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Spotted with a big flock of other crows

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[–] Tonava@sopuli.xyz 4 points 20 hours ago

If you see any with white spots, it's often just because of a bad diet. If they hang around humans and eat only crap like fastfood leftovers, they don't get all the nutrition they need and that can affect feather development, causing the white spots. That is pretty extensive coloring though, so it definitely could be vitiligo or something else

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Could it be leucistic? How can you tell that from vitiligo?

I mean, it could be. You can’t really tell one apart from the other unless you see the progression over time. Leucistic would be born this way, while vitiligo would slowly lose pigment over time.

[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Crookies and cream

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago
[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 5 points 1 day ago

Congrats on spotting this! I bet most people mistake it for a pigeon.

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 5 points 1 day ago

Looks like an even bigger bird has pooped on it.... a shitstorm it seems

[–] boydster@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A flock of crows is called a murder

[–] LOLseas@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But birds are less real, especially pigeons and emus.

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

If emus aren't real, then who/what defeated Australia in that war?

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago

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