Saturday 20 February 2010

Torresian Crow

This young Torresian Crow was trying to get through our chain wire fence the other day. As we have a small dog we thought it was better to give it a helping hand up into one of our trees so the parents could come and help it out, which they did after a lot of calling from the young one.
The next morning the crows were back calling and I found another young one in the mango tree.
This is the first time I have seen a young crow after them breeding in the area for many years. Maybe the Koel did not make it to their nest this year.

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Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)

10 comments:

mick said...

A good outcome for the little bird and nice photos too.

Neil said...

Thanks Mick it was a good outcome.

eileeninmd said...

I always love happy endings! Great shots!

Johnny Nutcase said...

Glad you helped them out! Cool photos!

Neil said...

Thanks Eileen and Johnny

Kelly said...

...very cool. I love the blue eye in that first photo! Glad you were there to help them out. That's always fun!

Lana Gramlich said...

Very nice!

Kyle said...

Cool shots and a great story, Neil.

Just curious, but how big do the adult Torresian Crows get? That youngster looks like it's already quite a handful.

Vickie said...

Nice images. I am struck by how different their beak is from our American Crow, as well as the beak color and the bluish tint of the eye. Glad you were there to assist!

Neil said...

Thanks everyone for your comments and Kyle the adult crow is 48 - 53cm