
~ THE BLACK CROW KNOWS~
So you want to know, so you want to know
If you want to know what the future holds
The Black Crow knows
Robyn Hitchcock, 'The Black Crow Knows'
I love the crow family, among the very smartest & most intriguing of creatures, but difficult to photograph due to their innate & entirely understandable distrust of Home sapiens. While I enjoy their malevolent image in literature & films, they’re actually extremely social, communicative, even affectionate. Most of these images are of the Torresian crow, Corvus orru, common in much of Australia - in fact, a couple of individuals feature prominently, a local female I named Frankie & another very confident bird called Zuma. More crows can be found in my BEAKS & WINGS IN BLACK & WHITE gallery.

Crow #1
Crow Framed by Poinciana Boughs ~ Deagon

Crow #2
A Murder of Torresian Crows Perched Above Sandgate Station Before Dawn

Crow #3
A Penetrating Glare ~ Deagon

Crow #4
A Corvine Family Group ~ Deagon

Crow #5
Eye Contact with a Favourite Crow ~ Deagon

Crow #6
No Need to Shout ~ Sandgate

Crow #7
Last Light of Day in Nudgee Cemetery

Crow #8
Frankie the Torresian Crow: A Portrait ~ Deagon

Crow #9
Lift-Off ~ Deagon

Crow #10
Corvine Profile ~ Deagon

Crow #11
Phone Tower Sentinel, Dusk ~ Sandgate

Crow #12
Mother & Juvenile at Feeding Time ~ Deagon

Crow #13
A Glossy-Feathered Corvid ~ Deagon

Crow #14
Highest Perch in the Park ~ Deagon

Crow #15
Ruffled Feathers ~ Deagon

Crow #16
Defiance ~ Deagon

Crow #17
A Crow in a Banana Tree ~ Deagon

Crow #18
A Torresian Crow Under a Spreading Fig Tree ~ Deagon

Crow #19
Early Riser on an Early-Spring Morn ~ Deagon

Crow #20
Portrait of an Obliging Torresian Crow ~ Deagon

Crow #21
Broken Feather ~ Sandgate

Crow #22
Waiting for a Train, Sandgate Station, Dawn

Crow #23
Come No Closer ~ Deagon

Crow #24
Late Afternoon: Crow & Street Signs ~ Deagon

Crow #25
Slick & Streamlined ~ Deagon

Crow #26
Downtown Crow ~ Sandgate

Crow #27
Nothing Evades My Scrutiny ~ Deagon

Crow #28
Bright Eyes ~ Deagon

Crow #29
Early Morning in Nudgee Cemetery

Crow #30
Crow on Lookout Duty in a Tokyo Park, Early Spring ~ Hibiya Park, Tokyo

Crow #31
News Broadcast ~ Curlew Park, Deagon

Crow #32
Watcher at the Castle Perimeter ~ Himeji Castle, Japan

Crow #33
On the Sidelines ~ Curlew Park, Deagon

Crow #34
Pre-Dawn Balancing Act ~ Deagon

Crow #35
Sizing Up the Human ~ Deagon

Crow #36
A Corvine Family Takes In the Dawn ~ Deagon

Crow #37
An Announcement from a Garden Fence ~ Deagon

Crow #38
Lookout Post on a Wet Morning ~ Deagon

Crow #39
Waiting on a Wire Fence ~ Deagon

Crow #40
Winter Dawn & Crescent Moon ~ Sandgate

Crow # 41
Perched Upon the Moon ~ Deagon

Crow #42
Raised Hackles ~ Deagon

Crow #43
Frankie Showing Off Her Best Side ~ Deagon

Crow #44
Frankie ‘Neath a Dawn Sky ~ Deagon

Crow #45
Zuma Drops By for a Chat ~ Sandgate

Crow #46
Under a Spreading Mango Tree ~ Deagon

Crow #47
Homeward Bound on a Wet Sunday Morning ~ Deagon

Crow #48
Frankie the Fence-Sitter ~ Deagon

Crow #49
Frankie Takes a Stroll ~ Deagon

Crow #50
High Voltage ~ Deagon

Crow #51
Sentry Duty in Downtown Sandgate

Crow #52
Visitation - Magpie Meeting Interrupted ~ Curlew Park, Deagon

Crow #53
A Murder of Crows Assembles at Dusk ~ Sandgate

Crow #54
Frankie, a Local Beauty ~ Deagon

Crow #55
Welcome to Sandgate

Crow #56
A Gathering at Dusk on the Shikoku Pilgrimage ~ Ehime Prefecture, Japan

Crow #57
Early Morning at the Old Meetin’ Tree ~ Curlew Park, Deagon

Crow #58
Frankie Sr. & Her Infant, Frankie Jr. ~ Deagon

Crow #59
Curlew Park Resident Takes a Look Around ~ Deagon

Crow #60
Crows Gather Above the Mausoleums, Dawn ~ Nudgee Cemetery

Crow #61
Low-Flying Glider ~ Deagon

Crow #62
Morning Perch ~ Deagon

Crow #63
Sunset Crow Framed by Headstone ~ Nudgee Cemetery

Crow #64
Blue Sky Morning ~ Curlew Park

Crow #65
A Commotion in the Canopy ~ Deagon

Crow #66
Mother & Infant ~ Deagon

Crow #67
Grave Matters to Discuss, Dusk ~ Nudgee Cemetery

Crow #68
Karasu - Japanese Crow - in an Old Hillside Cemetery ~ Nagasaki

Crow #69
Torresian Crow & Setting Moon ~ Deagon

Crow #70
On the Footbridge at Einbunpin Lagoon ~ Sandgate

Crow #71
Crow Perched on Headstone ~ Nudgee Cemetery

Crow #72
Frankie on a Deagon Footpath

Crow #73
A Japanese Crow on an Antenna Perch ~ Shikoku

Crow #74
Out on the Field, Curlew Park ~ Deagon

Crow #75
Construction Security ~ Shorncliffe

Crow #76
A Halo of Blue ~ Deagon

Crow #77
Japanese Crow on the Edge of Town ~ Kyushu

Crow #78
Railway Crossing Crow, Not Long Before Dawn ~ Sandgate

Crow #79
Blue-Eyed Soul in Deagon

Crow #80
Karasu on a Rainy Morning ~ Shikoku, Japan

Crow #81
Zuma Swoops Down Beneath a Dawn Sky ~ Sandgate

Crow #82
Departing a Cemetery Perch ~ Nagasaki

Crow #83
Juvenile Crow & Mother Above a Deagon Streetlight, Dawn

Crow #84
Crow Perched Atop an Old Japanese Fire Tower ~ Shikoku

Crow #85
Weather Vane & Perched Crow ~ Sandgate

Crow #86
An Early Spring Morning Above a Miyazaki Highway ~ Kyushu

Crow #87
Dusk Settles on a Graveyard Hill ~ Nudgee Cemetery

Crow #88
Torresian Crow Above the Train Tracks, Just Before Dawn ~ Sandgate Station

Crow #89
A Perch in a Poinciana Tree ~ Deagon

Crow #90
Balancing Act ~ Deagon

Crow #91
Zuma’s All-Knowing Eye ~ Sandgate

Crow #92
Under a Blood-Red Sky ~ Deagon

Crow #93
Gone in a Blur ~ Deagon






























































































