June Reflections
What do you do when the weather is so hot you can’t stand it? Why, find some shade!
This month’s featured creature is the Jungle Crow, which we felt perfectly represents the sweltering quality of the northern hemisphere this month.
Before we head into July full-speed, enjoy your holiday by checking out some of our June posts you may have missed:
June Featured Creature: Jackdaw
Mini-crows with a flair for purple plumage and striking eyes, what’s not to love?
Off the Beaten Path: Willy Wagtail
June’s un-corvid feature Off the Beaten Path goes in depth on the Willy Wagtail, possibly the worlds most friendly bird.
Why Crows Aren’t Black
Learn about Leucism, the reason crows and ravens are sometimes anything but black.
ListMania
The 15 Silliest Corvid Photos
The 10 Best and Worst Things to Feed a Crow
Whether you own a pet Crow, take care of one in your back yard, rehabilitate corvids, or take frequent walks in the wilderness to feed them, you should know what things will delight them the most – and which to avoid!
Corvids can be found all over the world except southern S. America, the Poles and various islands. They are believed to have originated in central Asia and species diversity is still high there. The oldest corvid fossils have been found in Europe from 20-25 million years ago; from an ancestor called the Miocene. Below are [...]
Ongoing Series:
Keeping up with Kinohi : San Diego Zoo’s Rara Alala
We check in with the rarest corvid in the world to learn of the challenges of breeding a bird back into existence that just isn’t feelin’ it.
Featured Artists:
Nichole Yanota
Beth Surdut
cazjane97 (flickr)
Craww
Masahisa Fukase
earlyalan90 (flickr)
