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I continue with this picture that I took a while ago of a crow leaving the tip of this tall spruce, it is about 60 feet high (20metres). I am posting this because, following my last post, this one is very similar to the one Kathy Meader (writerscrawlz) posted a few days ago.
Similarities between her picture and mine is very surprising yet not really considering the subject ;-)
I love black birds and observe a lot the crows around the house. They nest around in the trees so we can spend a whole summer hearing the young crying... and when I say a whole summer, I mean it. One summer, there was one particularly crying one, people would hear it over the phone if I was sitting outside. It wouldn't stop and the reason why, I guess the parents were tired feeding it but it kept on begging for food.
They always come in the backyard's tree which are very high and watch all around. There are family feuds happening there and they yell a lot a these times and the excitation is palpable in the air.
The crow that we have here is the American Crow (Corvus Brachyrhynchos) which and its size can vary from 43 to 53 centimetres. Most of them leave south for winter and migrate back in March. I have not witnessed their return but Love did twice and says it is very impressive, they come back by the thousands and cross the sky like a never ending flock. Some others stay and at spring, one year, they came back too early I think and food was very scarce because there was too much snow. We could see them, for the first and only time, really feeding here in the yard around the bird feeders, some of them dwelling into the snow until we'd only see their tail coming out the snow, their entire body buried in a tunnel of snow to reach for food.
When I was going out with peanuts, they would come in a large flock, very low over my head and wait until I finish spreading the peanuts on the snow cover. It was very impressive, almost Hitchcokian! Believe me, when you have about 20 crows in the backyard, when they leave with their wings opened, that is quite a sight. They are huge birds!
They are among the most intelligent birds if not the most intelligent, along with raven. We don't see many ravens in the village, they are solitary birds and they don't live close to the houses. But since last year, I hear one quite often but haven't been able to see it yet.
It would be very long to write about the cooexistence of crows and ravens with men, the myths and folklore. They are magical birds in that sense. There is extensive information on the Net and here is the link to Wikipedia, which gives much information. For those of you who have never taken the time to learn more about our black friends, please take a look, you'll be surprised at all that can be said about them.
Thank you!
Francine
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- Adanac
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Hello Francine,
Crows and Ravens are hard to photograph, but you have done very well here my friend and in flight too. I always find them to be smart and cunning, if not a little noisy. Thank you for sharing this fine image Francine.
Rick
There is something almost sinister or at best....scary about this image...Jung said we all had this animus and anima states of being...I wonder if you are close to something as this in the image..
Bob
Hi MF Francine, a fine in-flight shot of a crow from nice POV and excellent composition.
TFS and cheers,
Bayram
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- zulfu
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- [2009-03-27 2:15]
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Hello Francine, wonderful shot of this flying crow with nice composition.
TFS and G's,
Mehmet
Hello Francine! Very interesting dynamic shot. Original effect. Well done!
bonjour Francine
une excellent photo de la corneille à l'envol,
excellent POV et cadrage, j'aimes ces branches d'arbres
à l'avant-plan de l'image, excellente netteté et détails
de son plumage, un de ses jours quand l'occasion
va s'offrir à moi je vais essayer une photo de corneille à l'envol,
TFS
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