Sounds like the crow had Avipoxvirus, a viral infection known to cause
growths like this on birds. I've seen a crow with similar growths at Gene
Coulon before.

On Sun, May 24, 2020, 5:49 PM Scott Clausen <scottclausen at mac.com> wrote:


> Yesterday I found a crow that had died on our property.

>

> What interested me was that the crow had a large, ugly growth obscuring

> the right eye and the same growth on one leg. My initial thought was that

> it had been injured in a fight with some resident hawks but that doesn't to

> have been the case. I had hoped to take some pictures but it appears

> another critter made off with the body.

>

> Does anyone have any idea of what was going on with the crow?

>

> Thanks to all.

>

> Scott

>

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