Before and After Project

The Crow's Gift: This green and brown pair represents the gifts that the crow would give to other birds, like a stick or a leaf. They represent the the value of the earth to the birds and how the crow sees value in small gifts to show gratitude.

The Crow's Transformation: The Black pair is a representation of the crows wings, or more specifically the shedding of the crow to become human in cloudcuckooland. I like to imagine that the crow gave this pair to Jack as a thank you for the city.

The Crow's Monopoly: The sliver pair is the completed transition of the crow into the pawn shop owner. No longer concerned with the earth, the crow looks for beauty in the shiny materialistic things in life. They have forgotten their love for the stick and leaf and instead found value in metal and artificial treasures.

Bird Research

Crow Research

Location:

• Crows can be found all over the world in a variety of habitats. For example, the American crow lives all over North America and prefers open areas — agricultural land and grasslands — with trees nearby. They also thrive in suburban neighborhoods.

Climate Preference:

• Crows can survive in most climates but mainly prefer populated areas with varying seasons. Crows survive through the winter by staying on power lines in order to maintain heat.

• Climate Change has actually caused the population of Plied Crows to sky rocket in South Africa

Food:

• American Crows eat a vast array of foods, including grains, seeds, nuts, fruits, berries, and many kinds of small animals such as earthworms and mice.

• They eat many insects, including some crop pests, and also eat aquatic animals such as fish, young turtles, crayfish, mussels, and clams.

• They are also famous for eating garbage and roadkill. This includes dogs, cats, and sometimes other birds.

Life Span:

• American Crows can live 7-8 years.

Different Types:

• American Crow, Rook, Raven, Carrion Crow, Western Jackdaw, Hooded Crow, Pied Crow, Cape Crow, and Fish Crow are just some of the different species of Crows.

• There are over 30 more species of Crow.

Temperament:

• The personality of crows can be described as aggressive, intelligent, quarrelsome, and sometimes playful.

• They are great adapters to their environment and they tend to be very independent.

• Crows are known to hold grudges and pass those grudges onto other crows.

• Crows are deeply intelligent and known how to fashion tools and communicate in code.

Symbolism:

• Crows symbolize transformation and change. They are watchful creatures that have a sharp and powerful foresight.

• The crow represents change or transformation. But much more than that, it refers more to a spiritual or emotional change. These intelligent birds give us valuable insight into situations around us and help us adapt as needed.

• The Native American crow meaning is different from the rest of the world. While the rest of the world largely saw them as a dark omen, they consider them to be a sign of good fortune.

• The Celtic crow symbol stands for individuality, prophetic knowledge, and a complete disregard for what others think. The crow embodies a combination of abilities and skills.

• Many consider seeing a black crow in a dream as a bad omen. While it may be true that they represent foreshadowing of sadness or grief, it is not the only black crow meaning. Seeing these intelligent creatures can even be a sign of wisdom or intuition.

• Encountering a crow is more of a message then a sign of something. This message can be a piece of advice, an omen, or a warning depending whose path it crosses. For you to decipher what it means for you, you need to take a much more in-depth look into it. This is because these intelligent birds are known for their trickery.

• Native American mythology emphasizes the intelligence of crows. Some tribes believe it to be a trickster, recounting many of its tales of mischief. Whereas other tribes believe it as a happy sign thinking that it was the wisdom of crows that brought down fire from heaven.

• When you have the spirit animal crow, you have the unusual ability to see far beyond all that is apparent.

Some Seriously Badass Facts:

• A group of Crows is called a “murder”

• Crows can recognize Human faces and know when they are in danger or can trust the person in front of them.

• Crows can reason out cause and effect

• They understand water displacement

• Crows hold funerals for their dead

• Crows can solve complex, multi-step puzzles

• Crows have also been known to create sports and play with each other.