Lame Foot and Friends Updates

The crows must have found additional food sources. Pat has been used to seeing the original group of five birds and sometimes a few extras. The last few days have been only one or two. It’s always Lame Foot and Bouncer or just Lame Foot by himself.

We were worried about Lame Foot last week. Two times, while eating breakfast, he fell over. We thought he might be sick and losing strength in his good leg. He’s been acting okay since, so we now think he just wasn’t paying attention and lost his balance.

Yesterday morning, Pat heard a ruckus out front. She looked out the window and saw Lame Foot and another crow having a big fight. They were using their wings to beat the tar out of each other. I guess the fight was a draw as they both took off and flew away.

Lots of Friends

Yesterday, Pat had quite a variety of feathered aviator friends. There were two finches, two doves, and two crows. They all get along. The finches and doves eat little tiny stuff that Pat offers, and the crows eat the big stuff.

Knock Knock

Pat thought she heard a knocking at the front door. She opened the door to find Lame Foot pecking on the frame of the screen door. Thinking that he had certainly earned it, she put out some food for him. He ate his snack and flew away.

Can he dog paddle?

We have finally had two hot days. On the second of those days, a crow landed on the driveway. He looked around for a minute and then strode over to the water bowl and hopped in. He took a good bath, flapping his wings and preening himself. When he was done, he got out and flapped his wings to dry them and flew away.

What’s going on?

A dove hopped into the finches’ feed bowl. She fluffed out her wings like she was warming a clutch of eggs. After she left, there was no egg in the bowl, so we don’t know what she was doing.

Dave Thomas

7/8/2025