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Hooded Crows

Hooded Crow - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Hoodies

As we arrive at Parco della Caffarella there’s a Hooded Crow, called a Cornacchia here, frolicking in the flowers. I would have …

Hooded Crow - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Hooded Crows and koinophilia

Hooded Crows are far more sociable birds than Carrion Crows. Here in Rome we can see 300 of them in an evening …

Hooded Crow - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Hooded Crow

Crows are some of the most observant and attentive of birds. They are quick to calculate the opportunities and find avoiding dangers …

Common Kestrel with Hooded Crow - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Mobbed again

It’s not an easy life being a Common Kestrel. There are always Hooded Crows around making your life unpleasant. This one is …

Kestrel - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

The pursuit

This Common Kestrel has its eyes to the skies. There’s a Hooded Crow about to mob this Kestrel. Here it comes: It’s …

Hooded Crow - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Cornacchia

There’s a Hooded Crow flying past us in this wasteland in Rome. Their Italian name is Cornacchia. I wonder what trinket or …

Harris Hawk in Caffarella - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Mobbing a Harris Hawk

I’ve got a day off in Rome and have spent the morning in Parco della Caffarella. There’s not much wildlife around and …

Hooded Crow - Villa Pamphilj - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

Hooded Crows at Villa Pamphilj

We’re at the park in Rome and there are Hooded Crows galore here. It’s fabulous light, though a little late in the …

Hooded Crow - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)

The hood and the executioner

Hooded Crows are one of my favourite birds. Noisy, sociable and inquisitive, they have colonised large areas of central and northern Europe, …