#crows #birds

"Winged predator hits all-time high in San Francisco

The numbers doubled in the span of a year

The number of American crows, savvy predators known to congregate during winter, has reached an all-time high in San Francisco.

Over the holidays, birders tallied 3,260 crows in San Francisco during the National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count. That number is an astounding sum, considering in 1984, there were just five crows documented in the city.

(. . .)

It’s not just San Francisco. Based on aggregated Christmas count data, the Golden Gate Bird Alliance reports a sharp rise in crow numbers across the nine Bay Area counties over the past five years and an overall trend upward in local populations since 1975.

(. . .)

Phillips pointed to another explanation behind a historical trend of crows moving away from rural places. In 1972, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act expanded to include crows, strengthening their protections from hunting and helping their populations to expand. Yet today, people can still kill crows in most rural parts of the state, where they are notorious for eating crops on farms."

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/crow-populations-san-francisco-21316117.php

short walk today so only got pics of crows and jackdaws.
#bird #birds #BirdsOfFediverse #birdsofmastodon #corvid #corvids #crow #crows #hoodedCrow #hoodedcrows #Jackdaw #jackdaws

Eight Blessings on the Wind. Created when I still lived in Georgia. Went to an exhibit in Vermont. And now home in Upstate NY. 🤍

#art #drawing #crows #nature #fullmoon

hooded crow portrait from last fall

#birds #crow #corvids #crows #krähe #krähen #urbanwildlife #birdportrait

:blobcateyes: :blobcateyes: :blobcateyes: AHHHH!!!! I have waited nearly a year for a crow to land in my backyard! There is a large murder that lives in the area whose territory very abruptly across the street from my home. 1 or 2 would occasionally land in the large tree in the front yard, but I have never seen one in the back in the entire time I have recorded. Hoping to see at the feeder. Want a double #Corvid army! #Magpie #Magpies #Crows #Bird #Birds #Wildlife #Wildlifephotography

Good morning Mr Crow. Wow, you're hungry this morning. #crows #birds #CrowUpdate

Good morning Mr Crow. Wow, you're hungry this morning.

(fun fact: later, I was on the balcony, and Ms Crow landed on the guardrail - something she never does when I'm there - and she quickly realized it "wow, what am I doing there?" and flew of to the closest pole. It's partly my fault, when I heard her land, I shouldn't have turned around and spoken to her).

#crows #birds #CrowUpdate

Crow With No Name: Part 1

#Wss366 caravan #MastoPrompt quaint

I sat on the porch of my #caravan—that’s what my best friend Rebekka-san calls it. She's a #quaint little British witch—and thought about what I was going to do with my life. In the background, the radio played an old "America" song, “A Horse with No Name.”

I've been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert, you can’t remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain

“Wish it was me,” I thought.

My girlfriend dumped me because her parents didn’t like her dating a foreigner, especially another girl. College had been a bust. I had three degrees and a prodigious student loan debt, but no job prospects. All the places I’d considered working had been closed due to funding shortages or had hiring freezes. Outside of academia, who needed someone with degrees in medieval studies, Asian mythology, and mystic psychology? The last degree was from Antioch—a roll-your-own degree—and when people saw it, they said, “What the fuck?” Maybe not exactly, but words to that effect.

I felt like ending it all. Enough said.

In my hand was a vial given to me by Rebekka-san’s friend Abiru-san. She was a real joker, so I assumed the vial was one of her pranks. You know, something like castor oil or gall. "Drink this if you reach the end of your rope," she’d said, laughing. But maybe it wasn’t a joke—she was a witch after all.

“Ugh, that was…” I started but finished with, “Crickey crack.”

What had just happened? Had it frozen my vocal cords?

The world looked funny. What was in this stuff?

Holy shit! Black feathers!

Was it a hallucinogen? Acid!?

I must be tripping my brains out. I had wings!

#TootFic #MicroFiction #NMFic #Crows #Otherkin

It's very gusty outside, so I put the crow fam's peanuts in a heavy bowl so they wouldn't scatter. The crows appear to have decided that since the bowl is new, it's not to be trusted. They did eat the cat kibble, though.

#Crows

Roughly 8:30 to 9:00 a.m., Monday, January 26, 2026, following the snowstorm. We got about a foot with some deeper drifting here in Fairhaven, #Massachusetts The gang showed up.

#Crows #AmericanCrows #BlueJays #Corvids #Birds #Snow #FairhavenMA

If you're disappointed by the lack of interesting pictures (I am too), maybe you missed those ones from the other day:

https://davidbilla.net/birding-january-20th-2026/

#birds #crows

It's the black kites messing with the crows as much as they can. I don't think the black kites see crows as potential preys (but I can imagine them being opportunistic about it), however, last week I barely saw the crows because it was quite windy and the black kites took control of the neighborhood, even flying much lower than usual, and Friday morning, wondering if the #crows were around, I went to the park and even before getting there, I saw a kite falling on a black shape leaving a tree! ⤵️

The latest news.
Let's start with the not-great but not unexpected news. As I suspected, Mr Crow has stopped roosting.
For people not familiar with #crows, they have territories, but in autumn and winter, they gather by the thousands downtown (and on top of hills) to socialize with their friends and families (this is fact, look it up if you don't trust me). However, for the past two years, Mr Crow has had a history of damaged wing feathers that prevent him from flying properly at times. ⤵️

I haven't posted a #CrowUpdate in a while, not because nothing was happening, but because I didn't take any good pictures in a while. But I need to update you a bit of the latest developments.
It may be a bit long. I'll also recap a few things for the new followers coming from my other account and who may be interested.
Let's start with the basics: three years ago, I befriended two #crows (a couple) who live in the park next door (this is not them on the picture)

(1/? ⤵️ )

A memory in the field

Nostalgic for cheese
A mouse dreams, then murder comes
Crows pick his bones clean

#Nostalgic #mouse #crows

I deliberately wait until the crows are hanging around to take out the compost so that Topaz can be entertained for a bit. #TopazPosting #cats #Caturday #crows

the birds were out in force today after yesterdays high winds.
#bird #birds #birdsoffediverse #birdsofmastodon #corvid #corvids #crow #crows #hoodedCrow #hoodedcrows #starling #starlings #Jackdaw #jackdaws #rook #rooks #pigeon #magpie

crows at sunset in berlin

#crow #crows #krähen #urbanwildlife #urbanecology

Residents will understand this, I'm sure, but for the rest of you it will be hard to grasp the sheer magnitude of the crows that flock to the trees each morning near Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland, OR, USA. I saw and heard thousands. A cacophony! It was a starling and awesome (in the true sense) encounter.

#crows #portland