Re: [cayugabirds-l] American Crow "snow-bathing"!

[Geo Kloppel]

Chickens do this too.

-Geo
> 
> I recently watched snow buntings do this.
> Pete Sar

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RE:[cayugabirds-l] American Crow "snow-bathing"!

[Kevin J. McGowan]

I've seen them do it infrequently. I've never been able to get a good 
photograph of it. Marie, did you?

It's described in the BNA/Birds of the World account. Interestingly the 
description they cite said there was no preening afterward. I thought I had 
seen that.

It's always fun to see how birds bathe in things other than standing water, 
such as snow, dirt, rain, dew, or wet leaves.

Kevin


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From: bounce-125423235-3493...@list.cornell.edu 
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Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2021 2:11 PM
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Subject: [cayugabirds-l] American Crow "snow-bathing"!

Hi everyone,

Earlier today, while it was still cloudy and drizzly, I was watching an 
American Crow in the snow-covered field opposite my house do something I'd 
never seen before. While it was walking along, several times it squatted down 
into the snow and shuffled its wings just like birds do when they're bathing in 
water. Sometimes it also dug into the snow with its bill as if to loosen the 
snow around it. Then it preened a bit then repeated the process, maybe 7 or 8 
times in the space of a few minutes, before finally flying off with another 
individual.

Very cool behavior! Has anyone seen them do this before?

Marie

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] American Crow "snow-bathing"!

[Peter Saracino]

I recently watched snow buntings do this.
Pete Sar

On Sat, Feb 27, 2021, 4:37 PM Whitings  wrote:

> Hi,
> I have seen other birds do these, most recently snow buntings, horned
> larks and tree sparrows.
>
> Diana
>
> dianawhitingphotography.com
>
>
> On Feb 27, 2021, at 2:11 PM, Marie P. Read  wrote:
>
> 
> Hi everyone,
>
> Earlier today, while it was still cloudy and drizzly, I was watching an
> American Crow in the snow-covered field opposite my house do something
> I'd never seen before. While it was walking along, several times it
> squatted down into the snow and shuffled its wings just like birds do when
> they're bathing in water. Sometimes it also dug into the snow with its bill
> as if to loosen the snow around it. Then it preened a bit then repeated the
> process, maybe 7 or 8 times in the space of a few minutes, before finally
> flying off with another individual.
>
> Very cool behavior! Has anyone seen them do this before?
>
> Marie
>
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> 452 Ringwood Road
> Freeville NY  13068 USA
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] American Crow "snow-bathing"!

[Whitings]

Hi, 
I have seen other birds do these, most recently snow buntings, horned larks and 
tree sparrows.

Diana

dianawhitingphotography.com


> On Feb 27, 2021, at 2:11 PM, Marie P. Read  wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Earlier today, while it was still cloudy and drizzly, I was watching an 
> American Crow in the snow-covered field opposite my house do something I'd 
> never seen before. While it was walking along, several times it squatted down 
> into the snow and shuffled its wings just like birds do when they're bathing 
> in water. Sometimes it also dug into the snow with its bill as if to loosen 
> the snow around it. Then it preened a bit then repeated the process, maybe 7 
> or 8 times in the space of a few minutes, before finally flying off with 
> another individual.
> 
> Very cool behavior! Has anyone seen them do this before?
> 
> Marie 
> 
> Marie Read Wildlife Photography
> 452 Ringwood Road
> Freeville NY  13068 USA
> 
> e-mail   m...@cornell.edu
> Website: http://www.marieread.com
> AUTHOR of:
> Mastering Bird Photography: The Art, Craft, and Technique of Photographing 
> Birds and Their Behavior
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