Many thanks to Shuman Dasgupta for sending in these fabulous photos of the African Pied Crow. It’s not a species I’ve been lucky enough to see myself, but my curiosity has certainly been piqued by these cheeky birds.
The birds were photographed on the outskirts of the Sahara Desert, by Timbuktu. shuman says …
I have recently come back from holiday in Mali. I hope you like these pictures of the African Pied Crow taken on the outskirts of the Sahara desert by Timbuktu. I am not implying that you have to go all the way to Timbuktu in order to see this particular crow. But it was nice to see them there. They are not as easy to photograph as the Indian House Crow which is what I sent you last year. I read somewhere that they are meant to be a very ancient variety of crow and can cross breed with with a certain type of African Raven.
Their call is not as harsh as our carrion crow.
Shuman has previously sent in photos of the Indian House Crow. Thanks again Shuman, and please keep sending in your fabulous photos!
