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I do remember playing courses where we were warned of crows stealing food. I hit my ball once and when I returned to my cart, my sandwich was gone. A crow had flown into the cart and taken it. I admired its ingenuity at the time and made sure any food was packed tightly away thereafter. Don Don MacNeill donmacneill@eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Bartlett" <bbartlett@eastlink.ca> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 10:06 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] This pm at Hartlen and Conrod's > 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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