We've had a good dozen crows outside, this winter, who made a mighty racket in the mornings, much to the excitement of Zenobe and Leopold. They seem to be gone now, with the exception of two who are building their nest right in front of my office window. Just took a few photos but, as always, there's either the sun or the crows... Here's one of the few that came out ok: https://www.fotoralf.de/temp/D-26-00011.jpg Will try again over the next days, before it all disappears behind the foliage as the tree (a maple?) is in full blossom now. Enjoy Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos : https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012

> On 16 Mar 2026, at 15:04, Ralf R Radermacher <pdml@uebra.de> wrote: > > We've had a good dozen crows outside, this winter, who made a mighty racket in the mornings, much to the excitement of Zenobe and Leopold. > > They seem to be gone now, with the exception of two who are building their nest right in front of my office window. Just took a few photos but, as always, there's either the sun or the crows... > > Here's one of the few that came out ok: > > https://www.fotoralf.de/temp/D-26-00011.jpg > > Will try again over the next days, before it all disappears behind the foliage as the tree (a maple?) is in full blossom now. > Perhaps they’ve gone to Russia. https://my.tretyakov.ru/app/masterpiece/8449?lang=en

Am 16.03.26 um 16:47 schrieb Bob W PDML: > Perhaps they’ve gone to Russia. > > https://my.tretyakov.ru/app/masterpiece/8449?lang=en Might well be. Then again, who would want to go there, nowadays. The greatest number of crows I've ever seen was in Manningtree, sometime in the eighties. No idea why. But the trees were full of them. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog :http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio :http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos :https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012