{"id":108524,"date":"2022-12-07T04:51:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T11:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=108524"},"modified":"2022-12-07T05:01:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T12:01:20","slug":"urban-birds-parking-lot-american-crow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/12\/07\/urban-birds-parking-lot-american-crow\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Birds – Parking Lot American Crow"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fog was so thick yesterday morning that I decided to stay near home and focus on urban birds. My first one of the day was an American Crow in a parking lot.<\/p>\n

\"AmericanAmerican Crow in a grocery store parking lot \u2013 Nikon D500, f6.3, 1\/400, ISO 1000, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 70-300mm VR at 300mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I made a quick trip to my local grocery store before heading to a nearby pond and the Jordan River. As I was about to leave the parking lot I spotted this American Crow perched on top of a mound of snow that had been plowed to clear the parking spaces.<\/p>\n

I attempted to roll down the window on my Jeep but it was frozen shut. On the spur of the moment I decided to slowly open the door of my Jeep and step outside of it to photograph the crow. Fortunately for me the crow was used to human activity and didn’t fly off.<\/p>\n

The fire hydrant in the background is probably about as “urban” as it gets.<\/p>\n

\"UrbanUrban American Crow \u2013 Nikon D500, f6.3, 1\/640, ISO 1000, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 70-300mm VR at 300mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The people driving by on the busy main road probably wondered what was wrong with me! For all I know they might not have even seen the crow. I wasn’t about to pass up photographing the crow though and I’m glad I had my camera with me.<\/p>\n

When I first moved to Utah I never saw crows in the parking lot at the grocery store. I saw pigeons, House Sparrows, and gulls. Over time I started seeing migrant American Crows<\/span><\/a> in the parking lot during the winter. The past couple of years I see these crows year round and I wonder where they are nesting quite often. Perhaps I need to do a bit of sleuthing this spring to find out.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my American Crow photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n

I forgot that I took a cell phone image of the crow in the parking lot that shows how foggy it was yesterday morning, here it is:<\/p>\n

\"UrbanUrban American Crow – Cell phone image<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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