The egg thief
Carrion Crows don’t just eat carrion. This one has found an egg. I don’t know where the egg came from. The Crow is mobbed by a Black-Headed Gull as it approaches, but its not one of their eggs.
![Carrion Crow with Egg - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Carrion-Crow-with-Egg-The-Hall-of-Einar-3-725x408.jpg)
It’s on the spit at Pennington Flash and clearly visible as I sit in the hide looking at all the ducks. Maybe it’s a duck’s egg?
![Carrion Crow with Egg - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Carrion-Crow-with-Egg-The-Hall-of-Einar--725x483.jpg)
I love how it manipulates the egg in its beak. It’ll make quite a sizeable meal.
![Carrion Crow with Egg - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Carrion-Crow-with-Egg-The-Hall-of-Einar-2-725x483.jpg)
When it’s happy with its grip it flies off into the bushes. You just have to admire their ingenuity.
![Carrion Crow with Egg - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Carrion-Crow-with-egg-The-Hall-of-Einar-6-725x483.jpg)