Good shot? Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 (edited) Edited February 3 by Good shot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weihrauch17 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 I have seen one Brown and several White Crows and a black Crow behind my house with alot of white in it's wings, very distinctive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 (edited) I've shot many like this. It's leucistic. Edited February 2 by steve_b_wales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 usually after there molt they go back to black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrastu Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Rook ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow white Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Shot quite a few like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good shot? Posted February 2 Author Report Share Posted February 2 Should have said “unusual for me” then. 😀😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Shot a lot over the years but never with a white feather. Would it be a local thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gas seal Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Hi Good Shot I’ve shot a few. There are a few about, I don’t shoot them now or the (white woodpigeon). l shot this Canada about five years ago near St Helens . I have some unusual photos. I will look for them and show them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good shot? Posted February 3 Author Report Share Posted February 3 (edited) Thanks Gas seal, that beak is special, I have only seen an all white Crow once many years ago while fishing the Ribble. Other than the Starling (attached) this Crow is the only other Leucistic one I have come across. Edited February 3 by Good shot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmm243 Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 I shot this grey crow locally about 4 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmm243 Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 And another one from 2 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokersmith Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 There's been one like this around my work for the last few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 15 minutes ago, Smokersmith said: There's been one like this around my work for the last few years. Oh does he visit you too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamch Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 On 02/02/2022 at 16:00, Good shot? said: Is it not a Rook with a beak like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good shot? Posted February 4 Author Report Share Posted February 4 2 hours ago, grahamch said: Is it not a Rook with a beak like that? Definitely a Crow, camera angle etc giving a false image. Took a couple of other pics but deleted them unfortunately but I can see why you would say that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hicky Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 We have a white/off grey one we had stuffed now in the local(centrally located in the shoot). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gas seal Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Hi the way you photographed it it looks like something from a horror picture. After watching the Alfred Hitchcock film the birds on the cinema ,on the bus home we were talking about the best crow decoys , teddy bears with glass eyes, white ferrets, and dead rabbits. A man joined in saying try a feather pillow, the bus conductor was the best he said just use a cardboard cutout of Tippi Hedren . When I was still at school the older men wouldn’t shoot crows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Neal Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 I'd have said it's a rook as well from the size of the bird and the silver/grey beak but it doesn't really matter. I've seen a handful of semi-leucistic ones like this, either a symmetrical lack of colouring such as yours or random, uneven patches of white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 (edited) I can see why some would think it’s a rook initially because of the unusual ventral presentation, and reflections lightening the bill. However the feather-covered nares and ‘wattle’ are just about visible to confirm it is a crow. Edited February 7 by WalkedUp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokersmith Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 Another this morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Neal Posted May 15 Report Share Posted May 15 There was a jackdaw with lots of brown feathers on its wings this morning sat on a roundabout near town. Could have picked it off with a spud gun it was that close! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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