#crow
And then I (finally) found some birds!
📸 Nikon Z 6ii
🔭 Nikkor AF-S 200-500 ƒ5.6E VR
#photography #birdphotography #americanrobin #warbler #crow #corvids
I've started feeding the crows on the railing of the back patio because the backyard is a cat Thunderdome and they're understandably nervous about hanging on the ground for too long. They still need a lot of space to get that close to the house although Racecar seems to have been promoted to Hero Cat in the eyes of the crows. It's a crowning achievement she won by not giving a shit about the crows and she's celebrating by not giving a damn about the award.
A little while ago I heard a repeated guttural clicking sound. It was sort of similar to a rattle call but much slower and deeper. I went out back to check it out and a crow was perched in the sumac on a branch where they could look into the house (2nd pic). It was calling me and waiting to see if I'd come out with food. And you know what? I did.
#crow #crows
The one on the right was singing while the one on the left was listening. Eventually the singer stated preening the listener. And then they flew away.
Aaaah my main PhD paper has just been published! 🥳
Wild carrion crows in London and Milton Keynes listen and respond to speech out of their own motivation, but unlike the crows in Tokyo they didn't respond more to the foreign language than the local language 🐦
#crow #ecology #birds #wildlife #cognition #behaviour
https://www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/article.php?id=1348
Ono my way to get a coffee...
Harlan #Crow refuses to cooperate with #Senate inquiry on Clarence Thomas | #ClarenceThomas | The Guardian #SCOTUS https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/23/clarence-thomas-gifts-harlan-crow-senate-democrats
Harlan #Crow refuses to cooperate with Dem senators’ Supreme Court probe!
They are going to have to drag who’s pale, wrinkled trailer trash with a subpoena!
This was a broader discussion about a fawning piece of access churnalism the otherwise relatively sensible Atlantic had shat out out on billionaire far right GOP donor and SCOTUS licker #HarlanCrow.
Crow was criticised for displaying Hitler’s paintings in his home while hosting Marco Rubio for a fundraiser for that gimp in ‘15.
His garden of evil features statues of every mass murdering dictator humanity has spawned. The statues terrified his brats.
#Crow update: no pictures, but something interesting this morning. Mom came to beg for some peanuts when I brought the kids to school. Then later (as I returned home afterward), Dad came. I noticed Baby on the ground, under a tree nearby (it is spending way too much time on the ground for my taste). Mom was watching nearby and... a third crow was also watching from another tree.
I had heard of older siblings sometimes helping Mom and Dad sometimes, but I hadn't noticed it before...
Stumbled upon this the other day. I guess my cat has crow friends now
#cat #catsofmastodon #ragdoll #crow
Fed the crows this morning. Immediately after, when I was having coffee on the patio, one crow flew up into the nearby Sumac tree and then hopped branches closer and closer until it was about 3 feet away. The crow just hung out there for about 30 mins, occasionally hopping a bit closer or further, or stretching out its legs and wings. It kept an eye on me most of the time, though also on Racecar who was absorbing the last sunbeam before the clouds officially ended the heat wave.
That might be progress?
Gifts: None (sigh)
RIP heatwave. You'll be missed.
#crow #crows
I think Charlie, our usual #crow bro, just brought a fledgling by!
Didn't get to see it but I heard a very squeaky sounding call. Charlie was being a lookout, so I didn't want to go back there and disturb them. Of course our bird camera decided now is the time it isn't going to connect to the wifi 😒 Still, hoping they come by again later AND the camera decides to work
Portrait of a crow at Hofvijver in The Hague, the Netherlands. Such photogenic birds!
#bird #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #crow #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photography
Echoes of Hitchcock The Birds this morning, Crow attacking the window of the room I'm sleeping in. Possibly the same crow that was attacking the window of another room when I was here for two months from March. I hope it's not because it's me! (I imagine it's that it sees its own reflection, it really needs to love itself a bit more!). #Crow #TheBirds #Hitchcock #Cymbru
W. 3rd Steelyard Panorama
Cleveland OH
-May 6, 2023
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A lot going on in this three panel HDR pano.
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https://pbase.com/tremont/image/173608863/original / https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr8uQdupIRM/
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#cleveland #industrialvalley #steelyard #clesteelyards #railyard #crow #panorama #may2023
Brilliant, we have no respect for dinosaurs who have been here longer than us.
