[Gena Pegg]

hahaha! What a great capture! He seems to really be enjoying his "find".

[Taephy]

No..I am not a thief....I am just clever! Great capture, Alison!!

[8yearson]

Big greedy birds, but an amusing photo and well done to get him so sharp and have the camera in the right place at the right time!

[Jean Tookey]

A great capture. Right place at the right time. Birds are so clever.

[Loopy-Lou]

Awesome capture, On holiday in Vienna we saw one raiding the bin for Chinese in the park opposite our hotel, it was great fun watching him :)

[Claire]

Amazing shot, great catch

[carol white]

Wonderful capture!! He's got his beedy eye on you!! Probably thinks you'll grab his loot!!

[Al Bailey]

Fabulous capture! wonder if he every found the way into his loot :)

[Laura J.]

What a smart little guy! Great capture

[Lisa Stein]

Great capture. I assume this is a crow variety? We don't have them here. He is a smartie alright!

[Dione Giorgio]

Fantastic capture, Alison. Great timing and detail.

[Janet]

Well caught! Jackdaws do know how to take advantage of us!

[Jennifer C]

well it's a tearooms thief, cheeky blighter

[Kazzy]

Haha...he must have seagull somewhere in his heritage! Fun shot :)

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

@pflaume Thanks, Lisa. Yes, the jackdaw's one of the crow family, along with rooks and ravens. Do you have those?

[Lisa Stein]

@dulciknit We have crows and less commonly ravens. I'm thinking what you call a rook is most likely a crow for us?

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

@pflaume We have crows and rooks. I found this that shows the differences between those and the ravens and jackdaws : http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/natureuk/2011/10/autumnwatch-unsprung-round-up.shtml
There's a nice little montage of nature shots at the head of the page as well.

[Cindy Hagan]

Great capture!

[Matt Clendon]

I think that bird is feeling rather pleased with itself. What a catch!