A Symbol Of Halloween

American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos). One smart bird. Smart enough to use tools to accomplish tasks. They remember human faces and mimic sounds.

I have conversations with them, although I have no idea what I’m saying since I don’t have knowledge of the language of the Crows. When I do start a conversation with one crow, others seem to gather. Hmmm. Is that a good sign or a bad sign?

Nice to have these birds around.

Friends.

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Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.

2 thoughts on “A Symbol Of Halloween”

  1. I too engage in conversations of a type, the crows respond most of the time. If they are crowing, perhaps a sequence of two, three, three and two, I do something similar. Once I’m in the loop I change the response numbers and the crows will reciprocate. all quite pleasant until the neighbors come for me with butterfly nets.

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