The prey

This is a fairly common sight. A crow with a walnut in its beak. To split it open, it flies to a certain height and releases the nut from its beak on the ground He repeats this trick many times until the cover cracks and you can get inside.

[JackieR]

I love their accuracy of aim to drop in the same place!! A fabulous photograph

[Beryl Lloyd]

A super shot - and clever bird - isn't nature wonderful.

[Renee Salamon]

Fab shot - didn’t know there were black and white crows.

[Milanie]

What a neat looking crow - never seen a black&white one - much prettier.

[Mags]

Beautiful shot with those lovely golds and yellows!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great timing on this.

[Babs]

That is quite a mouthful. What a clever way to crack the nut. Hope it was successful.

[Shepherdman's Wife]

Lovely shot

[Heather]

A beautiful shot with the crow surrounded by the autumn coloured leaves! And fascinating info, too! Fav

[Corinne C]

A super capture, the nut looks so big compared to his beak!

[Joan Robillard]

Beautiful

[Islandgirl]

What a great composition and timing with the nut and crow!

[gloria jones]

Terrific focus and fall colors

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[KWind]

Excellent! FAV.

[*lynn]

great capture of the bird ... beautiful surroundings ...fav

[Wylie]

that's a crow? But its white! nice story.

[Issi Bannerman]

Excellent. Such clever birds.

[Inga Johansson]

I love the colours and the framing of the clever bird.

[tony gig]

Wonderful.

[Gosia]

Great capture. I remember the story about crows and nuts

[Peter Dulis]

cute

[Margaret Brown]

Super capture of a cleaver bird

[carol white]

Great capture and lovely autumn colours.Fav😊

[haskar]

@rensala @milaniet @pusspup It is not a white color, but a gray one. It may be lighter or darker, but it is gray. Two species of crows can be found in Poland: the gray crow (Corvus cornix) and the black crow (Corvus corone).
The gray crow occurs in Eurasia and northern Europe, and the black crow occurs in Western and southern Europe. There is a limit of occurrence in Poland and that is why we have both species.

[Renee Salamon]

Many thanks for this, I think that the shot I took of a crow might be the same one as yours - @haskar

[Carole Sandford]

Lovely shot!

[Kathy]

A good capture with the food in its mouth.

[Junko Y]

Now that is quite the snack for "Snacktober" (instagram tag for birds snacking in October)

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Your commentary reminds me of a time I was on Nantucket. It is a upper class island off the coast of Massachusetts. Some of the residents have tennis courts and the sea gulls love to drop clams on the courts to break open the clam shells. Which means that if you want to play tennis you'll have some sweeping to do first.