Thursday August 6, 2009, 12:14 pm
LOL I think it's so funny that Christopher's last name is Bird!! I used to feed the crows at my old apartment. They land on the ground sometimes 6 at a time and I'd have gone around to the back of my apartment, where the porch was, and dump an entire half gallon zip-lock bag of saltines on the ground, drive back to my front door--in my electric wheelchair--and sit on my porch in wait of the crows...then here they come...swoopin' down cawin' at each other, vying for the saltines. One crow picked up 6 saltines, one at a time, ran to the edge of the ground and took off flying over the trees and river!! I learned how greedy crows can be...I became known as "The Crow Lady" around the neighborhood. Ahh...those were the good ol' days!! Thanks, Mich!!

Thursday August 6, 2009, 3:24 pm
Thanx Michelle. Cool story. I had heard that crows are capable of using tools, but this would tell me they can reason. Maybe there would be a career in politics for them.

Thursday August 6, 2009, 11:50 pm
neat reply Barb, thanks! Where I work there is a huge park with lots of trees where the rooks have taken up residence. Most times they are fairly solitary but in the spring and fall when they flock it gets a lot like Hitchcock's film "the Birds" - they're all cawing and wheeling and it is rather scary in the autumn evenings.

Karen, I'm not sure about politics - crows are smarter than that...

Friday August 7, 2009, 10:13 pm
Very cool post Thanks Michelle