Wednesday, June 8, 2011

American Crow

AMERICAN CROW (CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS), GREEN, MICHIGAN, JUNE 3, 2011

Pentax K-5
SMC Pentax-DA 55-300 at 300mm
1/1000 sec. f14
ISO 1600

The Lady Friend disdains these birds as much as she does gulls -- she refuses to enter either species in our daily bird sighting list -- but I rather admire them. Ugly as they are, they're the smartest avian species around and even can modify and use tools. A few years ago West Nile fever set their numbers back a great deal, but they've rebounded handsomely.

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