Terri was coming over to take Pat to an appointment. As she pulled into the driveway, Pat came out and headed for the car. Pat noticed there was a crow sitting on the roof across the street.  An hour or so later, the ladies had concluded their business, and were on the way home.

As they rounded the final corner and were coming down the block, Terri saw there was a crow flying just ahead of them. She glanced at the rear-view mirror and saw there were two more crows bringing up the rear. Terri turned into the driveway and Pat got out.  The crow on the roof across the street was watching them. Pat figured it was probably Boss Crow serving as lookout. Sure enough, he sounded the gathering food call “caw, caw, caw,  caw.”   

The lookout swooped down and landed near Pat, and, indeed, it was the Boss Crow because he began talking immediately. The other crows had responded to his call and landed a minute or so later. Pat went into the house, got some food, and came back out and fed the group. She and Terri went in the house, the birds had their snack, and everything was back to normal.

Dave Thomas

2/8/2024