Tweeters:

Re: baaad crows, y'all should make a point to find David Quammen's
TERRIFIC essay (in his book, Natural Acts), "Has Success Spoiled the
Crow?" You'll love it, guaranteed. -- Irene

On Wed, 22 Mar 1995, Susan Collicott wrote:

>
> Hey!
>
> >Michael, I think Howard Hughes, with all his millions, experimented with
> >this. Do any of you at-least-middle-aged tweeters remember the Spruce
> >Goose?
>
> Some of us not-yet-middle-aged know about the Spruce Goose. Some of us
> young'uns have even touched it.
>
> Then again, I can tell what kind of plane is flying thousands of feet above
> me much easier than I can tell what kind of dang sparrow is sitting 2 feet from
> me!
>
>
> This morning, 7 crows sat and watched me tug the garbage can out to the curb.
> I made sure to snap the lid shut tightly. Some days we come home to 50% of
> the neighbor's trash strewn across the road, and 20 or 30 crows having a grand
> feast. The little devils didn't even wait for me to drive away before coming
> to investigate the can. They were foiled, though, and flapped off to some
> other, sloppily attended, trash can.
>
> Susan
> susan at pmel.noaa.gov
>