As The Crow Flies

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The crow might be the perfect new year bird ​

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The Cornell Lab of Ornithology notes that "American crows are highly social birds, more often seen in groups than alone. In addition to roosting and foraging in numbers, crows often stay together in year-round family groups that consist of the breeding pair and offspring from the past two years. The whole family cooperates to raise young. Winter roosts of American crows sometimes number in the hundreds of thousands.

Often admired for their intelligence, American crows can work together, devise solutions to problems and recognize unusual sources of food. Some people regard this resourcefulness and sociality as an annoyance when it leads to large flocks around dumpsters, landfills and roosting sites; others are fascinated by it. American crows work together to harass or drive off predators, a behavior known as mobbing."

Crows are loaded with ancient symbolism, but the meaning of that symbolism is up for grabs. Some see a crow as a symbol of bad luck and death. Often, however, crows are seen to symbolize a new phase in one's life. They are seen to bring intelligence and flexibility to life choices.
 

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