{"id":107753,"date":"2022-02-19T05:17:58","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T12:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.featheredphotography.com\/blog\/?p=107753"},"modified":"2022-02-19T06:05:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T13:05:58","slug":"american-crow-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/featheredphotography.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/19\/american-crow-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"American Crow Portraits"},"content":{"rendered":"

This bird was in his own little world.<\/p>\n

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1\/1250, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

Two days ago Farmington Bay WMA was crawling with crows which is pretty typical for this time of year. Many hundreds of them were going through their morning social rituals before flying off to their feeding grounds, presumably at the Bountiful dump. Most of them wouldn’t allow a close approach as they crowed and jabbered and jawed amongst themselves before eventually flying off.<\/p>\n

But this guy was in his own little world as ‘he’ interacted only with himself with none of the other crows nearby. And he didn’t seem to care that he was unusually close to my pickup, much closer than any of the rest of them. So close I couldn’t fit all of him in the frame.<\/p>\n

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1\/1000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

He was making cute but weird chortling sounds that I’d never heard from a crow before and he barely needed to open his bill to make them. The sounds were so soft I wouldn’t have been able to hear them if I’d been any further away.<\/p>\n

It seemed to me that he was making those sounds only for himself as I’m pretty sure none of the other crows could hear him, especially considering the racket they were making and how far away they were..<\/p>\n

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1\/1000, f\/6.3, ISO 800, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF 500mm f\/4L IS II USM + EF 1.4 III Extender, not baited, set up or called in<\/em><\/p>\n

His utilitarian bill has really been through the ringer with scrapes and scratches on both mandibles. This might be the best look I’ve ever had at the bill of a crow.<\/p>\n

Crows typically don’t get a lot of attention from bird photographers but they have feathers so like most any other bird they’re a magnet for my lens. Besides, I like the mix of ice, snow and water in the background and the bits of snow on his upper back.<\/p>\n

Ron<\/p>\n

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This bird was in his own little world. (3 photos)<\/p>\n

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