Well, dang, and I was thinking I was the only noticing the crows. I used to be happy mornings going to work, as I moved from my house to my driveway under crows calling from their apartments in the trees. I think them to be handsome, forthright, yet mysterious (I can't tell them from Ravens) birds. They have an arrogance that I really quite like in a bird, and that I would not tolerate in a human being.
But my pleasure in their huge and raucus lobbying of my backyard was disturbed when I read somewhere recently that crows take over a neighborhood from other birds. They are, in the aviary world, like gangster are in our own. Like Capitalists. They push out the other more polite and middle class birds---the more artistic and colorfully plumed species. Can this be true? Or is this information put out by some killjoy posing as an environmentalist? Whatever the case, I thought the story about the Crows' Wake was the most fascinating read I have had all day. I'm going to put "Scientific Study of Crow Behavior" on the agenda for the summer youth program. Who wants to be the advisor to the kids who sign up? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
