American Crow

I had lots of different pictures to choose from today but there was something about this crow that appealed to me.  

Some interesting crow facts from my iBirdPro app:

A crow will stand over an anthill and allow the ants to climb onto its feathers.  One theory is that this allows the ants to discharge their formic acid, thus making them more palatable to the crow.

They have been taught to mimic the human voice.  They can count and work out solutions to simple problems and are fascinated with and collect shiny objects such as rings, keys and foil.

A group of crows has many collective nouns, including a "cauldron", "congress", "horde", "murder", and "muster" of crows.