Corvids

Source: June Hunter

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44359213

Midwest USA, March 2026

Oly E-M1 @ 300, f/8, 1/400s, ISO 320

We had a wicked ice storm with tons of downed trees and devastating damage to the power grid. This is the second once in a hundred year storm we've had in two years, not a pattern, but concerning. I did get some pretty good photos I'll drop over the next few days.

a hooded crow high up in a balcony visibly shocked to have its butt photographed

A hooded crow from my local murder, their coat looks so fluffy.

Photographer @Geektragedy@lemmygrad.ml

I had to zoom in pretty far on my phone to see what was going on here, at first I thought it was a white raven! But a pair of gulls had decided to join the raven soaring party.

And knowing Covid’s, it’ll find a way!

Photographer @I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world

links:

• https://mefi.social/@HarryRutherford/109935858214218911
• https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19307-crow-emoji.pdf
• https://emojipedia.org/black-bird

cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/NiceMemes/p/466973/fwends

More about LLMs than crows, but it speaks well of crows, so here it is.

Hey there, crow bros!

Saw this story on my clinic's page and thought some of you might be interested in seeing some new and experimental physical therapy they had success with on this adorable fish crow!

The Patient of the Week this week is patient 25-4115, a fish crow! This crow was brought in due to head trauma, though we were unable to determine what caused the trauma. We are very excited to share this crow's story because our clinic team was able to use some new techniques to help him. When he arrived, he was unable to stand. Through a combination of hydrotherapy, a harness to give him time upright on his legs, and supportive care with pain management we were able to help him. After 2 weeks of intensive care and physical therapy he was able to walk again on his own!

Hydrotherapy is something we at Aark have used in the past with success (and doesn't he look cute in the bath?), but the harness was a new approach we adapted from seeing it used at other facilities. This crow showed great improvement from these techniques. We are hopeful for a full recovery for this crow and to have him back in the wild soon.

OC by @anon6789@lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39744779

This crow grabbed a mouse from the bushes, flew over to the parking lot to stop theft by another crow, and then flew off to the top of a light post to enjoy the prize.