Dick and I first saw these bi-colored crows in St. Petersburg, Russia, while traveling on buses to various points of interest and guided tours in that beautiful city. Photos from a moving bus were of even less help than the first photo below, taken from a moving ship during our August holiday with
Viking River Cruises. We could see the crows, but they weren't very clear. We knew they were crows, however, so I looked them up on my little laptop computer, thanks to the availability of wi-fi almost everywhere on the ship. They were called Hooded Crows. So we knew what they were. Now for the challenge of getting a decent photo. This first one, taken from the
Viking Surkov, wasn't very successful.
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After our tours of the beautiful old wooden buildings, the 20-domed wooden cathedral, the church, and the farm buildings of the historic town of Kizhi, I was able to get fairly close to a group of hooded crows as I made my way back to the ship. Several photos later, I managed to get these two to stand still long enough for a photo with Dick's Sony camera. Hooded crows are said to be grey and black, but these ones look more like beige and black to me.
Posted for Misty Dawn's very fun meme
Camera Critters!
Thanks, Misty.
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