tags: Hooded Crow, Corvus cornix, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Hooded Crow, Corvus cornix, photographed on Seurasaari, Helsinki, Finland. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: GrrlScientist, 4 July 2009 [larger view]
Photographed with Canon SX100 IS.
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
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Hooray! A big Corvid instead of an ambiguous Empidonax. Silver-grey back/mantle and nape, black head and flight feathers and a large black bill, it's a Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix).
Yay for corvids!
Yep - Hooded Crow. Black head and flight feathers and tail, grey neck and shoulders.
I'm going to miss the corvids here. There's one that's been hanging round the cafe I frequent, looking for food. And the magpies are gorgeous - they hop onto the balcony outside my office before continuing whatever they're doing.
Bob O'H:
I lived in Australia for some time, and I *totally* miss the magpies!
Their complex social behavior, and their unmistakable song.