What is this crow eating, and is it a common part of the corvid diet? Here's a picture (by Rob Curtis) of a crow carrying and eating the corpse of what looks a bit like a small hawk or falcon: !Crow carrying dead bird Other pictures clearly show the crow is eating the dead bird. This image shows the underside of the head and beak; this one shows its legs, which are grayish. 1. **What bird is being eaten?** 2. **Is this bird a usual part of the corvid diet?** Or did the crow just opportunistically scavenge a dead bird?

Crows are omnivorous, and will eat almost anything they find or can kill.

In this case the prey looks like a Yellow-Shafted Flicker.

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