the Crow is not happy with the Bronco

[KGRoberts]

I walk down there with a big black crow flying behind me, and my moonstone earrings, and buy up a bunch of fresh herbs. I think they believe I dabble in dark magic. It is not a friendly no charge - they don't speak to me at all!

I buy the herbs to make my own gin.

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[GardenGirl]

I think I'd move.

If you spend a lot of time outside, and you're quiet, a lot of critters will get comfortable around you. They are curious about what we are doing (and all the food we have).

 

[wrbix]

“Never more”

 

[GardenGirl]

Es el diablo!

Yes, he is!

When I'm at work, he hangs out on the top of the taco place about half a mile away. Once in a while I go there for lunch and he goes nuts letting me know he sees me. He sees all.

 

[P52Ranch]

Crows are scavengers and generally prefer things that nobody else wants. No wonder he liked the Jeep and doesn't like the Bronco.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[GardenGirl]

That’s pretty cool. Hopefully it learns to love the Bronco. They say crows are as smart as chimpanzees, use tools, self aware, great memory. Interesting birds.

He's very smart. He likes to get one over on the dog, you can see him picking up the dog's biscuits and figuring a way to take them all. He won't eat them he just doesn't want to have to watch the dog eat them.

 

[Razorbak86]

I think I'd move.

She can’t move without losing the Mennonite freebies. It’s a real quandary.

 

[Wanted33]

Well GG, that's a feel good story that has made my day. Thank you for that. As smart as this bird is I'm guessing he/she doesn't like change. But, I'd bet in time it will get used to the Bronco.

BTW, what did you name your friend?

 

[GardenGirl]

This is awesome. I’ve heard stories like this about crows over the years. Even long term studies have been done and concluded that crows have amazing memories - they can remember specific faces for over a decade.

I had a friend come over and Dremel my dogs nails. He wanted to know exactly what was being done to the dog.

That squirrel hanging around he gets along good with - they both taunt the poor dog, for nothing but their own satisfaction.

 

[P52Ranch]

It could be a color thing for the crow. Crows are very smart, I bet he'll warm up to your Bronco soon.

We had a local wildlife biologist who rehabilitated a Prairie Falcon (had a broken wishbone) and he drove a white Tacoma. I had a white F150. Once he released the falcon back into the wild near my ranch, it followed my F150 around for a couple of weeks until it finally moved on to happier hunting grounds.

 

[BroncoAZ]

Awesome post.

 

[GardenGirl]

Well GG, that's a feel good story that has made my day. Thank you for that. As smart as this bird is I'm guessing he/she doesn't like change. But, I'd bet in time it will get used to the Bronco.

BTW, what did you name your friend?

I call him Nevermore.

When other crows come by, people ask me how I know which one is him.

 

[HotdogThud]

“Never more”

Glad I didn't have to make this joke. My shoulders are getting tired carrying all the humor for this forum...

 

[RBF 1401]

Crows and ravens not only recognize human faces, researchers were able to prove that they pass down information to their children and even their grandchildren about which ones of the faces belong to the humans who are "bad".

The researches wore masks with different faces. One of the faces intentionally pissed off the birds. Even after they stopped pestering the birds, they still made danger calls whenever they saw that face. And even two generations later, birds who were never pestered still gave warning calls when they saw that face.

Ever since I saw that, I try extra hard not to piss off the ravens that hang around where I work.

@GardenGirl thank you so much for posting this. Maybe if you start leaving the dog biscuits near the Bronco he will learn to like it.

 

[GardenGirl]

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