Crows with white wings..... (1 Viewer)

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DeadInTheBasement

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• Jan 8, 2007

• #1

i went out today looking for crows and a few had white wings is this just a winter thing or what?in tennessee the only crows we have are american crows and we also have common ravens....

 

Tav94

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• Jan 10, 2007

• #2

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DeadInTheBasement said:

i went out today looking for crows and a few had white wings is this just a winter thing or what?in tennessee the only crows we have are american crows and we also have common ravens....

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This is a crow that i see here in Plymouth devon not ever seen one like this before might be of intrest to you. B

 

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Xenospiza

Distracted

• Jan 10, 2007

• #3

White wings are quite common in crows that have a bad diet (like in towns). Carrion Crows and Jackdaws in Europe are often affected. If they'd get back on a good diet they should look normal after they've molted their wing feathers (but just like people, they're not very good at that!)
I've never seen them in American Crows (probably didn't pay too much attention!) but others on BF did.

 

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wuwang

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• Feb 21, 2012

• #4

Up here at sunny Berwick upon Tweed we've got 3 of these who live in our garden. The wife keeps telling me not to tell anyone or else we'll have the whole world and his wife taking photos in our garden!

 

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screaming piha

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• Feb 21, 2012

• #5

Carrion Crow wing feathers reveal white when they wear. Almost all the crows with white in their wings that I have seen are worn birds.

 

Farnboro John

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• Feb 21, 2012

• #6

I've always been told its a juvenile feature. Also, if its diet, why is it always the wing feathers?

Puzzled,

John