An unexpected pleasure of life in Cottbus is the number of corvids we share the city with. Most characteristic is perhaps the Hooded Crow, which has weirdly divided the European continent with the Carrion Crow roughly along the lines of the old Iron Curtain. We’re just on the eastern, Hooded Crow side, but the occasional Carrion stray can be found (possibly a hybrid):
Around our flat, the Jays have been very prominent, with much shouting and flashing of their blue patches:
The magpies are in full nesting mode, and have been dismantling the tree outside my window, in order to gather materials for their deathstar:
The Jackdaws are less flamboyant, but get top marks for elegance:
Most of the time:
