My walking companion yesterday

[EYESORE 9001]

I never got closer than 100 feet to this big crow, who followed me on a stroll through a historic neighborhood. The crow has just alit on the peaked roof of a church, and I snapped this photo of the crow keeping a watchful or wary eye on me. This crow followed me back to the parking lot and bade a raucous farewell. Not fat- shaming, but that crow was big for its age.

[NNadir]

1. Quoth he "Nevermore?"

I'm no expert in ornithology, but that looks like a pretty big crow. Might it not be a raven?

[twodogsbarking]

2. Was it tap, tap, tapping on the window?

[EYESORE 9001]

7. Ravens are rare in my locale

Plus, this guy fluffed out the feathers around his neck like a ragamuffin upon landing on the ground. That’s typical behavior for crows.

[10 Turtle Day]

3. I love crows

They’re raucous and have an obvious presence and hang out in groups. Murders of crows. Such a cool mantle.

One day my neighbor informed me that crows had been in my bird bath, like that was a bad thing. I think he meant well. I replied it was a non discriminatory, equal opportunity bird bath. And if they splash all the water out of it I just add more.

[ChazInAz]

4. When I still lived in Tucson

I set up a raven playground in my back yard: a picnic table with a dish tub of water for splashing and making a mess, a pile of raw peanuts in the shell, and lots of shiny things to play with. This served nicely to entertain the ravens and my indoor cats, who watched the corvid antics from my bedroom window. My feral cat was less amused, as the birds seemed to consider him to be a toy, too! When the circus was in session, he'd hide under the willow tree and grumble.

[10 Turtle Day]

5. Oh I love that!

Such a great idea! I could do something like that out back and my indoor cats would go bonkers watching them.

[EYESORE 9001]

8. I was perplexed by the lack of additional crows during this encounter

I used to live on the edge of a true ‘crow town’ and they showed up in my backyard with impressive regularity. This one was a Lone Ranger, as far as I could tell.

[world wide wally]

6. Crows are awesome creatures!

We have a dozen backyard chickens and our property extends right up to National Forest. Needless to say, it is a full time job keeping predators away from our chickens. However, we found that a local crow has become an invaluable ally in protecting our chickens. When he spots a predator (fox, raccoon, etc) the crow begins cawing and raising a ruckus. Then we can bring them in or lock them up. The crow will follow the predators and we always know where they are.

[NJCher]

9. Gardener gift

For years I had one who would leave me an orange. Year after year, same place. It would usually be as soon as I opened the gardens for the season.