Alpendohle

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Alpendohle

Alpendohle

An Alpendohle, or Alpine jackdaw I encountered while scrambling to the top of the La Tourente(~2400m). These are the same birds which are known by the name of "Goraks" in the Himalayas, where they are renowned for eating the remains of deceased climbers.
LT89
on Sep 10, 2008 10:31 pm
Lat/Lon: 45.82690°N / 6.28610°E
Image Type(s): Wildlife
Image ID: 441379

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Ejnar Fjerdingstad

Ejnar Fjerdingstad - Sep 11, 2008 12:59 pm - Hasn't voted

It doesn't look

like a crow, but more like an Alpendohle (alpine jackdaw, Pyrrhocorax graculus). They are very cute when they come to be fed on the summits, but they will also in the Alps eat any dead bodies left for long (which of course is rarer in the Alps).

LT89

LT89 - Sep 13, 2008 3:48 pm - Hasn't voted

Mistake

My apologies, you're probaply right. The Dutch word for it translated into English is Alpine crow, so I thought it would probaply be simmilar, but apparently it's not. My mistake, thanks for notifying me of it's real name, I'll change the name!

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