Hi everyone, Earlier today, while it was still cloudy and drizzly, I was watching an American Crow in the snow-covered field opposite my house do something I'd never seen before. While it was walking along, several times it squatted down into the snow and shuffled its wings just like birds do when they're bathing in water. Sometimes it also dug into the snow with its bill as if to loosen the snow around it. Then it preened a bit then repeated the process, maybe 7 or 8 times in the space of a few minutes, before finally flying off with another individual.
Very cool behavior! Has anyone seen them do this before? Marie Marie Read Wildlife Photography 452 Ringwood Road Freeville NY 13068 USA e-mail [email protected] Website: http://www.marieread.com AUTHOR of: Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing Birds and Their Behavior https://rockynook.com/shop/photography/mastering-bird-photography/?REF=101/ -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
