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Birds - Crow Page 4
Image of day on 14 Jul 2005
We often see carrion crows with bits of peel and the like, but
here it shows a preference for an apple core about an hour after
it was put out.
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Image Taken on 07 Jun 2006
at 18:07 Image of day on 16 Jun 2006
Peanuts are obviously a hit with Crows. Pity they don't leave many for
other visitors.
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Image Taken on 31 May 2006
at 18:49 Image of day on 10 Jun 2006
Cheeky Crow with beak full of a defrosted blackberry.
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Image Taken on 13 Jun 2007
at 19:29 Image of day on 28 Jun 2007
Spuds peelings and spoilage seem to be appreciated by the crows.
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Image of day on 07 Jun 2005
These two carrion crows are presumably the youngsters we watched
in the nest for weeks. Much too fine plumage condition to be the
adults, and the tails are short. Rarely saw the adults together
away from the nest anyway, and these spent several minutes
feeding.
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Image of day on 20 Jun 2005
Two carrion crows are till making regular appearances to
photograph themselves and look to be in really good health.
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Image Taken on 26 Jun 2017
at 18:08 Image of day on 18 Aug 2017
A couple of Carrion Crows nicely aligned for their portrait.
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Image Taken on 19 Nov 2010
at 12:06 Image of day on 16 Jan 2011
Not much by way of thermals this time of year means the buzzards
tend to be lower where we can get better photos of the corvids
making their displeasure felt. This is one of a pair of carrion
crows mobbing a passing buzzard. Un-fudged (cropped only) single
frame.
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Image Taken on 05 Jul 2016
at 17:39 Image of day on 23 Aug 2016
A pair of Carrion Crows sitting quietly together on the 11KV wires didn't like
our arrival, and we expected them to fly off together. But only one of them decided
to fly off. Read this as pairs of bird from the bottom upwards.
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Image Taken on 11 Nov 2015
at 10:59 Image of day on 24 Dec 2015
A pair of Carrion Crows often share the top of this conifer, though they
vary their perches. Here the Right-hand bird opening it's wings and
the strong southerly wind (from the right here) did the rest!
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Image Taken on 05 Jun 2016
at 16:39 Image of day on 18 Jul 2016
Red Kites here don't seem to be any more welcomed by Corvids than the Buzzards.
We saw this one flying in from the distance and vanished into some trees near the horizon.
A minute or two later it emerged from the trees carrying what looks like twig and being
hotly pursued by a pair of Carrion Crows for several hundred metres in our general
direction. Here is about half a second of action.
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Image Taken on 17 Jun 2010
at 12:13 Image of day on 29 Jul 2010
It soon wandered off and a pair of carrion crows really took
exception to its presence and harassed it until we lost sight of
the group in the haze.
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Image Taken on 20 Aug 2017
at 07:03 Image of day on 07 Oct 2017
This Red Kite being pursued by a carrion crow - the crow is just about able to keep up.
On another occasion we observed that Jackdaws can't keep up with Red Kites even
if the kite is not trying to get away.
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Image Taken on 28 Nov 2023
at 12:38 Image of day on 03 Jan 2024
From a bit closer here are the starlings, accompanied by one of the two local Carrion Crows.
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