And why does a crow soak his pizza? Caws.
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Mark Chao <markc...@imt.org> wrote: > Miyoko Chu and I walked through Sapsucker Woods together on Friday > morning (7:55-8:50 AM). Migrants were widely and rather sparsely > scattered. We found BLACK-THROATED GREEN , BLACK-THROATED BLUE, YELLOW, > YELLOW-RUMPED, and NASHVILLE WARBLERS, a COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, OVENBIRDS, and > NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, plus a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, two BALTIMORE ORIOLES, > and others. Most of the warblers were on the Dryden side near the long pool > with the shelter. The Yellow-throated Vireo was near the intersection of > the Wilson and West Trails. > > > > Around noon, I saw a untagged but banded crow (pink over aluminum, left > leg) fly into our yard, carrying what appeared to be two pizza crusts. The > crow dropped them into a birdbath, let them soak for a couple of seconds, > then removed them and turned them on the grass for a few moments. It > repeated this dipping and draining procedure, cawed twice (somehow as if > quite pleased), and then flew off to serve or consume its meal. > > > > Q: How does a corvid warm up cold pizza? > > A: In the mi-crow-ave. > > > > Mark Chao > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > !* > -- > -- asher -Never play it the same way once. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