Is it trained to do this? Is there a link or info.
Great news...
One baby crow may be dead, but another one is alive and well!
It has left the nest and I stumbled upon it by chance. It's way too low for comfort in my opinion (about two meters high). But mom and dad are standing guard nearby!
I feel so much better. I woke up feeling down this morning. I think I got attached to them.
#Crow update. Very sad news. I think Baby Crow is dead. The crows have been acting weird for the past few days. A few days ago, they fought an eagle in the morning (not that they ever land in the park, but they fly nearby) and there was this incident with the cat (I posted a video, it should be findable in my timeline if you missed it).
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Got my very first #crow present today! 😍
It's just a shell of a nut we can't quite place, but just seeing it made me giggle. Probably it was just a nut one of the juvenile birds brought by to eat. Either way, something about it just felt neat to see
Some bird pictures from today's walk with @vivia. It was very humid and cloudy today.
Featuring: a grey heron standing on a wooden pole in the sea, with its "hair" blowing into its face, a hooded crow sitting on a concrete pole with the old town of Thessaloniki in the background, a cormorant on a pier next to fishing nets and other fishing gear, and a magpie with green/blue shimmering feathers looking curious while sitting inside a fig tree.
#Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdWatching #Heron #GreyHeron #Crow #HoodedCrow #Cormorant #Magpie #Birds #Thessaloniki #Greece
We've published an anonymous submission titled:
"On Crow, Fascist Drifts, and People Who Are Not Comrades"
https://north-shore.info/2023/05/13/on-crow-fascist-drifts-and-people-who-are-not-comrades/
#Crow update.
The crows are a bit tense at the moment.
This morning when I left the house, they were busy chasing an eagle away.
When I returned from work this evening, they were not in the park. I could hear them nearby, but it was not their usual cawing. When I found them between a few houses nearby, this is what I saw.
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@arisummerland My wife was on the train from Inverness to Forres once when a guy got on with a pet crow in his bag. He asked her to keep a lookout for the guard as he doesn't like him bringing it onto the train.
After he got off the train one of the other passengers said to her "yeah that's the crow man of Nairn" 🤣#Scotland #crow
Is toil leam fhitheach!
I just want to know if Harlan #Crow is also besties with #Kavanaugh or if each #Republican judge comes complete with a different sugar daddy.
#SCROTUS
I'm deleting my #WashingtonPost app. My prepaid subscription was cancelled months ago--but I've still had access to the paper because of it. Today with the Post comparing Thomas' situation *favorably* to Abe Fortas, who resigned the second it was clear his friend was corrupt WITHOUT ACCEPTING ANY GIFTS, is the last straw. #Thomas was compromised when he cast the deciding vote in #Shelby and Citizens United, giving men like Crow unlimited power in government. Paying #Crow back isn't a solution.
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Again, Drill down on #Crow and make him an offer he can't refuse: Testify against #Thomas or spend 10 years in a federal prison.
#corrupt #scotus #bribes #fraud #CriminalRepublicans #clarencethomas
Also, #taxfraud
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-private-school-tuition-scotus
Person with obligation to comply with gift tax law is the donor not the recipient. If it's a bribe done to influence an official act it is income to the recipient and not a gift. Did Crow file forms 702 annually for "gifts" over annual exclusion ranging from 10k to 16k in 2022?
1. Can we stop wondering why Harland Crow was funneling wealth to a SCOTUS justice who was ruling in his favor on every case that reached him? Let's focus on the SCOTUS cases and the payments or gifts and see if they show a pattern that evidences that they were a quid pro quo.
2. Nothing in the Constitution requires Thomas be impeached before he can be charged for bribery. Crow should be teed up for the grand jury once the investigation of his secret payments has been completed and shows any evidence that could support a bribery conviction.
3. Drill down on #Crow and make him an offer he can't refuse: Testify against #Thomas or spend 10 years in a federal prison.
#corrupt #scotus #bribes #fraud #CriminalRepublicans #clarencethomas
Some reporter some day might start asking what other government officials, too, have been blessed to have Mr. #Crow kindly pay for family expenses (houses, tuition, travel, whatnot). https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-private-school-tuition-scotus
Clarence Thomas relative received tuition from GOP donor Harlan Crow
Republican megadonor #Harlan #Crow paid private boarding school #tuition for the #grandnephew of Supreme Court Justice #Clarence #Thomas, according to report Thursday in ProPublica that was likely to bring a fresh round of scrutiny to both Thomas and the #ethics practices at the nation's highest #court.
