Caw said the crow This is (a silhouette of) a house crow I captured cawing behind a shack in Goa. There were a bunch of these crows fluttering around at the place at the time. These birds usually live (exclusively) around areas populated by humans. This particular group of them roost around shacks on the beaches of Goa, feeding on discarded human food. Apart from the constant cawing, they’re quite intelligent creatures. So much so, that there are stories about them from ancient Greece’s Aesop’s fables to ancient India’s Panchatantra. A quick youtube search for intelligent crows will pull up videos from modern times about them. It’s said that they operate at a seven year old human intelligence level. As a comparison, the linguistic skills of the great apes are comparable to a 3 year old level. When I was little, I’d confuse Ravens with crows too. The only difference I found was that they didn’t have a gray neck. Well, the Internet wasn’t a thing back then (as in, not so accessible). Thankfully, my dad knew the difference… EXIF Info Exposure f/5.6 1/3200 secISO 100 Focal Length in 35mm 450 Date taken 2018:10:19 16:33:03 Camera NIKON D3200 Spread the love Tweet Post navigation Detailed wooden vasesSunset in the Arabian Sea 15 Comments a nice silhouette, Sudipto. and good text too Reply Thank you, Ayush… 🙂 Reply Beautiful backlight Reply Thank you, Marie… 🙂 Reply Beautiful capture ! I am fascinated by crows too. I feed crows every morning by placing four tablespoons of hot rice tempered with a little ghee!! One of them sits on my ktchen window sill and pokes his nose through to see if food is ready!!! Reply Thank you, Devi… 🙂 The crows seem to like you… I have an uncle who used to feed rice to crows every morning, without the ghee of course. 🙂 He’s since moved to the States. Not sure if they have crows there… 🙂 Reply Gorgeous shot! Reply Thank you, Christine… 🙂 Reply it’s a great silhouette of the crow against the clouds with his head turned Sudipto… i like the way the clouds open up to the blue sky….peter:) Reply Thank you, Peter… 🙂 Reply Splendid timing to capture this silhouette as it cawed! Reply Thank you, Steven… 🙂 Reply “Quoth the raven, Nevermore.” HA! No wonder you confused them, Sudipto, because they, too, were/are intelligent. Reply Well, I had to Google that quote… I have to read Edgar Allan Poe’s writing… 🙂 Reply Excellent framing and beautiful rendering, I like that Reply Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
Beautiful capture ! I am fascinated by crows too. I feed crows every morning by placing four tablespoons of hot rice tempered with a little ghee!! One of them sits on my ktchen window sill and pokes his nose through to see if food is ready!!! Reply
Thank you, Devi… 🙂 The crows seem to like you… I have an uncle who used to feed rice to crows every morning, without the ghee of course. 🙂 He’s since moved to the States. Not sure if they have crows there… 🙂 Reply
it’s a great silhouette of the crow against the clouds with his head turned Sudipto… i like the way the clouds open up to the blue sky….peter:) Reply
“Quoth the raven, Nevermore.” HA! No wonder you confused them, Sudipto, because they, too, were/are intelligent. Reply
