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Found this Crow collecting nest-building materials… seems there’s always work in progress... somewhere !!
American Crows are large, intelligent, all-black birds with hoarse, cawing voices. They usually feed on the ground and eat almost anything – typically earthworms, insects, other small animals, and seeds, and fruit. Their flight style is unique, a patient, methodical flapping that is rarely broken up with glides.
Crows congregate in large numbers in winter to sleep in communal roosts. These roosts can be of a few hundred up to two million crows. Some roosts have been forming in the same general area for well over 100 years.
Young Crows do not breed until they are at least two years old, and most do not breed until they are four or more. In most populations the young help their parents raise young for a few years.
Crows sometimes make and use tools. Examples include a captive crow using a cup to carry water over to a bowl of dry mash; shaping a piece of wood and then sticking it into a hole in a fence post in search of food.
The oldest recorded wild American Crow was at least 16 years 4 months old when it was recaptured and rereleased during a banding operation in New York. A captive crow in New York lived to be 59 years old.
(Nikon, 300/4.0 + TC 1.4, 1/320 @ f/9.0, ISO 1250)
Home is Where Your Story Begins
Found this Crow collecting nest-building materials… seems there’s always work in progress... somewhere !!
American Crows are large, intelligent, all-black birds with hoarse, cawing voices. They usually feed on the ground and eat almost anything – typically earthworms, insects, other small animals, and seeds, and fruit. Their flight style is unique, a patient, methodical flapping that is rarely broken up with glides.
Crows congregate in large numbers in winter to sleep in communal roosts. These roosts can be of a few hundred up to two million crows. Some roosts have been forming in the same general area for well over 100 years.
Young Crows do not breed until they are at least two years old, and most do not breed until they are four or more. In most populations the young help their parents raise young for a few years.
Crows sometimes make and use tools. Examples include a captive crow using a cup to carry water over to a bowl of dry mash; shaping a piece of wood and then sticking it into a hole in a fence post in search of food.
The oldest recorded wild American Crow was at least 16 years 4 months old when it was recaptured and rereleased during a banding operation in New York. A captive crow in New York lived to be 59 years old.
(Nikon, 300/4.0 + TC 1.4, 1/320 @ f/9.0, ISO 1250)