Technical Difficulties

A crow perched yesterday on my weather station's wind vane. The angle of the sun on the anemometer must have resulted in a flashing pattern as it spun which attracted his attention. In these pictures the vane is pointing east due to him spinning on it, even though the wind was actually coming from the north. As seen in the second shot, he reached down and physically stopped the anemometer with his beak and held it still for a few moments before finally taking off and returning to a nearby tree.

Taken from our kitchen, Queen Anne, Seattle, WA - July 30, 2007 (click images to enlarge)