Crow and the cheese

The hooded crow (Corvus cornix) is a Eurasian bird species. It is counted together with the carrion crow, and the two species together have an estimated population of 14 to 34 million just in Europe.

The bird appears in Celtic and Faroese folklore, and is associated with fairies in the Scottish highlands and Ireland. In Faroese folklore, a maiden would go out on Candlemas morn to throw one by one a stone, a bone, and a clump of turf at a hooded crow. If the bird flew over the sea, her husband would be a foreigner; if it landed on a farm or house, she would marry a man from there, but if it stayed put, she would remain unmarried.

The accompanying note to this beautiful image is very nice. These crows, once very rare in Sardinia, have been introduced in our city to limit the spread of pigeons. Now they are so numerous and territorial that they are destroying the broods of the birds of the lagoons with a significant reduction in birdlife. Ciao Giangiorgio

Thank you, Giangiorgio. It is quite sad that this bird reduces biodiversity because it is quite intelligent and better fit to survive than many species we like more, ciao Sandor

Good shot. Just enough of a blur in the far wing to give this a sense of animation.

Thank you, Jack, for the note. Best,- Sandor

Nice capture of the bird with its reward, Best regards, Paul.

Thank you, Paul, I am glad you like it. Kind regards,- Sandor