Often mates feed the one sitting on eggs away from the nest in order to hide
where the vulnerable nest is. Often this feeding is preceded by a call to
alert the mate that food is over here...

Rob Sandelin
Naturalist, Writer

-----Original Message-----
From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Carol
Stoner
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 7:59 PM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Crow Question

HelloTweets,
Late morning Sunday, we heard an unusual, soft "chuk, chuk|" call that
we traced to a crow flying onto a bare spuce branch. As we watched, the
calling crow was joined from the opposite direction by a second bird. The
first bird then fed the second. Were we seeing courting/breeding behavior
or a recently fledged youngster? Seems early for a juvenile, but perhaps my
timing is off because it's so COLD.
Carol Stoner
Renton WA
stonefam AT gte dot net

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