Carion crow with duck egg

This is not a nice sequence. Mum did nothing to protect it.
Taken on friday at lwwt.

Would she have been too scared to do anything?

Was there no male near to protect her?

Is that another vulnerable egg behind her?

Really sad... :(

There was a male nearby but he was too scared.

It's a scary creature. Sad to see, but that's nature, Good catch, though.