Crows Showing Of

wildherbalian85 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-08-2009, 03:30 PM

There are these 2 crows that are always perched on the roof of the house over the road, anyway this afternoon i watched for around 2 minutes the pair of them showing off their flying skills.

They where playing chase and at times reached some speeds when flying with the wind... my favorite moment was when one of them dived at an angle whilst doing multiple (cork screw) 360 degree turns

It turned out that this impressive areal display was over what looked like an old apple core

aland · #2 (**permalink**) 10-08-2009, 04:51 PM

For that much entertainment the least you could do was go to the nearest supermarket and buy them a fresh apple each, aland,

captaincarot · #3 (**permalink**) 10-08-2009, 07:37 PM

are you sure they were crows and not ravens?

ravens are more prone to ariel showing off just for the fun of it than crows

wildherbalian85 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-08-2009, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by captaincarot

are you sure they were crows and not ravens?

ravens are more prone to ariel showing off just for the fun of it than crows

Its funny you should say that because i am sure i hear from time-to-time what sounds like a raven... but i doubt it is... this area i am referring to is very near to southsea common.

With regards to this pair i am fairly sure they where crows. They like to spend a lot of their time perched high on the roof of the houses across the way.... i watch them from my place of work. I think they might be a pair because they often seem to be together but they are not nesting on that roof.

wildherbalian85 · #5 (**permalink**) 10-08-2009, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by aland

For that much entertainment the least you could do was go to the nearest supermarket and buy them a fresh apple each, aland,

They have the Common, a fair ground, and plenty of nearby Hotels to get thier meals from

They have chosen very good feading grounds i think

wildherbalian85 · #6 (**permalink**) 21-08-2009, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by captaincarot

are you sure they were crows and not ravens?

ravens are more prone to ariel showing off just for the fun of it than crows

Well as mentioned the ones i saw where crows. I thought though i saw what i believe to have been a Raven on Wednesday..... it was large crow with a distinctly sharp edged tail.

This was spotted in the same area in a fairly open part of Southsea not far from the common. Tied in with the early mentioned (see earlier posts) funny crow noise... like a deep croink noise i think that there is a raven in the area.