Ahh our Blackbird is a type of Thrush and is of course normally all Black. Males have bright Orange beaks and the females are a drab brown and not black at all. Yes these are the Blackbirds I would assume to be the pie but now you raise the point perhaps it was Rooks after all as in the Spring Branchers which is what the young Rooks were called were culled and made into Rook Pie.
In days of yore all sorts of things were eaten which are now not acceptable or protected. The poor land workers would take young birds from nests to eat now an illegal practice. Of course the population was much smaller then but folks lived off the land. With the recession that our politions deny is happening I can see some of the older ways of eating comming back, no not raiding the bird nests but using cheaper cuts of meat which have fallen out of favor, dishes using left overs instead of throwing them away as seems the norm now
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Actually if you see our crows plumage in flight when the light catches it it's not black but deep midnight Blue and it's almost metallic, irridesant (spelling) quite beautiful to see
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Oh yes we do like our pies
in fact just talking about them has made me think about a Rhubbarb pie as there will be some more ready for pulling soon. I have not seen one fo the pie Black birds for years, Mum used to have one but we don't use it now if she still has one .................... Hmmm will have to ask her. We just put the pie dish on a shallow baking tray to catch any spillage.
Edit:- corrected spelling
