the trick i observed crows doing - somewhat similar to the opening of the Cobra maneuvers - they come about a foot below branch or whatever their landing target

the trick i observed crows doing - somewhat similar to the opening of the Cobra maneuvers - they come about a foot below branch or whatever their landing target is and by quickly angling up they extinguish their horizontal speed by trading it for that foot of the height - ie. they get 0 horizontal speed right over the branch. Thus they avoid the overwise would be needed horizontal speed slowdown in the level flight and associated stall risk.