Yesterday, I saw my first twig-toting crow of the season, heralding the start of nesting season.
Plum blossoms bloomed a full month early, and humans are considering spring wardrobe and patio-dining options. The crows, clearly, think it’s spring — so we were all a bit surprised to see Vancouver get its first snowfall of the entire winter this morning.
Still, we had fun, the crows and I. Especially this youngster who spent at least ten minutes trying to catch every single falling flake in her beak.
She seemed determined to catch them all — great goalie potential!
Lou seemed a bit dubious about the white stuff at first …
But soon got into the swing of things!
There was a special kind of beauty, seeing the big snowflakes dancing with the pink blossoms.
The snow is all melted now, so it seems as if I might have dreamed the whole thing.
I’ll be back on the lookout for twig-carrying crows tomorrow!
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Lovely blog I live in Canada and we still have snow but Mr and Mrs Crow are also starting to get twigs for their nest. They bring their fudge lines to my garden together peanuts beginning in June when they are old enough the Fledglings like to walk on the top of my conservatory roof, but they slip and slide my cats love watching them because it’s glass thank you for the beautiful photos,
What stunning images with the blossoms n flakes….and goes without saying the black rascals steal the show !
Great videos, as usual! Thank you!!
The crows are fun and the film with the crow and the snow and the blossoms is exquisite! I miss those cherry blossoms. Meanwhile our snow is disappearing quickly.
How beautiful! And yes, I also saw my first twig-toting crows this week! One was snapping branches from a pecan tree out back that doesn’t have leaves yet. My favorite technique was when they would hold the branch in their beak, free fall for a second and break it off with their weight. Genius. Definitely a confusing mix of early Spring weather here, too. Can’t wait for fledglings, though.
Your posts always make me smile. 🙂