Brown Crow ?

[The homba]

Hi all have had this visitor to the garden for a while and wondered if anyone could positively id it ? Comes in with the other crows . The "experts" my brother works with say it could be a house crow escaped from the zoo but are not sure ( need to get better pics ) i had a google and came up with caramel crow but they are rarer than albinos .

Cheers Iain

 

[robin wood]

My first thought was immature Hooded crow (Corvus cornix), you are on the border of hoodie/carrion crow country but the beak is too small. Beak looks more like immature jackdaw. What are "the other crows" it comes in with? Jackdaws or carrion crows?

 

[nuggets]

i would go for young jackdaw as well !!

 

[dozzer]

i see one of these earlier today in an asda carpark my brother pointed it out! how strange!

 

[The homba]

Hi guys thanks for the replys the other crows are both Jackdaws and carrion havent seen a hoodie here .

cheers Iain

 

[Angus Og]

No way Hoodie to far south.

This is what happens when no sun cream is applied.

http://www.birdforum.net/forum.php

 

[robin wood]

No way Hoodie to far south.

Yep having checked hoodie is further North or West. Certainly this time of year.

 

[The homba]

Well he returned this morning and i got some more photos think he is a jackdaw. Angus Og thanks for the link the guy Chris that posted my pic on there is the guy my brother works with ringing the shearwaters .

cheers Iain

 

[robin wood]

Glad to see the end of that story and yes he does look much more Jackdaw like in those photos. Immature Jackdaws often leave the nest before the tails feathers are fully grown and the way he has his full tail wide spread for balance in the first photo does not look typical jackdaw. Beaks are always good for identification though, not as variable as colour and other features.

 

[JonathanD]

There is an immature Jackdaw on the lawn outside as I'm typing this, exactly the same colour.