Oh come on. Let they among us who have not let a GOP donor activist pay for the six-figure private school education of a close family member in their legal custody throw the first stone. Nothing to see here, folks. #thomas #crow
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/04/clarence-thomas-tuition-harlan-crow/
Well, I understand why #JusticeRoberts wants to avoid going to testify before the Senate. These scandals keep piling up. This time it looks like #Crow paid for a private school for a boy #ClarenceThomas was raising “like a son”
A friend of mine used to compare covered up scandals like a full cat box, no matter where you scratch, poop comes up.
#SCOTUS
#CallYourReps (202)224-3121
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-private-school-tuition-scotus
More Supreme Court corruption: Yet more information of secret payments to Clarence Thomas
https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-harlan-crow-private-school-tuition-scotus
#clarencethomas #supremecourt #corruption #politics #crow #-
Today is also Crow and Raven Appreciation Day ! I definitely appreciate the corvids. They are so wonderfully clever. Raven is a trickster for a reason.
This is my Crow #linocut, along with ‘A murder of crows’ from my #termsOfVenery series and the raven and fireweed, official flora and fauna of the Yukon print.
#printmaking #crow #raven #murderOfCrows #Yukon #mapArt #typography #CrowAndRavenAppreciationDay #MastoArt
Today’s #morningWalk yielded a lovely predawn pink sky and spotting some juveniles ( #raccoons) hanging out in a tree. Then a #backyard visit during breakfast of a silent but lovely #crow
Last but not least in the Corvidae-family, it's my favourite (maybe of of all the #birds?):
The crow! The #goth and #mysterious and whimsical at the same time (I love the way they hop ^__^).
Anyway, have a good rest of your week!
(Still no #crow emoji … 😾)
#JfmlArt #art #illustration #creative #DigitalArt #MastoArt #CreativeToots #FediArt #FediBirds #Inkscape #vector #VectorArt #wip #birds #birdlover #birb #raven #Vogel
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Crows and Fruit
Pen and gouache
A group of crows eating fruit at an abandoned table.
#crows #crow #corvid
#painting #MastoArt #BuyIntoArt #MastoDaoine #FediGiftShop #jamesmccormackartist
https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/crows-and-fruit-james-mccormack.html
@rbreich Henceforth and forever to be known as #AntiDemocracy #Crow-Backed #MikeLee.
Crow
Drawing - Ink On Paper
https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/crow-james-mccormack.html
A crow with a fragment of cake. There was more cake but he scoffed it. Crows like cake.
What everyone is missing:
Thomas is not saying on the Court EVEN THOUGH he was taking money from billionaires.
Thomas (and the rest of the "conservatives") is on the Court in the first place BECAUSE OF money from billionaires.
worshiping the night
constellation's confessions
Fasting from daylight.
#575prompt #fasting
#dailyhaikuprompt #constellation
#art #artwork #artist #AYearForArt #mastoart #fediart #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #smallpoems #artists #writer #writers #poets #poems #poem #poet #poem #writer #writerslife #night #sky #bird #birds #crow #blackbird #moon #fullmoon #nightsky #galaxy #heaven #astronomy #milkyway #nebula #nasa #universe #spirituality #spiritual
The crow wants your dinner
So, picture this: you’re sitting at a table, about to dive into your delicious dinner and dessert when suddenly, a crow appears out of nowhere and lands right on the table in front of you. And what does it want? Well, the half-eaten remnants of your scrumptious meal, of course!
https://inphotos.org/2023/03/15/the-crow-wants-your-dinner/
#photo #photography #kerry #Killaryney #crow #BirdsOfMastodon
The fluffy jackdaw has returned! Such beautiful fluffies :-)
#bird #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #crows #crow #corvid #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
The jackdaws came for a visit again :crow:
One of them has interesting white patches in its feathers!
#bird #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #photography #photo #photos #corvid #jackdaw #crow #crows #foto #fotos #fotografie #nature
#crow in love 😚
Dwayne ayant besoin d’un coup de peigne, W099 lui vient en aide.