Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Crows: They're everywhere

Common crow. A bird species that some people find ugly are very easily seen just about anywhere. Common Raven, Australian Raven and Carrion crows are few types of crows that mostly feed on dead animals. Crows in East Asia are supposed to symbolize good luck. It has been found recently that crows are capable of tool construction as well as tool use and they are now among the worlds most intelligent animals with brain size (in proportion to the body size) as large as apes. More Info about Crows.

In our colony a whole community of these noisy creatures, start their day almost as early as 3:00 AM in the morning and go on till 7:30 PM in the evening. And its not just one of them making noise, it’s a whole group. There won't be a single moment in the day when you wouldn't hear a crow croak loudly near you. Well to me, when I don't see too many other species of birds around, I can just practice bird photography clicking a few snaps of these easily found birds :-)

Crow looking at you...
Umm... I need a passport sized photo....



A crow in flight
Flying fast...

A crow in flight.. posing well
Am I any lesser than a stunt performing airplane?

Portrait of a crow?
You just can't ignore me...

Too many crows...
Can you count us?

A flock of crows
Food... Food... Food...

Close up of a crow
Yo Man, even I can pose...

Crow landing on a roof...
Time to land

8  comments:

  1. hey those are some lovely photographs!! and i didn't know that they are actually so intelligent! thanks for the info!

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    1. Thanks Debajyoti... Wonder if they would be able to soon start their own blog and post photos of humans on it.. they already have communities you see... :-D

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  2. Yes, they are there everywhere, but for how long?

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    1. Well, crows are smart and mean... they're the only ones who could survive even an apocalypse... :-|

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  3. I know these rascals well. They follow me around the golf and then laugh at me! "Caw, Caw, Caw!" I don't think that's very nice.

    Love your captions!

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    1. You never know... they could be praising you for your shots and applauding vocally... :-D

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  4. OMG. You are amazing and these are most amazing shots of crows I have ever seen!!! Thumbs Up!

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