MBlanchrd at aol.com wrote:

> Hi, Tweeters,
>
> Today I witnessed a crow kill a hatchling killdeer. Apparently he'd been
> perched on one of the fir stumps behind my property. There's a killdeer pair
> that nest back there every year. The action caught my eye...the crow swooped
> the short distance from the stump to the ground and pecked hard at something.
> The killdeer parents were suddenly screaming and flying around the area. The
> crow swung a baby killdeer up in the air and slammed it to the ground. That's
> when I took my pellet rifle and took a shot at it...yes, folks, I shot at a
> crow in the act of predation. Too bad I didn't hit it..anger throws my aim
> off. I know, I know, I was interfering in act of nature..but there's too
> damned many crows out here now. I won't go into that again.

Sorry, there are too many people as well, perhaps your solution applies to them
too? If we'd just leave some things alone (including habitat) things would be
better than the type of management you've described. On second thought, if you
want to eliminate another menace to more birds than crows harm let's take out the
cats.

Arthur Berman aberman at freenet.edmonton.ab.ca who thinks that crows deserve to
live too.