Comments on: Bye Bye Blackbird

By: Frances

Frances — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:10:35 +0000

Hi Teresa, thanks for that info! We like the crows, but they are very noisy in the mornings of summer when I like to sit out with my coffee and contemplate my navel, or the garden. Your shots are wonderful!
Frances

By: Gemma

Gemma — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:22:10 +0000

The crows do make a stunning, sharp contrast of varied shapes against the landscape! Lovely photos!

By: MrBrownThumb

MrBrownThumb — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:44:51 +0000

I love that you included the screen grab of the cartoon because I was thinking of those characters as I was scrolling down.

LOL.

By: Deborah Elliott

Deborah Elliott — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:02:24 +0000

I love the blackbird tree! My mother had a pet crow when I was a child. He was very intelligent. We have lots of crows in our area. The whole flock will come to the defense if one member is threatened.

By: George

George — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:21:17 +0000

These are great pictures of the crows. We have seen quite a few of them around here, but mostly on the ground, not in a blackbird tree.

By: Teresa O

Teresa O — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:15:13 +0000

There’s something about blackbirds that captures my imagination. Perhaps I’ve been influenced by the Beatles’ lyrics, Blackbird sining in the dead of night…” I recently downloaded Sarah McLachlan singing, Blackbird. Sometimes the very creatures we find repulsive or frightening don’t deserve the bad rap humans have subjected them to. You’ve inspired me, I may go searching for some blackbird photo ops myself.

By: Carol

Carol — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:39:12 +0000

Thanks for the great pics and the writeup about crows. Like you I have never really cared for them, but when you read up on them it sheds a different light doesn’t it?

By: CarolFlowerHillFarm

CarolFlowerHillFarm — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:54:58 +0000

Your crow photos are fabulous … especially the in flight one! These are very important birds and I do have a love/dislike relationship with them.I believe are important to Native Americans. You might like Leonard Baskin’s work … he loved crows. I confess that sometimes I open the window or doors and clap my hands together to create a loud sound and the crows will fly… It makes me laugh each time and I do feel so powerful. Silly… but crows can make such a racket! They also steal baby birds and thus I am the self appointed protector of the bird life here. As my son Sean said over twenty years ago … as a young 5 year old ornithologist …” they are beautiful in flight.”