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Index of Subjects Don, While I was familiar with the old trick of using a dead crow as a sort of scarecrow, the crow at Harlens Pt. was likely too far from the water to have been washed up, unless someone had moved it. Moreover, its feathers seemed in much too good shape to have been through a long soak and float in the Atlantic, and the weatherworn board and turquoise rope suggested its feet had been tied near the Pt. itself, where there wouldn't be any crops in need of protection. Maybe golfers have a reason to hate crows? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don MacNeill" <donmacneill@eastlink.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 7:53 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] This pm at Hartlen and Conrod's > An old trick to discourage crows from your property was to tie a dead crow > to a branch. Perhaps that is what this one was. If it was close to > water, the branch may have broken and the crow washed up at PPP. > > Don > > Don MacNeill > donmacneill@eastlink.ca > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian Bartlett" <bbartlett@eastlink.ca> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 9:54 PM > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] This pm at Hartlen and Conrod's > > >> Joan, At Hartlen Pt. yesterday, there was also a dead crow among the >> rocks, with turquoise rope (of the sort found among beach rubble) tied >> tightly around both of its feet, and attached to a board. I have no idea >> why anyone performed such a pointless act upon the crow. Couldn't tell >> how it had died -- seemed full-sized and healthy before death. The sight >> reminded me of one of the greatest pieces of Canadian nature writing, Don >> McKay's essay "Baler Twine," which includes a memory of a dead raven with >> its feet fixed to a fence with baler twine.
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