Crow personalities - Pepi update
Entering the Burgarten in the city center it took only 2 minutes to spot Pepi or be spotted by him.
Pepi is a relatively young crow (est. 5 -6 ys.)
I'm so happy to witness his 2nd successful breeding season.
He's quite busy now with two fresh kids.
I'm always proud when the crows introduce me to their kids.
Great day today.
After 6 weeks away I finally could meet some very old friends again.
Here's one of the superstsrs, the one and only Piu von Schönbrunn.
He's father again (2 kids) for the 10th time in a row.
What an impressive performance!
Crow fashion
Entirely black crows seem out of fashion over the last years, though there are still some est. ~10 %.
Piu here on the foto is a typical black Coronix aka hybrid crow.
People not familiar with hybrid crows falsely diagnose leucism when in fact it’s fashion.
famous crow couples - The Kaiser & Mami story
What a blessing to know these guys for more than 12 ys already.
And what sadness when they dissapeare.
But they are back now, old but still out there, in the same limited territory.
fotos - Apr. 2017
Congratulation Piu! 💯
Soon father again- for the 11th
time in a row, awesome!
That's how a crow boss is supposed to look in breeding season.
The beak is smeared with poop.
It's always a sign of breeding.
Kaiser & Mami update
Great day yesterday when I met this famous and old crow couple again.
Look at Mami, when she comes down from the nest to begging food from the Kaiser.
Though she's far too old to lay eggs she still sits in the nest every season pretending to be breeding.