Cedrik & his Company of Corvids

08/08/2021

18/05/2021

It's Cedrik's birthday today (not his real one, that is unknown and a few weeks ago).
He is 4!!

06/05/2021

Our blind rook Fern.

04/05/2021

The pair even 'hold hands' in their sleep.

09/04/2021

Cedrik's got naked legs!! 🤣
(It's moulting season.)

18/03/2021

Our gorgeous blind rook, Fern. She's so vocal and hugely amusing.
😍

01/03/2021

My gorgeous crow yesterday.

12/02/2021

The world of Twitter is used to tweets, but for the past several years, it’s also been getting “caws” thanks to a Campbell River woman who has a strong love of crows.

03/02/2021

“Anguish” by August Friedrich Schenck (1876/1880)

“Via Google Arts & Culture: ‘In this painting, Schenck has given his distraught ewe an expression suggestive of despair mingled with stoic determination. Recognising these decidedly human responses, the viewer might be expected to identify immediately with the animal’s grim predicament. The ewe’s bravery in the face of the threat posed by the murderous circle of crows is perhaps, however, somewhat overstated in her defiant stance above the bleeding lamb. There is little subtlety evident in this work.’

Interestingly, if we accept that there is an anthropomorphic quality in Anguish, then the surreal massing of the crows may well be Schenck’s method of alluding to the inhumanity prevalent in society. He may here be examining the broader human condition, in the context of an animal painting. Text by Laurie Benson from 19th century painting and sculpture in the international collections of the National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2003, p. 60.

Via Timeout - Nicola Dowse: ‘In its time, ‘Anguish’ (and paintings like it) were incredibly popular. Schenck specialised in showing paintings of animals in distress – especially sheep – and was very successful in that endeavour. Death and suffering were very fashionable during the late 19th century, partly because Queen Victoria had entered an unrelenting period of mourning for her husband, Prince Albert, and partly because death was literally everywhere. ‘People loved these allegories of animals taking on human emotions,’ says Gott. ‘A mother visiting the [Paris] salon can imagine if her own child was ill or if she had lost a child. That was very common in the 1860s, '70s and '80s because there wasn’t proper sanitation.’”

Repost via Philly Death Doula Collective. Image via Google Arts and Culture.

20/01/2021

A windy Cedrik today.

19/01/2021

Yesterday by the river.

06/01/2021

In a series of cognitive tests, the corvids surprised scientists with their ability to interact with each other and with the world around them

26/12/2020

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30/11/2020

Cedrik, of course.

30/11/2020

Naughty corvid! He loves pockets.

27/11/2020

Another picture of Cedrik. I've ditched the water colours. It's back to my preferred method of using pencils!

18/11/2020

Not a corvid but a splash of colour on a dull day....

16/11/2020

Passing some time today. A water colour painting of Cedrik!.........

28/10/2020

Renowned Witch, Sybil Leek was born on February 22nd 1922 (or 1917 according to her funeral card and the Astro Databank) in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Sybil claimed to descend from a line of Witches and was pretty public with her claims of Witchcraft.

27/10/2020

The man himself soaking up some autumnal rays!.........

11/10/2020

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-conscious-birds-brains.amp?fbclid=IwAR1YiZ_NXwH7MQB32Q0avoNJM66jwanuf0wFgE5blFnRywMq2c7HLoS85As

09/10/2020

Fern and Niibay.

26/09/2020

17/09/2020

Cedrik preening today.

15/09/2020

Fern pottering around, Niibay listening.....

31/08/2020

Love ya Rosey

29/08/2020

Being a normal crow.

28/08/2020

Niibay looking sleek and feather full. 😍

28/08/2020

Fern is in full moult.... 😂
She looks like she's been in a fight.

23/08/2020

Enjoying his cuddles so much his eyes are half shut. 😍

23/08/2020

I love corvid feet. They look like prehistoric armour! Like an armadillo....

23/08/2020

Limited edition
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23/08/2020

Artist: Chronographia.

23/08/2020

In the van today. Have just had a bath but it's a tad too windy for sitting on the door.

21/08/2020

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13/08/2020

Lovely....