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The crow is a common visitor to parks and gardens and now breeds in many trees 
in suburban areas. It is worth spending some time watching them, as they have some complex 
and intelligent behavioural patterns. 

Crows have entirely black feathers, as well as strong black beaks and feet. 
The shaggy throat feathers flare when the bird calls. The eyes are whitish blue in adults,
and brown in juveniles. 

They are most often seen around open pastures and grassy areas as well as suburban areas
but relatively uncommon in forests. 

Crows eat insects, such as grasshoppers and will scavenge carrion, such 
as dead sheep and kangaroos, and are adept at opening parcels of food out of rubbish bins. 
They are also accomplished at robbing the nests of smaller birds. 

They breed between July and September in a large basket-like nest of sticks, usually in a 
tree fork more than 10 metres above the ground. 
The female incubates the clutch of four or five eggs while the male forages for her. 
The young remain within their parents' territory for three or four months, then join a 
juvenile flock of up to 30 birds. 
They do not settle down in their own territories until they reach breeding age at about 
three years, when they mate with a lifelong partner.