noise to signal

The crow pictures: Once again I give you what you want

I remembered to bring my digicam in today, and surprisingly enough our friend came back to show off its cool behavior. Here it is this morning, when the light was nicer:

Does that little bit of down in the middle of the wing mean we're dealing with a juvenile here? Anyone? Anyone?

Here's the crow hanging off the feeder and grabbing a load of seeds:

And here it is pecking at the load of seeds it just spit out. Note the pile of sunflower seeds beneath its tail.

It's watching me while I type this.