superbe corneille mantelée !!

Impressive shot!

Wunderschön!!!
Es ist schon toll, wie ihre Federn im Licht spielen - von wegen schwarz.

A very nice shot Christian.
Enjoy your week and thank you for posting to FFF.

Das 2. PiP ist auch der Hammer. Toll, dass du ihn so nahe bekommst.
Sehr schöne Aufnahmen.

tolle Serie Christian

A beautiful bird with amazing colours in it's feathers. You've captured it in wonderful detail in this series Christian.

I'm pretty sure this is a leucistic crow, which would explain the white patches in the feathers. It seems to be fairly common in Covids?

Keith I think that has nothing to do with leucism. There are two forms of crows (Corvus corone): Carrion crow ( germ.:Rabenkrähe -> Raven crow) in the west and Hooded crow (germ.: Nebelkrähe -> Fog crow) in the east. The border between the two runs right across Austria (and I think it's further west than the wikipedia map shows, around Linz for instance). Along this border there are also hybrids of both.. wikipedia knows a lot about:
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooded_crow
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrion_crow

It's definitely a hooded crow. There are a lot of them around our garden. The colors on Alfs feathers are the product of the sunset.

thank's for the precise answer. :-) When I just started to answer, Alf just landed in front of my window to check if there are new peanuts... Or to watch if I wright bullshit?

Thanks for taking the trouble to get this information..........I had no idea! I've never seen anything like it.

Every day is a school day on Ipernity :-)

Be sure, you will be observed very well by him! :-)
My wife, who keeps in touch (and feeds!) our two, meanwhile feels literally stalked by them. ;-)

Thanks for the confirmation.................I've never seen one before. Such beautiful birds!

Keith, in the end I was surprised, that the British Isles house Hooded crows as well, in northern Scotland and in Ireland. Wasn't aware of that.

As you say: every day is a school day on Ipernity ... and without questions, there are no answers! ;-))

Ein schöner Freundschaftsbeweis.
Alf lässt offenbar Nähe zu.
Das Licht, die Gefiederzeichnung, die Freistellung: Schön!
Gruß an Mausi