Family portrait.

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I love crows.

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#CrowUpdate in four pictures.

1. Hi Mom, what are you doing?
2. Mom? Are you okay?
3. Wait! Are those the peanuts I heard so much about? Can I get some? Please, Mom.
4. Thank you!!!

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CAWWWW blimey!

"These #Crows have counting skills previously only seen in people

"The #Corvids are the first animals other than humans known to produce a deliberate number of calls on command....

"...The researchers also... could` predict the upcoming number of crow calls based on the sound of the first call, suggesting that the birds planned the number of calls in advance..."

(A literal case of 'Counting Crows'?)

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01482-x

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These crows have counting skills previously only seen in people

The corvids are the first animals other than humans known to produce a deliberate number of calls on command.

^{Lenharo, Mariana}

Mini #CrowUpdate : I got to spend some time with the family tonight after work (the first time in a few days). Everybody seems to be doing fine. Junior can more or less fly now. But it's still scared/intrigued by me and by the fact that Mom and Dad are cool with me.
Impossible to take a picture of the three of them, so it's only Mom and Junior and not even on the same shot.

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Today is Tuesday, which means I spent a good chunk of the day at home, which means... #CrowUpdate and a very special one, entirely focused on Baby Crow!!!

I saw it not once, not twice, but three times today!

First, while giving peanuts to Mom, I heard him in the tree nearby. It stayed this way for a little while. I'm not sure if it wanted to jump to the branch close by or if it was looking at Mom collecting the peanuts. Maybe both?

(1/?)

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A bit later, Dad was walking on the ground, but acting a little weird. I wondered why, so I went and... lo and behold, baby was on the ground too!!! One of its first times.

It was so cute, grabbing a bunch of things with its beak (leaves, rocks, etc.) basically discovering the world.

I find it a bit skinny. (maybe that's why the parents have been coming to see me for peanuts a lot these days?)

(sorry for the picture quality, I didn't want to get too close)

(2/?)

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This morning.
Picture one: Who's this?
Picture two: Oh... Hello there...

Baby is out of the nest, finally.
However, while the picture is dark, its beak and eye are darker than if it had just come out, so I suspect it's been in and out of the nest for a few days probably (although, it's surprising I didn't notice it) or it just stayed in the nest longer than usual (maybe)

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Mini #CrowUpdate. The crazy winds of yesterday broke branches, destroyed the last remains of an old nest, and probably delayed baby crow making its first steps into a larger world, but no damage was done to #crow family or their nest. I saw Mom and Dad briefly this morning, but this evening returning home, they were both standing on guard at each end of the park and baby was hanging out in the nest, quite visible now.

Enjoy (there are three pics here and one video next)

(1/2)

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Some #FountainPen #sketches from last month! #Corvids ( #crows and #ravens ) are simply amazing! Had some fun with some small studies of a #tree , #bamboo , and #lotus and #lily flowers.

Here, I used my now favorite fude nib in my Jinhao 159 fountain pen.

#drawing #sketch #sketchbook #sketching #artstudy #pen #FediArt #MastoArt

And here it is, the very first picture of Baby Crow. Do you see it?

(and yes, this side of the nest is almost only old coat hangers, they last longer than wooden twigs)

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One feather from Mr. Crow's wing is ready to fall. Could be bad news (one more damaged feather) or good news (one already damaged feather falling and finally about to be replaced by a new one). It doesn't seem to bother him, though.

Away at the parking lot, the babies can now fly and are hanging out all over the place. They're about to be loud. Maybe it's a good thing "my" crows seem to only have one baby at a time. (2/2)

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Mr. Crow says "good morning" so mini #CrowUpdate :
Both Mr. and Ms. Crow have been extremely friendly this morning (I'm working from home today) they approached me closer than before (They didn't even fly away when I exited the house and they happened to be near the door.) Maybe the last remnant of fear they had about me vanished when I helped them chase the cat in the park two days ago?

Baby is still hanging out in the nest, I caught a glimpse of it.

(1/2 or 3) ⤵️

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