I had a wonderful time at the Fill on Tuesday-as always. I noticed
something new for me and wonder what was going on. There were a lot of
crows feeding off of the ground in the area where wood chips have been
spread around newly planted trees. I heard a Killdeer flying by and when I
found it, it was being chased violently by a crow. I watched for some time
a saw that the chase would go on for a while, then the Killdeer would land
and peck away or, on one occasion, even sit down on the ground as if to
rest. Then again, a single crow would start to harass it again and a
flying chase would start up again. This pattern repeated for 15 minutes or
so and was continuing when I had to leave. I could not tell if it was the
same crow each time but it was always only one and the others paid not
attention what so ever. (Unlike the group chase that went on by crows on a
Red Tailed Hawk earlier in my walk.)

Margaret Parkinson
University District
Seattle.