This time I am adoption a baby crow that has fallen out from its nest. I am also doing bird photography with my good friend Bertram.
While totally comfortable photographing the woodpecker in the woodlands, I have no idea how to be a crow dad...
I have the feeling that this is going to be a fun and interesting journey, and I am looking very much forward to sharing it with you in my upcoming videos.

Enjoy watching and
See you out there...

All the best
Morten


A FEW QUESTIONS ANSWERED:
Q: Can the crow chick not just get back to the nest?
A: No, because it is still too young to fly and a crow's nest is usually very high up in the tree.

Q: Why has the crow parents abandoned the chick?
A: If the location was more remote and without a lot of people, the parents will usually feed the small crow on the ground. Because they are very shy birds, they will not do this with people around.

Q: Will the parents feed the crow chick at night?
A: No, because they do not eat at night. Most likely because their eyesight is limited and because the predators are mostly hunting at night.

Q: Is it legal in Denmark to take a wild bird and put it in a cage?
A: No it is not legal, and that is why the cage is not locked. The crow is free to fly whenever it wants.

Q: When you came back after doing bird photography - how was the baby crow?
A: When we came home, he jumped around in the tent. He did not want to eat though, and this was the first time I observed, that he will not eat after darkness.
He slept in the tent that night, and in the early morning, he was very hungry again.

Q: Do you still have Bertram the Crow?
A: Yes I do. He is sitting at the terrace outside the window as I am writing this, and I will tell you a lot more about him in the near future.

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