trout fishin' ravens

SnakeFiddler wrote:

Saw somethin' on the discovery channel this mornin' about ravens who
observed trout ice-fisherman positioning lines into a fishin' hole, only to
have them repeatedly pulled up by fish stealin' ravens.....

Ravens are clever animals. They can count and have a concept of numbers
up to 6 or 7 from what I remember.

Willi

Willi wrote in message ...

Ravens are clever animals. They can count and have a concept of numbers
up to 6 or 7 from what I remember.

Quite a few years ago we were hangin' around the tent in a Yellowstone
campground and in an hour or two I had a raven starting to say "Hello".
Well, it was coming out "Caw-woo" or something like that. Alas, we
left the next day to somewhere else so I never got to finish. He was
around the loop we were on every day and I thought it would be cool for
the next people if he started begging by saying "hello" rather than just
being obnoxious.

Jon.
PS: Jellybeans were the "treat" I was using.

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

Ken Fortenberry wrote in message igy.com...

It is illegal to feed the wildlife in Yellowstone National Park. And
a bad idea in general anyway.

While I'm confessing, I did feed the chipmunks at the Grand Canyon,
too. They especially liked Nutter-Butter cookies.

Ahh, I feel much much better getting that off my chest after so many
years. ROFF can be _so_ cathartic :-)

Jon. (hoping the statute of limitations is up)

OBROFF? Well, I did catch a 3" brown somewhere in YP.