Our inability to communicate with the crow community is causing them some anxiety. An example of this surfaced just a few days ago. The crows know Pat and Terri and recognize their cars as well. If we could have just passed on the message, “She traded cars,” then the crow world would have remained calm. Terri had enjoyed her car for quite some time, but, one day, her mechanic told her that the mileage on the car indicated that she would soon be plagued with heavy maintenance charges. She spent several weeks shopping and ordered a car with all of the latest tech packages. After a month, the car arrived at the dealership, and Terri and her husband, Steve, went to check it out. When Terri was satisfied that the car was what she had ordered, she signed off and took delivery. Steve headed for home, and Terri headed for our house to show us the new car.

The crows were hanging out in the neighbor’s trees when Terri pulled up in the driveway and jumped out of the car. The crows all started jabbering at once. That was Terri, but what’s with her car? Is that really Terri? What’s going on? The crows continued to raise heck as Terri told us about the car. Terri left for her house and noticed that a crow had followed her. When she parked, she saw that the crow had landed across the street in a neighbor’s tree and was watching her. Later, she went into her backyard, and, in a neighbor’s tree, she saw the biggest, blackest crow she had ever seen watching her. The crows’ security force was on the job. She said this went on for a couple of days before the crows decided that everything was all right.

Dave Thomas

7/30/2024

It had been several weeks since any crows had shown up at the house. Pat was afraid her new friends had abandoned her. This particular morning, Terri drove up and parked in our driveway, and pandemonium broke loose. All you could hear was crows yelling and jabbering and carrying on in a most excited way. Pat ran to the window to see if these were “her crows.” Sure enough, the crow with the mangled foot was there, and this, indeed, was her group. However, the group had always been five crows before, but now there was a total of eight. The three extra crows were a little smaller and didn’t seem to be fully developed, so Pat figured they must be the new generation. Pat was happy to think that she had not been abandoned, but that her crow friends had been nesting and raising their young. The crows were just as excited about seeing Pat and Terri as the ladies had been about seeing them. It looks like we will be getting back to normal.

Dave Thomas

7/11/2024