Bird Watching: Pied Crow, 1 by linthicum

linthicum wrote:
Yesterday, I photographed a Pied Crow about 2-3 miles from home ..... as the Crow flies !!! It was sitting in a tree with a large flock of American Crows. At first, I thought it was a partially albinistic Crow but the white marking seemed too perfect. It had been sighted several months ago, also.

The Pied Crow lives in Southern Africa and the island of Madagascar. The initial opinion is that it is most likely an escapee since some people do keep them as pets ... but who really knows for sure. The local Maryland Zoo did not have any in captivity.

Anyway, it was an interesting time chasing (following) him around in an attempt to get a decent photo. Here are a couple shots I did get .....