alimac 882 Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 il eat hay with the donkeys if there ravens.... cant see it being right that theres 13000 in the uk either.. unless they have moved into urban areas.. because up here on the edge ofthe cairngorms there aint that many, a few right up on the tops,, wheres the pictures of the parent ravens then ??? any one know Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jasper65 6 Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 I was always led to beleive that abnormal white feathers growing down on a bird was mainly down to a deficiency in diet, we used to pick up crows in their first year around one of the farms which could hardly fly with quite a few white feathers, the problem they had was these white feather didn't last long and was pretty brittle and full of fret marks, many had broken down to the main shaft! the only way these birds would survive was to take them home and give them a good moult out on a good diet for release... Having said that looking at the pic of the Ravens/Crows its freaky that she has thrown 3 identicle white chicks? Geneticly it seems somthing's a miss somewhere . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted June 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 Took this pic of a newly fledged crow today....those white birds do look to have a larger beak in comparison..... Ravens/??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
buckshot 53 Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 funnily enough it has a beak similar to you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foxdropper 17,092 Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 The tight ,white plummage may be deceptive in judging the beak but they could be ravens .How many of you have seen a raven fledgling anyway ?.No doubt someone will track this story and reveal all . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
billybunter 72 Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 il eat hay with the donkeys if there ravens.... cant see it being right that theres 13000 in the uk either.. unless they have moved into urban areas.. because up here on the edge ofthe cairngorms there aint that many, a few right up on the tops,, wheres the pictures of the parent ravens then ??? any one know i see and hear them every day there are hundreds of the noisy buggers where i live me and mr shitter went for a mooch a few months ago and he couldnt believe how many ravens there are here in this part of ireland Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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