this post was submitted on 29 May 2025
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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You sure they aren't baby black chickens?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Here is how they actually look:

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Very definitely

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I saw a red-beaked crow the other day, super rare. A Cornish Chough theyre called.

(I have no photos of my own but they look like these majestic bastards:)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There’s a bunch of them hanging out near the lighthouse on the end of Anglesey recently.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

South Stack in Holyhead? That's where I saw them too!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Glad they’re still there! They’re awesome.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

vastly overshadowed by their penguin cousins though!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Are you sure it isn't just painted?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I see a black crow and I want it painted red

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

No colour anymore I want to see it fed

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah dammit you got me. Just don't tell the police okay? I got a bit drunk and painted five of these guys over the weekend and was hoping they'd breed to make more but apparently it doesnt work like that.....

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah it's a shame, I tried painting my chickens hoping for colourful easter eggs but I was left disappointed.

[–] Genefixer 15 points 1 week ago

Not a crow baby.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

See the really big feet and the long beaks?

These are baby Rails:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=rail+chicks&t=fpas&ia=images&iax=images

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Crows and / or ravens (forgive my ignorance) are such characters.

One time when camping, a few of them came down to the campsite to try to get some of my food. They had this whole act going on. They would try approaching from different angles. Inching closer, slowly. But when I directly looked at them, they would pretend they were doing something else: turn around, walk in another direction, playing it cool. Fucking hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Crows and / or ravens (forgive my ignorance)

“Corvids” is a good catch-all

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Also includes Jackdaws and Jays.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Today I almost stepped on a batch of tiny baby grouse chicks. They must have hatched like 2 days ago they were so small and as they fled in terror of my Godzilla body they were barely staying on their feet just tumbling away frantically as mom called and hissed at me.

It took everything I had not to take a step and snatch up one of the slower ones. Such good camo too once they stopped peeping and running/rolling I couldn't see any of them. Had to tip toe out of there for fear I'd step on one.

Best day.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I looked, you did good pats head

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I need crow friends!

[–] glibg 1 points 1 week ago

What's up? What's up? C'mon my friend and tell me what's up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Golly! Someone fused a bird with one of these guys

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

C'est un poussin noir.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Slop it may be, but it predates AI. I think it's pictures of a different bird (not a crow) mislabelled.

I've seen this picture reposted about since 2021ish. GenAI had yet to become... A thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

THE ELDER HAS SPOKEN!