@nelinoeva hosts a fun contest in the Feathered Friends Community. This week's theme is whatever you want it to be as long as it's a bird.Two weeks ago the air got dry and cold and the typical Pacific Northwest winter rain turned all weird and fluffy. This happens sometimes, usually once or twice a year, and the whole city shuts down.
Portland supposedly has snow plows but because a big snowdump is not a regular event they don't have enough people staffed to actually operate these plows and by the time any action is initiated it's usually two or three days later, the temperature is no longer freezing, and the snow is melted. But during the interim people make it a point not to go out driving on the snowpack (unless they are hellbent on causing property damage), schools close, people cancel their massages, and Anna, out of work and with no place else to go, wanders impoverished through the snow feeding her friends and recording their feastings.
These recording are called Crow Cams, and you can watch hundred of them on my CrowTube Channel.
I will share a few of my favorites from that meteorological event. This first thumbnail can count as my entry photo.
This was the first Crow Cam I made after the big snow. Well, technically the second. The first one is tacked to the end of this one as an outtake because it slowly sunk into the snow after it got butt-hammered by a hungry crow.
Crows got corn cake and kibbles. I heard a lot of familiar voices but everyone was so hungry it was pretty chaotic and hard to tell who was who until I watched the video, and even then I couldn't tell half the time. Urgent crows tend to all wear the same expression. Junior, though, she didn't seem urgent. See her in the slow-mo at the end if you can make it through seven plus minutes of crows in snow. I know, I know, it's hard watching crows videos for that long. But I believe in you. You can do it!
The Parkers, plus some of the kids in the area. I had set this one up and wound up letting it run for a while when I started chatting with a nice couple and their dog. I had no idea that the crows would keep poking around and playing with the snow for so long! I think it’s possible that they associate the presence of the camera with food and wondered if there was still more to be found, but when we see them picking up snow balls and ice chunks I think pf playful curiosity.
This is on Plum and Momo's turf. I was able to pick Momo out of the crowd, but there were lots of kids at the rink.
I was wishing for a wider focal range but I'm pretty happy with the golden hour light and the quiet surroundings that let us hear the sound of crow feets on ice puddles.
Thanks for checking out my entry to the #smap contest! You can use the link at the beginning of the post to see the rules if you want to enter.
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