I went to a nature reserve area with a friend and this little fella was sitting in a meter away from some people sitting on a bench. People were stopping to admire him (her?), including me with my camera, but this crow did not care at ALL. Probably the chillest crow I've seen.
He disagreed with the thought that the eggs were for the whole family and not just him!
Unintentionally interrupted this dismal scene. Some sort of a pun to be made about “carry on, crow” (it’s a carrion crow)
Been hearing a raven in the neighbourhood for the first time, over the past few days. This morning my regular crow family didn’t show up for their usual treat, hadn’t heard a peep of them either.
Then it all made sense seeing this majestic raven across the street, who then was next door making his bold sounds, what a sight!
Suddenly I could hear frantic caw caws amongst the raven’s. Wild morning g for the family 🐦⬛❤️
Lots of foot and car and dog traffic so they like elevated spots. Maybe I should climb the trees?
Vacationing in Alaska this past July and while we were in Juneau I came within arm’s length of these majestic beauties a few times. Where I am from, there are many more Crows than Ravens (though not rare, but not necessarily Common l o l) and to be alongside them in Juneau, and really throughout SE Alaska, was an awesome experience. I have always misidentified them from afar, but when they fly down next to you and you feel the wind from their wings, it makes you say “Holy F*ck, so THAT’s a Raven!”
P.S.
In honor of this trip being part of my honeymoon (and also geeking out over spending a bunch of time with various Ravens), I got a tattoo of two mated Ravens to cement the memories.
at least i won't get a copyright claim
So last week I wrote a blog post about the Morrígan and depicted it as a great black crow in irish mythology. I showed it to my Birder Dad and he has pointed out, usually when people see what they think is a crow, or a deep black crow, they are looking a a member of the Corvid family, not the carrion crow regularly assciated with being a crow. Can anyone confirm this? Is it extremely rare for the carrion crow to show up here?
My local friend, on today's daily visit for snacks and conversation. He will chat, cu-koo, caw and chitter back at me. Then floofs up, suns a bit, gets a drink of fresh water and off he goes.
I fed a group of crows at my local graveyard for the first time a couple days ago and I'd like to try to do it more often however I'm also busy with life, work, studying etc so I was wondering if I would be able to build trust and recognition with them feeding them a couple times a month or if I would have to have a more consistent schedule?
These jackdaws and one crow pair are different flock than the ones i feed in a park, seen in my other videos. I couldn’t visit them for almost 2 months, and it took them 30 minutes to notice me on my first appearance after my prolonged break. How crazy is that?