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Friday 31st March 2006, 23:32
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WhiteCourt Hooded Crow is back for the 2006 Nesting season.
(European Invader - Hooded Crow (OR) Strange Mix Half - Magpie (OR) Rare Crow)
He/She is Back. Got some close up video (through lattice) in the back yard yesterday. That video is now available at: http://www.dropshots.com/spectateswamp Next, find the nest. Then some close-ups of the White Crow Juniors? Doug Pederson Box 44 39 Riverside Whitecourt, Alberta Canada T7S 1N3 |
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Saturday 1st April 2006, 12:10
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Sunday 2nd April 2006, 04:18
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This afternoon White crow was seen in the backyard
stealing the buttered bread I put out. Travelling with a sharp looking All Black crow. Got some good footage of WC flying across the river towards me. Yesterday. Have a pretty good idea where the nest will be. Large Spruce tree most likely. |
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Sunday 2nd April 2006, 20:49
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Heard about another crow with white on it.
A small patch in the middle of it's back. Maybe a hatchling from a previous season. It was seen close to here. So I'll keep my eye peeled for it. I'll pretty well have to video all crows I can to get this one. |
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Tuesday 4th April 2006, 14:47
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This looks like a Hooded Crow. How come BF's Canadian members are not freaking out over this bird?
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Tuesday 4th April 2006, 16:44
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It is a pushy bird. and sneaky known to travel with magpies It seems to be more grey this year? the first rain may clean WC up Been seeing the crow lots lately |
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Tuesday 4th April 2006, 17:40
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Seen WC cross the river twice with branches in it's beak.
It tried to do a switch to it's feet on the first trip. I got a little video on the 2nd pass. Landing in a large leaf-less poplar tree. Didn't see any mate around, but there were plenty of crows where WC got the branch. |
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Tuesday 4th April 2006, 20:08
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Surely this is an extreme rarity, if not a first for North America, is anyone in Canada going to pick up on this?!
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Tuesday 4th April 2006, 21:55
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This could a sign of global warming ??? |
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Wednesday 5th April 2006, 13:39
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Is this some kind of joke thread??!
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Wednesday 5th April 2006, 15:46
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What on earth is this all about? Why is it referred to as 'white crow' as opposed to 'hooded crow' (which is clearly what it is)?
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Wednesday 5th April 2006, 17:09
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Poor Judge of Pasta.
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A local crow showing small grey patches could be hybrid Hooded/American Crow from a previous season. Does seem a remarkable record though!
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Wednesday 5th April 2006, 20:48
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Can't imagine how this Hooded Crow got here.
This is the western part of Canada. 200 miles from the rocky mountains. He got by unnoticed here because the color pattern is similar to a Magpie. But this crow is twice their size. Crows and magpies keep their distance. But the WC was spotted twice in the center of a flock of magpies. I'm going down to the river now. Just to see if there is more nest building and if there is a mate nearby. |
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Saturday 15th April 2006, 17:09
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One of the more sensible splits, I think. |
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Sunday 14th May 2006, 14:35
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Another resident I know says the Crow with the White on it's back
pretty well lives in her back yard. I'll see if she will get a picture or two. The distance between my backyard and her's is about 3/4 mile as the white crows fly. Lots of sightings of the Hooded Crow invader. Seems far more wary than other Crows. More gray too? Somehow he seemed whiter last year. Still not sure if it has a mate? |
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Wednesday 17th May 2006, 13:09
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Another Crow with White on it, has been spotted.
This one has a couple white wing feathers. The location 1 mile directly east of where the Hooded crow hangs out and about 3/4 mile south of where the Crow with White spots on it's back, lives. This latest one makes it 3 Crows with color, in a very small circle. If this keeps up, there will be no Black Crows left? |
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Wednesday 17th May 2006, 23:52
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HONESTY IS MY ONLY EXCUSE !!!
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Looks like a Hooded crow to me!
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Thursday 13th July 2006, 14:17
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This once white bird (last year) appeared more gray this year.
Just noticed a couple "white" feathers in among the grey ones. He / She must be moulting. Changing to a more white bird again. I've been seeing the bird most mornings at around 6:00AM I'll get some more recent video of the bird in the next day or two. Cloudy and rainy here today. Maybe that's why the feather colors stand out a little more. Do Hooded Crows go through a "color change" each year? How he got here in western Canada is the big question. Cheers |
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Thursday 13th July 2006, 14:49
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I'd be doing the Homer Simpson 'running round in circles while lying on the floor ' bit if I'd seen one here only a few hundred miles from whre they live.
How did that bugger land there and how come no-one's gone beserk over it? Next question - is it European gone over the Atlantic or from Asia over the Bering Strait?
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Thursday 13th July 2006, 14:52
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A river runs through it
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sure appears to be cornix .... they kept in captivity over there?
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Friday 14th July 2006, 02:41
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Other crows are showing up with their young. The Foreigner is alone. When he shows up the others give way. Very very cautious bird. The Black crows arn't nearly as skittish. Maybe he got trapped in a shipping container? His call is recognizably different too. |
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Friday 14th July 2006, 02:51
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Have you reported it to anyone other than on here?
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Friday 14th July 2006, 03:32
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The other day, I spotted him in a tree about 50 yards away. I went out with my binoculars and he had just taken to the air comming my way. (probably to eat more free bread) I raised the binocs and he vered away like I pointed a shotgun. I've been feeding him for nearly a year with a break over winter. Followed him all over last fall. I think he over reacted. |
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