Each year, thousands of crows descend in Mansfield. But they don't all soar in on feathers. Some, like this one, are made with a paintbrush. Thousands of eerie black birds have descended on Mansfield.

An American crow roosts on a utility line at the Tannery Arts Center in Santa Cruz. American crows are familiar over much of the North American continent. They are large, intelligent, all-black birds ...