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One legged crow

  • 25-01-2008 9:44pm
    #1
    IncredibleHulk
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    Friend of mine saw a one legged* crow in a car park the other day. That unusual?

    *Or whatever the corrrect term is


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  • #2
    Kess73
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    Not being a smart arse, but it is about as unusual as a one legged or one armed person.


    You will see Jackdaws, carrion crows, rooks etc with bits missing off of them. Be it a leg, a portion of beak, tail feathers etc. They are a very hardy bird, and amazing survivors.

    They often take damage from a predator when young or from another bird. Some die from the injuries but many adapt and live pretty normal lives afterwards.


  • #3
    IncredibleHulk
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    Kess73 wrote: »
    Some die from the injuries but many adapt and live pretty normal lives afterwards.
    He seemed well able to manage hopping along on one leg when he had landed. Wish I had the camera


  • #4
    Roen
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    Just curious as to other species 'survivability'. I rarely see any other type of bird surviving serious injury, they seem to die very soon after. Is it just crows/carrion feeders that live on.

    On a side note, just wondering has anyone ever seen a dead Heron?


  • #5
    Kess73
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    Roen wrote: »
    Just curious as to other species 'survivability'. I rarely see any other type of bird surviving serious injury, they seem to die very soon after. Is it just crows/carrion feeders that live on.

    On a side note, just wondering has anyone ever seen a dead Heron?





    Yep I have seen a dead heron before. Why do you ask?



    Other species of Irish bird can survive injury too, but not as often or as well as the rooks/crows/jackdaws/magpies etc.


  • #6
    Roen
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    It's just I had a conversation with some guy I met whilst walking on the backstrand one day and he made the comment that he had never once seen a dead heron.
    It struck me as strange that I had never seen one either. I have seen one since mind.
    I guess they either die up high in their nests or in a river or coastal area and are never normally seen.


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  • #7
    Kess73
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    Roen wrote: »
    It's just I had a conversation with some guy I met whilst walking on the backstrand one day and he made the comment that he had never once seen a dead heron.
    It struck me as strange that I had never seen one either. I have seen one since mind.
    I guess they either die up high in their nests or in a river or coastal area and are never normally seen.




    Have come across a few down the years, but I fish and boat a lot, so would be in areas with herons quite a bit.

    Have seen a few that died due to carelessness too, where they got caught in nets and the like.


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