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A murder of crows

Three Crow were eating the remains of a Rattlesnake, it was near a road so I'm guessing they found it rather than killed it.

 

Emigrant Lake - Jackson County - Oregon - USA

 

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)

 

Habitat : Open Woodlands

Food : Omnivore

Nesting : Tree

Behavior : Ground Forager

Conservation : Low Concern

 

"American Crows are familiar over much of the continent: large, intelligent, all-black birds with hoarse, cawing voices. They are common sights in treetops, fields, and roadsides, and in habitats ranging from open woods and empty beaches to town centers. They usually feed on the ground and eat almost anything – typically earthworms, insects and other small animals, seeds, and fruit but also garbage, carrion, and chicks they rob from nests. Their flight style is unique, a patient, methodical flapping that is rarely broken up with glides."

- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology

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Uploaded on May 16, 2019
Taken on April 20, 2019