I left the house with my camera at 6:45 thinking of capturing some images of sunrise, but other things got my attention. First, the frost on my car windows. These images count as "activity" because I could not only see the frost forming but when I turned on the defroster I could see it evaporate. The proper term is actually sublimate since it did not melt but went directly to vapor.
As I pulled up to the coffee shop parking lot where I would normally get a good view of sunrise, a group of Ravens got my attention. Besides the three on the ground, there were several others on the nearby roof and individuals on top of several light poles, all eye-balling this same patch of pavement. There must have been some tasty morsels I couldn't see.
It was fun watching the dynamic of social contact and competition. Suddenly the one from the roof swooped down and the three originals flew away. As I approached the lone brave one he was reluctant to give ground.
I got within 6 feet when he started to run, then soon afterward took flight.
At that point, I realized I had missed the sunrise, so I went inside to look at my photos. I'm wondering if the plastic spoon in the fourth photo is what all the fuss was about.
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