At 07:55 PM 6/11/99 -0700, you wrote:
>While chatting with friends outside the UDistrict Red Robin this evening,
>we were 'stalked' by a crow. It was quite interested in us, even though
>we had no food with us. When I turned and looked at it, I realized it had
>bands on both legs.
>Left leg: 2 silver bands (I think - looked bigger than one band, but
>couldn't see distinctly)
>Right leg: 1 red band, 1 yellow band
>Anyone doing crow banding around here, that I could pass this limited
>information to?

John Marzluff at the UW is banding crows on campus, and he uses that type of
system. I had one around my neighborhood (east Greenlake) for almost a
year, and I used to take notes on it, though I'm in no way a crow lover.
You can report sightings on-line.
http://weber.u.washington.edu/~corvid/main.htm used to be the URL; if this
doesn't work, there's a link on Dan Victor's web site or you can call John
at (206)616-6883.

Ruth Taylor
Seattle
rutht at seanet.com