Birds The Crow Family Thread - Post Your Shots Here

Don't mess with me.
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'This is my best side'
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This is an adult Black Currawong. The chicks look much the same but their eyes are entirely black.

Also, they make a playful sound something like singing .... "Curr - a - wong. Curr - a - wong." as opposed to the moanful sound "ahhh aahh aaaaahh" that crows make. :))

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A magpie parent, wondering if she should attack me or beg for food.
He looks mean! Aussie magpies are much more agressive than their British cousins. I remember being a student at the Halls of Residence at Monash University, part of the walk from the Halls to the campus was a nightmare as you had to cover your head in anticipation of attacks from magpies. Didn't seem to matter what time of year it was, it was always the same.
 
British magpie enjoying a sunny Sunday afternoon in Royal Greenwich Park.
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This is an adult Black Currawong. The chicks look much the same but their eyes are entirely black.

Also, they make a playful sound something like singing .... "Curr - a - wong. Curr - a - wong." as opposed to the moanful sound "ahhh aahh aaaaahh" that crows make. :))

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They have unusal eyes. Our crows have dark eyes, with a blue eyelid, but the young crows have blue eyes.
 
He looks mean! Aussie magpies are much more agressive than their British cousins. I remember being a student at the Halls of Residence at Monash University, part of the walk from the Halls to the campus was a nightmare as you had to cover your head in anticipation of attacks from magpies. Didn't seem to matter what time of year it was, it was always the same.

If you wear a fluorescent shirt like postman Pat, you’re definitely going to get swooped. 😂
 
A light snack before siesta. Australian Magpie. (This season’s chick)

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A busy couple today.
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Tempting an eagle.
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Tempting an eagle.
Attempting to annoy so that they will leave the territory. Usually it doesn't work. This crow yelled at this eagle at this perch for about 10 minutes before the eagle flew off to another perch a few hundred yards away to where they repeated this. This is also my favorite optical illusion image.

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Nesting magpie. This guy was in an almighty fight with a crow over the nest. By the time I got my camera out, the fight was over, the crow gave up and the magpie was victorious.
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great shot
It looks like the crow is saying to the eagle, ‘hey mate look at that’ and the eagle has turned around and had a look.
 
Getting busy
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Pizza always a good choice for a meal on the go
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And what have we here?
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Crow surveying his kingdoom.
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Flight of the crow
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Tim, I had to look that up! So that's a thing.
It's amazing the things you learn on a photography forum!

I learned about it the exact same way about 6 years ago. I had always heard the term 'piebald', which (evidently) describes the discoloration associated with Leucism.

I had a chuckle at 'old age'. I could image a very grey crow, bent over and walking with a cane, his spectacles perched low over his beak so he could look over them... :p
 
(1/3) Crow to Blackheath control, I am ready for lift off.
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(2/3) Blackheath control to crow you are go for lifting off.
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(3/3) Blackheath control we have successful crow lift off, we have crow in flight.
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Clocked you in his rear-view mirror
 
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