Birdfeeding: Friends of a Feather Flock Together

I met some crows today.

More accurately, I was heading to take a walk on the Ten Mile River Greenway, which is a bike/walking trail about 6 miles from my house, and as I was pulling onto a side street, I noticed a bunch of them over in the plaza nearby.

So I stopped by, and it turned out there were like, 30 of them. Mix of Fish Crows and American Crows. (Fish Crows are smaller, and sound more nasal.)

Because I look for both blue jays and crows, I keep a bag of peanuts in my car, so I was supplied to bribe make friends with them. (In theory, at least, non-mated crows roost communally, and sometimes travel a bunch (up to 60 kilometers), so it's not inconceivable I could meet some of these folks again.)



( Two more crow pictures, cut for space. )

As I was parking for the actual walk, I met several killdeer, which I have never seen in the area before. It's a shorebird, and I don't think of them as being an inland bunch, but they do hang out on lawns and other such areas. This was on the lawn of a manufacturing business, and Providence, which is where I technically was, is sort of on the ocean. Still -- felt weird!



On my walk, I saw my first Osprey of spring (they migrate down to Mexico in the winter), a few ducks and Mute Swans, and the requisite Red-Winged Blackbirds and Grackles.