Hello bird lovers,
This morning, for forty minutes after 10am, I saw the house crow at the
children's playground in James Meehan Reserve, behind Dee Why Beach, in Sydney.
It is a fit, confident and surprisingly striking bird with deep, glossy purple
coming out on its wings when illuminated by direct sunlight. Its smoky grey
neck, particular beak and butcherbird-meets-bowerbird look were cool. The first
time I saw it it was on Clyde Rd. with a Snickers chocolate wrapper in its
beak! After this, it flew into some trees to sharpen/clean its beak and
meditate, then cruised over to some waste bins lined up along Clyde Rd....
After five minutes of tearing at rubbish exposed at the top of one of these
bins, the bird unearthed half a piece of toast and preceded to devour it
hungrily in a paperbark! There were a dozen magpies and several ravens around
the playground and all of them let the crow get about it's business. After
feeding, the crow had a drink from a pot in someone's front yard, then perched
on a tree limb by the playground and calmly rested. Not once did the creature
make any caw or cackle. Having seen this, the rarest vagrant I've ever spotted,
I think I'm officially a twitcher.
I'd be getting in quick to see this bird, folks, as NSW NPWS may be wanting to
kill it, sadly.
Well done to Christina of the Northside Birders (who I met this morning) for
finding this bird a week ago. She had brilliant powers of observation!
LJ
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