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Mr Crow wishes you a good weekend.

Ms Crow was there this evening (but no sign of an older Junior returning to help), so I'm not sure why she was missing this morning, maybe she simply went to forage some food further away (in the estuary?) while Mr Crow watched the kids or something. 🤷‍♂️

(I don't have many pics of her lately because she rarely stand stills on the ground at the moment)

After seeing posts with crows, nests, crow babies from other parts of the world with a slight tinge of envy, I am very happy to report

Crows Are Building Nests Here!!! :ms_crow: :crow:

They're flying around with twigs in their beaks, looking very serious and getting very tetchy with the neighbours. ♥

And lilacs are finally out. Good time of year.

Mr Crow putting away some peanuts under the watchful eyes of the rest of the family.

(yikes, I'm out of shelled peanuts... I still have unshelled ones, but they're not as convenient to use in the park - I keep them for my balcony and my yard)

Good morning from Junior 1 and Junior 2. (sorry for the poor quality of the picture, my son was running late and he finally came out of the house just as I spotted them)
They're still not really interested in me (compared to their older siblings from previous years) but they're intrigued as to why Dad and Mom come to see me regularly. They also may be a little scared after my first encounter with one of them (who ended up "stuck" in my garden).

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"Poor little crow" late afternoon. The "good" news: he's less and less scared of me, I can approach it as close as 2 meters. The bad news is that his family still mostly ignores him.

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When I was taking pictures of baby crow (with my DSLR, hence the better quality), I took a shot of baby being in the process of blinking. Interestingly, while adults tend to have white eyelids, not fledglings.

(that's really all for now: 8/8)

#CrowUpdate This morning, the fledgling that's always on the ground was... on the ground. I'm starting to worry about it. It seems healthy, but its parents don't seem to care much about it. Does it need just more time to develop (but I'd assume mom and dad would watch carefully) or... I have a sadder theory...

(1/? 🧵 ⤵️ )