Carrion crows and hybrids at Carlingford Lough
Slight change of topic - i believe that there is one full large male carrion crow and three hybrids with different degrees of hybridisation (one with classic mottled look, one with a few grey feathers around the vent and one with extensive grey underwing mostly on one side). They forage around the oyster trestles at low tide and seem to hang mainly in the docks area of Greenore port otherwise (the full male sometimes perches on the highest yellow crane in the port). One of the hybrids with a little grey by the vent is associating with a full hoodie (and was doing same about this time last year). I have heard that the area of Carlingford lough has a long history of carrion hybrids? (please excuse the rubbish photography...)
Slight change of topic - i believe that there is one full large male carrion crow and three hybrids with different degrees of hybridisation (one with classic mottled look, one with a few grey feathers around the vent and one with extensive grey underwing mostly on one side). They forage around the oyster trestles at low tide and seem to hang mainly in the docks area of Greenore port otherwise (the full male sometimes perches on the highest yellow crane in the port). One of the hybrids with a little grey by the vent is associating with a full hoodie (and was doing same about this time last year). I have heard that the area of Carlingford lough has a long history of carrion hybrids? (please excuse the rubbish photography...)