Its quite an impressive spectacle! When it gets dark thousands of crows arrive; landing on trees, power lines, fences. Only to fly off again with lots of croaking to find a better place to spend the night. At times the birds performed rather close fly-bys and I was wondering if there was something about me they didn't like. I took plenty of serial photos until my car next to me was hit and I thought it better to pack up and leave before the crows started to aim at the camera. It would have been a smaller target but with thousands of birds the odds were in definitely their favor.
Using Photoshop I layered several serial images (shot in burst mode on tripod). Count the crows if you want to know how many. This sequence makes it possible to check out the flight path of a single crow. Maybe the crows use swarm tactics to confuse predators? Or maybe they just have some fun with a little acro flying with their buddies before bed time (a paragliding thing!)?
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