{"id":1859634,"date":"2018-01-15T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?guid=67b6dfed521086779b524b7ba36ede82"},"modified":"2026-07-16T07:58:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T06:58:59","slug":"wendys-crows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wendys-crows\/","title":{"rendered":"Wendy&#8217;s Crows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I stood outside in the cold for a while watching this crow forage in the trash behind a Wendy&#8217;s fast food restaurant. I like the way it is puffing up its feathers.<\/p>\n<p>Another one flew over and then both left when I got too close, making dramatic silhouettes as they went.<\/p>\n<p>They are so sharply contrasted against the light sky that they made me want to turn them into Photoshop brushes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"none\" style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/crow1-1.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/crow1-1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=75&amp;resize=75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/crow1-1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=100&amp;resize=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/crow1-1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=150&amp;resize=150&amp;ssl=1 150w, 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href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/crows111.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/crows111.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=75&amp;resize=75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/crows111.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=100&amp;resize=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/crows111.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=150&amp;resize=150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/crows111.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=240&amp;resize=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/crows111.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=320&amp;resize=320&amp;ssl=1 320w, 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data-original-width=\"1334\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">And here they are! Wendy&#8217;s crows.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<span class='mb-center maxbutton-6-center'><span class='maxbutton-6-container mb-container'><a class=\"maxbutton-6 maxbutton maxbutton-subscribe-to-our-free-newsletter\" href=\"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/subscribe\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><span class='mb-text'>Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I stood outside in the cold for a while watching this crow forage in the trash behind a Wendy&#8217;s fast food restaurant. I like the way it is puffing up its feathers. Another one flew over and then both left when I got too close, making dramatic silhouettes as they went. 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