Some really cool photographs here. For example:

 Antigone wrote: 
Used to work near a roosting area for about 10,000 crows. It was amazing to see the waves of them flying in at sunset. Quickly learned which bus stop not to use.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 


I have read (can't find the article during a quick search) that some corvids have two sets of languages—one used for a larger group like a flock (or murder) of crows, another for a smaller, family-like group. 

They can recognize individual humans by their faces (or masks) and remember how a human treated them. They can understand the death of one of their own. They are amazing problem-solvers (esp. the West Caledonian crow). 

Often during the fall winter days, crows by the hundreds would congregate on my elementary school's playgrounds and start cawing and flapping. Class would grind to a halt as everyone ran to the window, wondering if the crows were gathering to attack us a la "The Birds."

 Antigone wrote: 
Crows are cool.

This photo from Portland, Oregon that I saw on FB. With the caption: Forensic Evidence Division Criminalist Walker Berg took this amazing photo from the 12th floor of the Justice Center. We're calling it "Crows on Snow."

 Antigone wrote: 
Bigger version here:


And he has them on etsy too now.
 
What's cool is I could have guessed that there would be land-locked drainages around the Great Salt Lake, Salton Sea, Death Valley, and I'm pretty sure there's one in Oregon too. But this map shows several small drainages that just don't go anywhere. I wonder if they're all briny. The one in Oregon, there's a guy who farms brine shrimp but the lake is drying up.

 Antigone wrote: That is cool.

Wow ...

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
Didn't hear it, but saw it on their website. That album is only 2 inches square. Amazing.

 Antigone wrote: 
No, figured it out after the Google. Sounds like they got some really cool stuff in there. Did you hear the thing on NPR about "Prickitt's Album"?

 

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
You probably know, but it's the National Museum of African American History and Culture in DC. I'm anxious to visit it.

 Antigone wrote: 
I had to hit the Google for David Adjaye... cool stuff!

The largest cave on earth.

 Antigone wrote: 
awesome

A very cool story about David Bromberg and (wait for it) his vast collection of violins!