Once I started watching birds, I look at all birds. About one month ago I was driving down Elizabeth Avenue when I spotted a crow with some white on it. I wanted to stop but traffic was backed up on both sides of the road. By the time I found a place to turn around and return the different crow was gone.
Having forgotten about it, I was driving down Elizabeth Ave. on Wednesday when I spotted a crow with a white feather picking at garbage. This time there was no one behind me and I pulled into a driveway and grabbed my camera.
I got a couple of shots but this unusual specimen did not want to pose. I think he was more interested in the trash. I got two shots on the ground and then it flew up on a house where I was able to get a couple of shots of the different markings.
I ran a Google search and came up a discussion on similar birds found in the U.S. http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=65078
If you have any insight on this aberration, please leave a comment.
I saw a bird like this in my yard in Arkansas
ReplyDeletei saw one today, so searching online i found your blog.. vancouver island btw and there have been albino crows found only about 30 miles from here... was a blessing to see this fellow today :D
ReplyDeleteI also recently saw one in my backyard in East Tennessee
ReplyDeleteI saw two on Mew's Place Saturday morning. First I have seen in NL.
ReplyDeleteI saw one in Central Scotland today but it was about a third white feathers. It was hanging out with the regular black crows. I will see if I can get a pic tomorrow or monday
ReplyDeleteI saw one at Crescent Beach near Vancouver, BC which had one white feather.
ReplyDeleteI have a young crow with white feathers living in our garden never seen this before I live in Jimboomba QLD Australia
ReplyDeleteSaw one fairplay Colorado
ReplyDeleteWe have 2 here, everyday. I live in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada
ReplyDeleteTigard Oregon...at first I thought
ReplyDeleteIt had landed on a white painted fence...but when it flew off I saw alot of white under it's wings.
.hangs out with all my crow buddies...we do lunch !@@@
WHAT IS THAT BIRD ???
I spotted one in Seaside, Oregon yesterday
ReplyDeleteThe staff and I at my church’s summer care program found a baby one on the playground. “Rocky” (kids named him) is alive and working on flying. So cute!
DeleteWhen I first saw one, I thought it was very unusual. Since then, I have seen numerous. According to all of the post here, this is a common occurrence Thanks for sharing.
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Spotted one today Mascoma NH. First ever.
ReplyDeleteI have a crow with a white stripe on each side, see it quite often
ReplyDeleteWe have one with a white spot on top of his head that visits daily to the seed and the bath for about 2 weeks now. Beautiful shiny black all over except that one spot. He is loner. Not with the other crows who usually are in large flocks. He is also a bit smaller. Not much tho. Maybe adolescent.
ReplyDeletei have a similar crow, a bit of white on both sides, just the wings. It is smaller and comes for my peanuts. opens the squirrel feeder. This crow ..talked... a sweet kind of rolling around of sound in its mouth. Quite remarkable.
DeleteI have a pair of crows visit my garden and bird bath regularly and just this week, another arrived. I'm sure it's a male, same size as one of the other male. He has 2 white spots on his wings right where they attach to his back. He's pretty shy and I have yet to get a pic of him!!
ReplyDeleteSorry, forgot to say I'm In Indian Head, Saskatchewan
DeleteLook up Leucistic crows.
ReplyDeletenot a loss of pigment, just a couple of feathers, on both sides... wings only there are a few photographs of such birds.
DeleteMy name is Heidi. Saw 7 of them eating at a dead raccoon in Mobile,Alabama. They were very large birds. So, I thought them to be Ravens.
ReplyDeleteIs it possible the birds you saw were Vultures?
ReplyDeleteWe saw 3 in Ephrata PA USA
ReplyDeleteI saw one March 2023 between Houlton and Somerset Wisconsin. He was a big crow. An elder, with white feather mirrored on each lower flank.
ReplyDeleteI’ve just seen one in Northern Ireland,goggled and came across this just some white feathers on the wings
ReplyDeleteJust spotted one with a white circle on its head in Indiana
ReplyDeleteI just heard a huge amount of birds squawking, and looked out front to see about 25 of these crows with white markings fighting over a dead female cardinal that had struck my front window, and I put it into the forest next to us. I'm in NW Arkansas, this is the first time I've seen these birds. I have a bigger family of crows that visit every day into our pastures. This group of crows really surprised me!
ReplyDeleteThat is unusual. Interesting.
ReplyDeleteThere are two traveling together in Coop City Bronx NY
ReplyDeleteI have 15 or so in the pine tree out front of my home Southern Ca Ventura so different
ReplyDeleteWow. I have never heard of so many together.
ReplyDeleteI saw one, several times in my garden in Southport, Merseyside, England. A Crow.
ReplyDeleteI saw one today in Eureka, CA
ReplyDeleteSaw one today in Golden BC and couldn’t believe my eyes. A crow (or raven, it was large) with quite a few white feathers amid its back feathers. I’d post a pic but doesn’t look like I can.
ReplyDeleteI saw two babies yesterday. The parents were teaching them pecking on the roof of our garage. They have a little white on their wing until they fly, then you see the white feathers on both wings. Very cool. I am not a bird watcher. I live in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada!
ReplyDeleteI saw one today with white feathers, it looked like a strip on each wing. He/she also had white feathers on his/her head right behind his/her eyes making him/her look like a warrior. I have never seen anything like it before.
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