Its caretaker named the young crow Hope because she’d read legends about white crows being a good omen and a sign of positive change.
By Cathy Free, The Washington PostA rare white fledgling crow was rescued in Virginia last month when a bystander noticed she was being attacked by adult crows. Bird rehabilitator Catherine Sevcenko named her Hope.
The man said he’d rescued the bird in Manassas, Va., after he saw a group of adult crows “dive bomb” and attack the rare fledgling, Sevcenko said. The juvenile crow hadn’t developed enough strength in her wings to fly away.She said she decided to name the young crow Hope, because she’d read legends about white crows being a good omen and a sign of positive change.
A veterinarian determined that Hope wasn’t a pure albino crow - an occurrence in one of every 30,000 to 100,000 crows. Because her primary feathers are caramel colored, not white, the vet diagnosed her as amelanistic, Sevcenko said, meaning that Hope has no melanin to produce black feathers.Hope enjoys a nap on top of her birdcage earlier this month at Diva Crows.
“They’re incredibly smart birds, and in groups, they’re not targets for predators like a white crow would be,” Sevcenko said.White crows can develop vision problems, which it makes it harder for them to hunt, and they can starve to death, she said.
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