Every week @nelinoeva hosts a fun contest in the Feathered Friends Community that I always enter at the very last minute either because I spent the whole week trying to figure out how to make my entry crow-related, or I forget. This week's theme is BIRD IN THE GRASS and I almost forgot.

These are Northwestern Crows, foraging in a hay field in my most favorite place to escape to when I need to escape to somewhere. When I go to this place, I often hang out with a family of Northwestern Crows that owns the campground. I can spend hours with this family.

But this particular time that I visited the family wasn't around much. It was February, mostly rainy, very cold, with long nights and few campers. Spending time at a campground is not lucrative for crows when there are no campsites to raid. Instead, they forage in large groups, for safety and to socialize.

I watched this group forage for a long time. Living in Portland I generally observe the crows doing city crow things, like digging through garbage, eating from feeders or people, or pulling worms from gardens. I seldom get to see what crows do in a more rural/wild environment.
I also saw crows crack mussels and forage in tide pools during this visit.


As neat as it was to observe these crows' winter behavior from afar, I don't think I will visit the island in winter again. Crow behavior of course fascinates me, and I love to watch them. But these particular crows?

I prefer our quality time together.

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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