Crows – Dragon goes Wild

Stunning Sunset and Cawing Crows

Dragon — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 20:00:25 +0000

This particular location tends to be a good place to spot some fantastic sunsets. There were no real reddy hues, but the sunset was a bright yellowy gold instead.

I could hear the crows flying over, and had a feeling they were heading to their favourite trees. Most of them were already perched on a branch when I got there, but suddenly they all started cawing and took off, apparently bickering over which crow got to perch on which branch!

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Crow Spotting

Dragon — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 14:00:29 +0000

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Morning Cloudscapes and Bird Feeding….

Dragon — Fri, 30 Jun 2017 14:00:15 +0000

The weather was looking quite promising this morning, like it wanted to make sure that 30 days wild ended with sunshine!

During the morning, it clouded over a bit more, but that didn’t deter the flock of crows that has been flying over on a regular basis. You wouldn’t believe how loud they can be – I’m still amazed that birds choose to call loudly in flight, as you’d think that would draw attention to them.

I’m guessing someone nearby had put some food out, as the crows landed on nearby rooftops, taking it in turns to swoop down to the ground and grab something to eat.

In amongst those adult crows, there were also some youngsters, eagerly waiting for the adults to bring food to them.

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Synchronised …. flying?

Dragon — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 14:00:50 +0000

I’ve seen flocks of pigeons flying in a tight-knit formation quite often, but it’s not that common to see a flock of crows flying together. You could hear them long before you could see them, and I do wonder where they were heading!

A little while later, two crows returned and were swooping and diving over the valley for a while.

Not to be left out, the local gull population were also congregating nearby, circling over the fields. Maybe the farmer has put down a seaweed preparation on the soil that’s attracting them….

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It’s a day for preening

Dragon — Sat, 27 May 2017 14:00:52 +0000

I will admit that I’ve never spotted crows preening before, so I was surprised that these two were just happily perched like this on a nearby roof for quite so long.

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A Murder of Crows

Dragon — Sat, 13 May 2017 14:03:00 +0000

The noise that accompanied the 12 Crows was intense – I can see why they’d be known as a Murder!

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Crows

Dragon — Wed, 03 May 2017 13:57:21 +0000

I need to read up on how to differentiate between the Crow family – I think this is a Carrion Crow, but I’m not too sure!

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A Meal Fit for a Crow

Dragon — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 16:00:14 +0000

When you think of a garden house-style bird feeder, you think of small birds flying into it to get the food. The local larger birds have other ideas,with a seagull sitting on the top of the feeder, trying to figure out how to get in!

The gull didn’t manage it, but the local crows proved brave enough (or hungry enough) to squeeze in and grab some food.

Taking it on top of the feeder, the crow then started to pull the food apart to eat…. the few pieces it dropped were quickly gobbled up by a second crow sitting on the grass below – that one obviously knew that would be the easy way to get the food!

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Just a Couple of Crows

Dragon — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 11:00:52 +0000

I know there’s a large population of seagulls that live nearby – any time the Buzzard flies overhead, there’s usually several gulls flying below it, along with a couple of crows. I hadn’t realised, however, that quite so many crows seemed to call this neighbourhood home….

There wasn’t anything apparent that had spooked them – no sign of any birds of prey around, but there were at least 35 crows all flying around at the same time. They landed in the tops of some trees, stayed there for a few minutes then all took off again.

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Synchronised…. sunbathing?

Dragon — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 11:09:28 +0000

For a few years now, a local Blackbird has come into the garden and flopped onto the grass for some sunbathing – it’s not something I’ve ever understood, but the Blackbird seems to adore it.

However, it’s not something I’ve ever seen any other birds doing…. until today. Two crows seemed to be sunbathing on the edge of the grass; it really did look like they were taking part in a synchronised sunbathing contest with the way they appeared to mimic each other!

After a while, they decided to move a little further down the grass; maybe they were following the sunshine, or maybe they just wanted a fresh piece of grass to sit on.

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