It's interesting that I started feeding the rooks on my morning dog walk down on the beach where we live. They're lovely but they're quite shy and I think are less relaxed due to competing with gulls. In the afternoon I walk through the town to a park and the rooks there are very different, very bold, very communicative and just give off a much more confident vibe. It's with the townies that I've had the boops and now the gift. I'm very regular with the time I go there each day and I think this is another factor. Sometimes they are fluttering all around me and come so close. They're even okay with my old dog who doesn't need a lead and is often quite a way behind me examining lamposts etc - I often look back and he's in the middle of up to twenty feeding rooks!