Crow Moving on Trellis... Hmmm
Hi all,
Just a quick reminder that the photo contest is an ongoing concern. There's still plenty of time to enter!
About that crow above... There are pictures that are just too cool to file away, and this is one of them. Yeah, look at that corvid. Us old jazz aficionados might say that he's Cake Walking Babies (From Home) or Struttin' With Some Barbecue. (Sorry, but for us jazz nuts, the sun rises ands sets on Ella, Louis, and Duke. Ives and Copland trail in the lofty dusk.)
Onward...
It's interesting to note how the crow moves on a swaying trellis. Obviously, the structure is moving front to back in the crow's perspective, but it's also moving side to side. Still, the bird uses a "stepping motion" vs. the "two-legged hopping motion" that serves him so well on the ground. Perhaps the "stepping" approach offers the advantage of always having one anchor point (note the grip on the trailing left foot). Should the unknown, undulating "next step" prove not to be in the place it should have been, at least he's got something to hold onto.
The crazy stuff that crows, jazz, and bird walking will get you into...
See you by the feeders, (expect the soulful allure of Armstrong and Cash Blue Yodel No. 9)
CapeCodAlan
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