Jacko

The crow. He is a tame crow that was reared by humans. He has fits and rolls around damaging his wings. As you can see from the photo, he has very short feathers and so can't fly. He lives on the sheep farm that we visited this weekend and follows the farmer everywhere. He just hops around. I am told he is really naughty and steals things. He has a good life. The farmer feeds him and has provided an aviary, whose door is open all day long so he can go walk-about, but is shut in at night so the foxes don't get him. He certainly is a character.

Thank you everyone who got my photo to the number one spot on the top twenty this week. That was a wonderful surprise.

[Christine]

What a great character!

[Milanie]

He sounds like something of a character for sure! Think he has that farmer wrapped up!

[Lee]

Love that raggedy look, and i'm glad he's safe at night. Good shot.

[Richard Hickey]

Awesome picture.

[Kerri Michaels]

great shot.... fav

[Lynne]

Wonderful and such nice detail

[gloria jones]

Wonderful close up...neat feather details

[Caroline]

Super shot, I love this story too... I adore crows to begin with, but this one is particularly endearing!

[Denis]

I like Jacko. A great shot.

[Graeme Stevens]

Excellent detail

[Jane Martin]

Fantastic picture, and the story is fascinating. Poor little bird!

[Issi Bannerman]

What a great story of Jacko. He's been lucky, clearly. Super shot.

[sally agnew]

A wonderful story. So nice to see him cared for so generously :)

[tony gig]

Fabulous detail and wonderful shot, we have a Crow that comes into the Garden but I cannot for the life of me get a shot of him...Fav

[8yearson]

Wonderful focus and clarity.

[Lynne Hart]

See so many of these crows on the bins, nice close up.

[Rosie Kind]

It's great that the farmer looks after him so well- great capture Fav

[Faye Turner]

Wonderful details and capture! fav

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Wonderful shot. Fav

[Debra]

Oh my gosh, what a wonderful story and lucky little crow. Beautiful capture!

[PamB]

Amazing how they survive, we have a wagtail that comes into my kitchen for cheese. He has only one leg but hops around onit.

[David]

Splendid portrait! Good that you have featured a bird that many overlook as a photo subject. I like all the corvid... amazing intelligence for such small brains. I imagine that the concept of theft doesn't mean much to him!