Tag: crow

thedoctorknits:

aveanexalea:

I know many of you out there are feeling a bit down. Have a crow to Wouldn’t it be Nice by the Beach Boys to lift your mood.

He stops and looks both ways?!?

You wanna know what makes this better?

Crows normally walk. This one seems to have both legs working, so he’s not hopping out of necessity, he’s doing it for fun. Corvids can sometimes be seen doing things like this for no evident reason other than enjoyment.

glumshoe:

glumshoe:

People have been clamoring for video of Edgar speaking, so I caught as much as I could this afternoon while visiting him. I don’t know when he picked up the barred owl hoot – I only remember him imitating a screech owl before this. 

Also, my usual disclaimer: Edgar is not a pet, he’s an educational/ambassador bird who lives with licensed rehabbers because he cannot be released to the wild. Corvids do not make good pets and may be illegal to own, depending on where you live, so if you want to interact with them, volunteer at a bird rehab center or sanctuary where educational/mascot animals are kept and well-socialized.

Edgar sounds like my aunt.

madxstitcher:

my-wanton-self:

aveanexalea:

I know many of you out there are feeling a bit down. Have a crow to Wouldn’t it be Nice by the Beach Boys to lift your mood.

And you just know that right around the corner that crow got into his faded orange VW Kombi van with the surfboards strapped on top and hit the beach.

This crow is 100% fucking around for no reason other than to fuck around. Birds have two main gaits depending on where they live – they put one foot in front of the other if they live on the ground, or they hop if they live in the trees. Crows live on the ground, and thus walk. They have no reason to hop like this, and they aren’t wired or built to move like this naturally. They might hop to quickly avoid danger that’s very limited, like a car tire coming at them, or to get up onto the curb, but this sort of motion has no purpose other than being fun.