Posted by Ritch on August 10, 2002, at 0:05:52
In reply to Re: Crows are evidently good at toolmaking, posted by IsoM on August 9, 2002, at 14:36:49
> Nothing new, Mitch, it can take scientists a while to write something up that's been observed by ordinary people for many years. Ravens are much better - they can think circles around poor crows. Some of my neighbours think I'm crazy because I feed the crows. They've never chased the little birds from the feeders, so I don't mind. And I love their cockiness. Did you know crows hunch up their 'shoulders' like a bad vulture imitation & make soft gobbling noises to each other when they're courting? I love them.
My earliest memories of crows were when I was eight years old. There was a big 19th century church behind our house and there was a "crows' nest" up in one of the large trees surrounding it. I had just read some fiction in a 3rd grade class about crows collecting shiny objects to put in their nests. It makes me wonder about the poem "The Raven" by Poe. Crows are quite big, and I have *never* seen any cat stalk them-in fact, I think cats are afraid of them. There were a pair of some really large crows that were nesting in an oak tree in front of my house last autumn. I recall sitting in front of one of my windows watching TV, and the neighbor was mowing his lawn with a riding mower, and this crow flapped up right below my window and swooped up and landed on my roof. I was at the window looking up and so was the neighbor looking at the huge crow on my roof. Wasn't there a couple of cartoon characters who were crows?
Mitch
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