American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) Another stock image from a favorite series called, "Family Portraits". NOTE: If you don't recognize your close relative, it's because you haven't lived together for several hundred million years. Despite all that time, we are still the only two species to have a most critical jump in evolution. This is your genetic ability to mimic sound and learn how to communicate with others of your species by doing so. We share the exact same mechanical structure and coding to achieve this as we were once the same creature prior to our split. See the DEEP DIVE below to learn more about this. (The article has some of the most beautiful medical illustrations I have ever seen.) WEB RESOURCE: https://ebird.org/species/amecro CINEMATIC REFERENCE: “People once believed that when someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes, something so bad happens that a terrible sadness is carried with it and the soul can't rest. Then sometimes, just sometimes, the crow can bring that soul back to put the wrong things right.” (-Sarah from The Crow) DEEP DIVE: "Only Crows and Humans Can Do It"" http://jonlieffmd.com/blog/human-brain/only-crows-and-humans-can-do-it #crow #birds (at Gig Harbor, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAYDN7JHAO-/?igshid=1vyag3mlewhtz