tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435377694152785180.post5417136127329847347..comments2023-10-31T07:52:44.076-07:00Comments on Can't Duck It: The only moving thing...Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04273302165429093896noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435377694152785180.post-4508642257966932242012-01-18T21:19:06.446-08:002012-01-18T21:19:06.446-08:00I have another interesting fact about crows. There...I have another interesting fact about crows. There are two species of them here in the Northwest--the only difference being that one of them has a pinion feather. Of course, it is just a matter of a pinion. (Hee, hee--get it?) I actually got this one from Susan...Marie Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435377694152785180.post-70842550459177167272012-01-17T22:20:09.058-08:002012-01-17T22:20:09.058-08:00My aunt told me a totally traumatizing story about...My aunt told me a totally traumatizing story about crows - some research experiment where they learned language or how to do something faster than the people in the study did. Unfortunately I cant ask her for clarification just now - she is on her way to Cuba! I think its just service trips now, but I do wonder if my hankering for going to Cuba will dissolve now that its possible to go there. Hmm.Tressahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836162668498104159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435377694152785180.post-88059624277070025182012-01-17T17:45:55.528-08:002012-01-17T17:45:55.528-08:00This entry is hilarious! I laughed out loud and sc...This entry is hilarious! I laughed out loud and scared my new cat, who is easily scared, thus, the name "scared-y cat?" We have crows who come to the Chestnut tree next to our house every summer. They seem to find other perches in the winter. But, when they are here, early in the morning, making their comments about the various people walking their dogs under them, they can be very annoying to those of us who are still not quite awake. I kept thinking: Why this particular tree? Why every summer? And, then, one day, a neighbor told me that she saw her neighbor (across the street) feeding the crows every morning. I said, "Crows are scavengers. There is plenty of stuff for them on the beach (also across the street). Please tell your neighbor to stop feeding them!" And, so it goes.<br />Thanks for returning to the blog, Mary. Keep them coming!Sue ATLAShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11572647224824036454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435377694152785180.post-16866699718827825612012-01-17T17:09:04.312-08:002012-01-17T17:09:04.312-08:00And I don't like the term "Plain Jane.&qu...And I don't like the term "Plain Jane."<br /><br />But re birds, I think birds are a whole lot smarter than we give them credit for. If they ever develop opposable thumbs, we need to WATCH OUT!Jane Soderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03747816756257455480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435377694152785180.post-37034434244890167752012-01-17T17:02:06.518-08:002012-01-17T17:02:06.518-08:00Great to hear from you Mary, here is an additional...Great to hear from you Mary, here is an additional raven musing.(two important side notes 1. I have been playing around with the idea of bringing the word "knave" back into my personal lexicon. 2. I read many poets, but to my mind they are all knaves and tricksters compared to Hass).<br /><br /> from Layover<br />by Robert Hass<br /><br />I could have said a translation of the Athabascan idiom for "goodbye" is "make prayers to the raven." Anyone who has walked in a northern forest knows what sense it makes. Sharp echoing cry in the pine wood and the snow. Swift black flash of its flight, and the powerful wings. Ruthless and playful spirit of creation. World's truth in the black bead of its eye. That all crossings over are a way of knowing, and of knowing we don't know, where we have been.Jason Cornwell-Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03028443134260618745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435377694152785180.post-37894352775177776292012-01-17T15:44:30.041-08:002012-01-17T15:44:30.041-08:00So glad the blog is back in action, Mary. And for...So glad the blog is back in action, Mary. And for the record, I don't like the term Lazy Susan either. But I do have a sense of humor about other things so I guess I'm a step ahead of the crows...Susan Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15408765218725447251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7435377694152785180.post-13398061836936010252012-01-17T12:58:32.143-08:002012-01-17T12:58:32.143-08:00Somewhere, I read that crows mate for life. And th...Somewhere, I read that crows mate for life. And that they are smarter than we are. This fact scares me... Maybe crows and roaches will take over the world?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03051697938223955863noreply@blogger.com