Twice, as a child and young adult in Germany, I was lucky enough to become the keeper of a tame Jackdaw, which is the smallest of the black European corvids. Each was a free flying companion for many years. Their intelligence and curiosity got them into many comical or even dangerous adventures - hiking or biking with Jackdaw never got boring.
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| Hooded Crows in Trondheim |
When I lived in Trondheim, Norway, Crows became my favorites. Resident researchers soon invited me to climb huge pine trees to get to the nests of rooks to get blood samples of the nestlings - I did not particularly like that idea. But I could watch for hours the behavior of those stately Hooded Crows that stood up to the biggest, loudest Hering Gulls with dignity.
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| Morning has Broken |
Their large cosmopolitan relative, the Common Raven, is even more intelligent and impressive. I love watching our resident pair when they let the vortex of thunderhead cloud carry them up into the sky, only to swoop down with breathtaking speed and start it all over again.
Original Watercolor, matted 11in by 14in $295.
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