corvus corone

Thank you for your comments on my pictures, stay safe and well, and good birding! John

The last picture I uploaded was of a Magpie pecking at some roof tiles. This one shows the same sort of behaviour by a Carrion Crow. There's a difference though: the Magpie was pecking at the *front* of the tile, so possibly trying to obtain minerals. The Crow is apparently trying to get at...

Crow flying away with the piece of bread.

Taken on a cold and frosty morning.

Thank you for the kind comments on the Pied Wagtail. This, from 10 days ago, was the third date on which a Carrion Crow chose to perch right outside my open window and pose for photographs at almost point blank range. The bird certainly knew I was there, and wasn't bothered. It would be nice to...

Handsome pair

Monochrome, silhouette. I fancied doing something different (and possibly a touch sinister). Thank you for your comments on my pictures, stay safe and well, and good birding! John

Watching

Final approach...flaps up... landing gear down...

A Carrion Crow cooling its feet in one of the Leighton Moss scrapes. The bird is showing a few white feathers on its neck and wing edge, cross-breeding possibly?

and my Shadow... An immature Buzzard being harassed by a Crow

It's unusual to get this close to a Crow

looks like a Corvus Corone juv to me; when I was a young man, we sometimes collected juvenile rooks who had been thrown out their colony nests by a heavy thunderstorm in June: often those birds had parasites, and a very good vet specialized on birds was ready to help saving them; when they were...

A youngster maybe?

This young Redshank was snatched from the ground by the marauding Crow, which probably had young of it's own to feed

If you are able to read german, you can read my book about crows. http://www.corvus-monedula.com/S19.html

Looking splendid after a light rain shower