Crow vs Seagull

Spectacular aerial dog-fight over our garden last week.  F put out some canned catfood for the crows but didn’t hide it under the picnic table out of sight of the seagull food spotters.  However as the large seagull got within 10 vertical feet of it, and had just extended its landing gear, a crow appeared in vertical dive-bomb mode.  Queue lots of seagull squawking and an awkward seagull retreat.  

F dragged the picnic table over so that the crows could partake their meal in relative peace and security.  Seagulls don’t like being under the picnic table, even if they can work out that this is were the food is.

Me and OUR crows sort of get on now, not pals as such, just respectful non-combatants.  I can watch (from fairly close range) them cleaning up food scraps on the lawn, and they no longer shout at me like that raucous bird at the allotments.  Crows do eat some junk though – good stuff like chicken carcasses (I’d like to get those but I’m not allowed), and rubbish like cheap canned catfood, cardboard cat biscuits, stale bread, scraps of cake icing, fish skin, out of date processed meats, old peanuts, congealed macaroni cheese....

F says that is useful because it is all stuff that must not go in the compost heap, and makes the rubbish bin smelly.  Goodness knows what it will do to the evolution of crows over the long term though; it has already made all their teeth fall out.

 

Crow Collecting Chips to take away