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"Russell D." schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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SNIP
Sorry this was so long, but George's comment about loving those birds
opened the memory floodgates.

Russell


Odd that apparently "human" characteristics in various animals generate so
much sympathy. This is rarely the case with humans themselves, at least not
with adults.

TL
MC

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rw wrote:

We have crows here, right now, in the Sawtooth Mountains of central
Idaho. They're just about the only bird that hangs around through the
winter. I think they survive on roadkill. They are very wary birds,
because Idaho has a year-long open season on crows. Why anyone would
want to shoot one is totally beyond me.

I remember reading once that in Mexico they value the crow over the
duck as food. It seems that there were arguements between the
governments about which bird was the pest, and which was food. We
agreed to not kill all the crows, and Mexico agreed not to kill all the
ducks.

Can anybody corroborate this?

Thanks,

Chas
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"ArnSaga" wrote in message
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(George Cleveland) BRBR
Odin had two crows, if I think long enough I remember their names.

"Hunin" and "Munin". "Thought" and "Memory".

g.c. BRBR
Ravens.
Glenn
GKT

Odin's crows were named Munin and the other Hugin. According to a book I
have called The Age of Fable, they would fly over the whole world each day,
and report back to Odin all they had "seen and heard." He also had two
wolves that would lie at his feet, Geri and Freki, to whom Odin gives all
his meat "as he had no use for it."

The most entertaining experience I have had with a crow was in Chapel Hill
when I watched a fish crow dip his beak into the water of the stream that
flowed beside my home, and come up with a rather large fish in his mouth.
Great fisherman- got it first try! I watched him beat it against a rock
until it was either dead or stunned, and proceed to eat it.

Snake-

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"bruiser" wrote in message
One of my birds could say his name - "Bread".


Thought you were going to say "Carl" :-)

Joe F.

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Jonathan Cook wrote:

Quite a few years ago we were hangin' around the tent in a Yellowstone
...
PS: Jellybeans were the "treat" I was using.

It is illegal to feed the wildlife in Yellowstone National Park. And
a bad idea in general anyway. The picnic area overlooking the falls
has a resident population of ravens so adept at stealing food that
it's nigh on imposssible to have a picnic there.

--
Ken Fortenberry

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"Russell D." wrote in message

(snip)

Me too, Russell. I had a couple of pet Magpies when I was a kid and lived
in Idaho Falls. After having them as pets I discovered that they are very
smart birds. One of my birds could say his name - "Bread".

bruce h

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"SnakeFiddler" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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, to whom Odin gives all
his meat "as he had no use for it."


Friggin vegetarians! :)

TL
MC

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bruiser wrote:
"Russell D." wrote in message

(snip)

Me too, Russell. I had a couple of pet Magpies when I was a kid and lived
in Idaho Falls. After having them as pets I discovered that they are very
smart birds. One of my birds could say his name - "Bread".


Probably cousins of mine. My Magpies were from Driggs.

Russell

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Russell D. wrote:
bruiser wrote:

"Russell D." wrote in message

(snip)

Me too, Russell. I had a couple of pet Magpies when I was a kid and
lived
in Idaho Falls. After having them as pets I discovered that they are
very
smart birds. One of my birds could say his name - "Bread".


Probably cousins of mine. My Magpies were from Driggs.

I just want you guys to know that according to Idaho Statute 36-701,
keeping captive magpies is perfectly legal. :-)

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

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"Russell D." wrote in message ...

Snipped Russells story
George Cleveland wrote:




Russell

Long ago and far away when I was in High School there was a pet crow
that belonged to a couple of kids. It had an pretty extensive
vocabulary, it was smart mouth but not vulgar. It would land on the
window sill ( this was 1920s early California architechure, with
windows that were opened for AC ) behing in class and say things like
"Watch the dog", "Hi sweetie", "Whens supper" etc. It could also
whistle short notes of various types. The teachers would chase it
away and it would come or go as it fancied.
It roamed around, was well known about town and didn't just follow it
owners. No one bothered it even though at the time California had a
15 cent bounty on crows.