Benoit, my friend , a ten month old Crow (Mt Warning Caldera Region) says ".......

This Crow Poem reminds us about our personal responsibility to the beautiful life on this planet, and how we need to reign in our wasteful lifestyles and clean up our waste that we have already left all over the planet.

Environ. Sci. Technol., 2005, 39 (12), pp 4421–4430  Bioaccumulation of Organochlorines in Crows from an Indian Open Waste Dumping Site:  Evidence for Direct Transfer of Dioxin-Like Congeners from the Contaminated Soil

National Toxics Network:

Australia’s National Waste Policy at the Australian Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage & the Arts . The Draft National Waste Policy Framework – opened for comment on 8 July 2009 & closed on 31 July 2009 with the Department receiving over 60 comments.

The Environment Protection & Heritage Council : The EPHC  addresses “broad national policy issues relating to environmental protection, particularly in regard to air, water, and waste matters“, as well as  natural, Indigenous and historic heritage issues.

National Environment Protection Council : a National outcome of the Intergovernmental Agreement on the Environment (May 1st, 1992) made between the Australian Local Government Association, the Commonwealth of Australia, the six State Governments, the Northern and Australian Capital Territories. The NEPC was incorporated into the above EPHC in 2001.

Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal

Boomerang Alliance :

Gyrating Crow at phansythat.blogspot

Crows : info and photos about the Torresian Crow – an Australian native bird.

There is  plenty of info, on the internet for and about CROWS.

If you want to find out more about my friend, BENOIT, have a look at my “Wisdom in the Land” Bluecray blogspot .

I have known Benoit for over nine months now. He is a wild Crow, and his parents and siblings are also all wild.   He chose come to visit me, when he first flew from his nest, in the Crow’s Ash Tree beside my home.  Gradually, over time, he and I have become “friends” and he will now fly onto my arm, and talk with me. He also likes to sit on my head and yell very loudly!!! He is extremely bright, and his parents have their work cut out for them, in raising him, with his two other siblings, Baba (the elder, very brave crow) and Lucy (the youngest, who everyone loves.!)

Al’s CROW links:

Bluecray Journey for Wisdom in the Land blog – CROW search results : should show most of my CROW stories – about Baba, Benoit and Lucy – the children of the Crows - they grew up next door to me, and became my friends, particularly Benoit. They have now all grown and left the nursery area, and only occassionally fly overhead and call out hello to me. I hear them calling out to their parents from the valley below. Their parents still live here, as they are a breeding pair. The parents do not let the children land here anymore, although I am sure that they would like to.

Most of  the Crow photos that I have on this site here, on the Balance of Faeries and Wisdom in the Land blogs are of this family of crows. Benoit, in particular, has been photographed.

Corvus – the Constellation – etymology – at Constellations of Words

“Ted Hughes and Crows” by Ann Skea 1998 and Ted Hughes at Wikipedia

Crow Augury by William L. Cassidy at jcrows.com : the augury is very interesting, and if you dare, have a more in depth look at jcrows.com-you will find some interesting stories and photos .

Chart Art – Stories of the Children of the Crows: Baba O’Riley, Benoit Mandelbrot, their father, Jeckle, the youngest sibling Lucy,  the goannas, kookaburras, magpies, eagles, hawks and other assorted animals of Upper Burringbar. MOst of these stories are also now on the Wisdom in the Land blog as well. Discussions of Astrology, Chart reading, Constellations, Modern Myths – very much with a crow slant

Bluecray Bird Links – some more Crow links here

Crows and Ravens – Australian Musuem online

Torresian Crows and Brisbane City Council

Bluecray Astro Links – links to Crow Augury, symbols, myths

For Benjamin – some crow pics at bluecray.org

Crow Medicine : this is a beautiful site. well worth checking out

The Spirit of Red Arrow

Crows at Wikipedia

Crow Stories – this is a good site to learn more about crows

For the Love of Crows – many crow links – global

Crows.net the language and culture of crows

Crow Facts – pictures, info, links

Bird Intelligence at Wikipedia

Morrigan at Wikipedia

The Alchemy Website – some Crow Symbology

HAWKS – Crows and Hawks have constant interactions – understanding Hawks helps us understand Crows, and vice versa

Hawk Symbolism – at Divine Sparks blog

Reality Sandwich food for thought – Maya Shaminism

Controversial .com Animals and Witchcraft

Animal Symbolism – easy to read general summary of some symbolic animals

Crow as a totem

Crow as a totem

Shades of the Night – Welcome to the Family

American baby crows – Baby Crow Information

birdclan.org  - working with crow medicine

American society of crows and ravens CROWLINKS

Raven crow corvids – myth, folklore religion

Nicola Moss – thought provoking artist – based in and about the Mt Warning Caldera – her blogspot ;  her art on the ABC – featuring “Black Crow Morning, noon and night” – and her gallery website : “an Australian artist, based on the Gold Coast. Her works focus on observing and interpreting the ecology of landscapes.”