AlanLichty
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Just to be straight about the thread title - a group of crows is called a murder of crows.
There is a small park near my house that is adjacent to some undeveloped land owned by the Vancouver School District. It was a set aside piece of land for building a school dating back to when they originally divided up the land in this area but has never been used beyond harvesting the trees many decades ago and mowing the grass to lessen the fire danger. Its a wonderful place to fly since it is posted No Trespassing and is wide open air right next to the park.
Just as I was leaving the park late last week I noticed a guy with a camera who was tossing food out to a large group of crows that were following him into the field and then taking pictures of the crows. He was feeding them again on Monday morning but I was too late to try to grab some photos of the scene. I did chat with the guy and it turns out he does this pretty much every day with the crows waiting around every day for their morning handout. I told him I wanted to shoot the scene including him in the images and he was OK with that.
I knew that the crows didn't like the sound of my drone being launched so I took off from my driveway and flew the drone above me at around 200' while I walked to the park. I was early but the crows were already gathering so I kept the drone at a distance that was suitable for the telephoto lens and wasn't disturbing them. There are distinct groups of crows that converge for this and here is one of the groups waiting for their morning meal:
Another group was lurking on the fence separating the school property from the park and its easy to see why:
They follow him out into the field where he alternately tosses out food and captures the action.
I did invite the guy to come post here on Focal World and he knows I was going to post these today. The crows apparently love a combination of peanuts and dog food pellets and have learned where he lives so some of them hang out near his house in the morning and then follow him to the park making plenty of noise to alert the others who are already waiting at the park. I knew when he was coming by watching the sky above the street for the crows following him.
There is a small park near my house that is adjacent to some undeveloped land owned by the Vancouver School District. It was a set aside piece of land for building a school dating back to when they originally divided up the land in this area but has never been used beyond harvesting the trees many decades ago and mowing the grass to lessen the fire danger. Its a wonderful place to fly since it is posted No Trespassing and is wide open air right next to the park.
Just as I was leaving the park late last week I noticed a guy with a camera who was tossing food out to a large group of crows that were following him into the field and then taking pictures of the crows. He was feeding them again on Monday morning but I was too late to try to grab some photos of the scene. I did chat with the guy and it turns out he does this pretty much every day with the crows waiting around every day for their morning handout. I told him I wanted to shoot the scene including him in the images and he was OK with that.
I knew that the crows didn't like the sound of my drone being launched so I took off from my driveway and flew the drone above me at around 200' while I walked to the park. I was early but the crows were already gathering so I kept the drone at a distance that was suitable for the telephoto lens and wasn't disturbing them. There are distinct groups of crows that converge for this and here is one of the groups waiting for their morning meal:
Another group was lurking on the fence separating the school property from the park and its easy to see why:
They follow him out into the field where he alternately tosses out food and captures the action.
I did invite the guy to come post here on Focal World and he knows I was going to post these today. The crows apparently love a combination of peanuts and dog food pellets and have learned where he lives so some of them hang out near his house in the morning and then follow him to the park making plenty of noise to alert the others who are already waiting at the park. I knew when he was coming by watching the sky above the street for the crows following him.
