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[18 Jun 2009|12:59pm] |
( i found this today. )
i've found smaller crow feathers, but this is the biggest one i have now. it's beautiful.
does anyone else collect corvid feathers?
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| sparklies! |
[12 Jun 2009|09:46am] |
a pretty and cute rendition of raven steals the sun. from the glass artist Wesley Fleming. its so hard to find corvid pieces that don't look like black bluebirds or pigeons. just because its black doesn't make it a raven! :P
or his Crow:
i would LOVE either piece actually, but i don't even want to imagine how much they are. :/
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| Corvid art |
[11 Jun 2009|01:46pm] |
Hi corvid lovers,
I found this print of a crow at a site that sells inexpensive art - I love it! I can't believe the edition isn't sold out, and now they're having a sale. If you like it check the front page of the site for their 20% off offer.
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| magpie tattoo |
[20 May 2009|06:05pm] |
i have plans for a magpie tattoo (two actually, two for joy.), probably on my back.
but i'm stuck for the actual image of the magpie. i was going to find one, then get my illustrator friend to stylize it or something.
so i need help to find a photo/image of a magpie(s) that would look good on my back! anyone? :) thanks.
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| It's That Time of Year |
[10 Apr 2009|12:09pm] |
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I was out looking for/watching nests in our study area and got a few pictures that I thought I'd share. Sorry for the quality, they were taken by holding my small digital camera up to my spotting scope.
N1, a 9-year-old female, just about to settle back down on the nest after taking a snack break.
( One more. )
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| Jackdaws respond to human gaze |
[06 Apr 2009|10:35pm] |
ScienceDaily (Apr. 4, 2009) — We all know that people sometimes change their behavior when someone is looking their way. Now, a new study reported online on April 2nd in Current Biology shows that jackdaws—birds related to crows and ravens with eyes that appear similar to human eyes—can do the same.
"Jackdaws seem to recognize the eye's role in visual perception, or at the very least they are extremely sensitive to the way that human eyes are oriented," said Auguste von Bayern, formerly of the University of Cambridge and now at the University of Oxford. When presented with a preferred food, hand-raised jackdaws took significantly longer to retrieve the reward when a person was directing his eyes towards the food than when he was looking away, according to the research team led by Nathan Emery of the University of Cambridge and Queen Mary University of London. The birds hesitated only when the person in question was unfamiliar and thus potentially threatening.
Link to full article:
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| Raven Using Drinking Fountain |
[23 Mar 2009|01:58pm] |
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Ad Libitum Water Source for a Common Raven
(Click the image to go to the article and video.)
Abstract
We report a Common Raven (Corvus corax) that learned to turn on a water faucet in a campground at Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, USA, and drink from it. Ad libitum availability of water has important implications for survival and reproductive success of desert birds. Ravens commonly exploit anthropogenic sources of water and food; these behaviors are of interest because ravens can be important predators of the federally-threatened desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). Our observation is further evidence of the resourcefulness of ravens and challenges involved in limiting access to anthropogenic resources for an intelligent, subsidized predator.
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| Pensioner in a real-life version of Hitchcock's movie The Birds after crows attack his home |
[17 Mar 2009|10:27am] |
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A PENSIONER is enduring a real-life version of Alfred Hitchcock's movie The Birds after a flock of crows began attacking his home.
Ronald Milton's house is being targeted by kamikaze crows which keep flying into the windows.
Mr Milton, 89, has now installed netting in a bid to stop the crows from attacking his Gloucestershire home, which he says has happened regularly over the past six months.
Mr Milton said the thudding sound of the birds launching themselves into the windows is disturbing.
"They fly up to the window then fly back crashing in to it, and they seem to enjoy it," he said.
"But it seems to be only my house, they are a nuisance and they make a mess on the windows. The netting doesn't seem to make any difference though."
Dr Colin Studholme of the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust said there could be two reasons for the crows' behaviour.
"Sometimes flying into windows happens because they think they can fly straight through a house if they can see some light on the other side," he told the Gloucestershire Echo.
"The other possible option is that they can see their reflection in the window and they will attack it, particularly at this time of year when crows are mating and very territorial."
Source:
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[12 Mar 2009|09:00pm] |
Bizarre bird behavior predicted by game theory - 'A team of scientists, led by the University of Exeter, has used game theory to explain the bizarre behaviour of a group of ravens. Juvenile birds from a roost in North Wales have been observed adopting the unusual strategy of foraging for food in 'gangs'. New research, published in the journal PLoS One (on Wednesday 25 February 2009), explains how this curious behaviour can be predicted by adapting models more commonly used by economists to analyse financial trends...'
Link to Research Article.
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| Scientific Illustration! Episode Two...With Mustard! |
[03 Mar 2009|08:37pm] |
Tonight we are featuring the
New Caledonian Crow
In large text in case you want to know. Join us tonight at:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nambroth's-nonsense
For more Scientific Illustration with mustard.
Remember: These shows are only an hour long. They run from 9pm EST - 10pm EST.
While SageGoat is talking, please hold your Questions and Comments for when she asks for them. Treat the chat room like a classroom during these times :} Or it will just get too chaotic!! The narration is TEXT based, not audio.
This is INTENSE painting for ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) nambroth, so please don't be upset if she misses a question or comment during the show itself.
Feel free to spread the word if you know someone that might like to join.
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[28 Jan 2009|01:26pm] |
Reqbat,
Your posts over at corvine are leaning in a spammish angle. Artwork is fine to share as an introduction to one's work or in admiration of another artist. I even don't mind multiple posts showing different works from the same artist. But 13 posts in the span of a month, of art with little variation is a bit much.
One post with a link showing interested people where they can go to view updates of your work would be fine.
Regards,
Kayucian,
all i wanted to do was share my work for free and also share my love of crows with likeminded people; so i am apologising publicly to any and all who feel as kayucian does, that i've been spamming, and i'm sufficiently embarrassed that i won't be posting here anymore- this isn't an online flounce, this is a very real and honest apology b/c it's not what i intended at ALL.
i'm sorry.
peace and light,
req
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| here they are. |
[24 Jan 2009|11:39pm] |
If you'd like me to put larger ones up here, let me know.
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