Guardian crow of Wester Hailes

I have never noticed this totem pole near Union Canal before. It's interactive and scanning the QR codes will take you to more online information about the local area. Maybe unfairly, but the only thing I want to know about this area is - what's the quickest way out, before I get stabbed by a teenager, battered for being Polish or trip over an abandoned baby (all these things happened in Wester Hailes this year).

The curious crow appeared just as I took my camera out. He started striking poses and jumping around the top of the totem. Close up of the crow - flickr'd. Guardian totem animal...?