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Index of Subjects --0-2046463459-1178821297=:50532 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit This reminds me of the Kea, a New Zealand alpine parrot. They too have a taste for rubber and routinely attack parked cars breakline fluid hoses. Not great when you have a couple thousand feet of elevation downhill drive to discover the problem on. Rob Woods Georgefield phil.forman@ns.sympatico.ca wrote: I had the same problem at work here in Debert one summer about 8 years ago...the "crow" (I never looked too hard at it, assume it was a crow) kept stripping wipers of their rubber. After purchasing a few replacement wipers, I had my mother-in-law sew me some leather covers that could be snapped onto the wipers while I was at work...looked funny, but it sure worked!! (One guy at work referred to them as windshield wiper condoms!) The same "crow" spent many a day jumping at our company entrance glass door, trying to get to the metal push bar that was inside...it provided some "cheep" entertainment. Maria Forman Debert, NS > > From: c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca > Date: 2007/05/10 Thu AM 09:50:15 EDT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] ravens attack rcmp cars in berwick > > Hi folks, > > At Mary's Pt. in NB the ravens used to do this to my father's car > with great regularity. I seem to recall that he had to put things on > the front windshield in order to stop them from getting access to the > area. Perhaps David Christie will recall more details. > > Cheers, > > Chris > > On 10-May-07, at 10:19 AM, iamclar@dal.ca wrote: > > > Hi Andy, et al.: > > > > These windshield wiper depredations have been documented elsewhere > > (I'm trying > > to remember where), and it has been speculated that the ravens view > > the wipers > > as easily removed branchlets for nest building or augmentation. > > They're clever, > > but not too clever! > > > > Cheers, Ian > --------------------------------- Don't be flakey. Get Yahoo! Mail for Mobile and always stay connected to friends. --0-2046463459-1178821297=:50532 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <div>This reminds me of the Kea, a New Zealand alpine parrot. They too have a taste for rubber and routinely attack parked cars breakline fluid hoses. Not great when you have a couple thousand feet of elevation downhill drive to discover the problem on.</div> <div> </div> <div>Rob Woods</div> <div>Georgefield<BR><BR><B><I>phil.forman@ns.sympatico.ca</I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I had the same problem at work here in Debert one summer about 8 years ago...the "crow" (I never looked too hard at it, assume it was a crow) kept stripping wipers of their rubber. After purchasing a few replacement wipers, I had my mother-in-law sew me some leather covers that could be snapped onto the wipers while I was at work...looked funny, but it sure worked!! (One guy at work referred to them as windshield wiper condoms!) <BR>The same "crow" spent many a day jumping at our company entrance glass door, trying to get to the metal push bar that was inside...it provided some "cheep" entertainment.<BR><BR>Maria Forman<BR>Debert, NS<BR>> <BR>> From: c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca<BR>> Date: 2007/05/10 Thu AM 09:50:15 EDT<BR>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] ravens attack rcmp cars in berwick<BR>> <BR>> Hi folks,<BR>> <BR>> At Mary's Pt. in NB the ravens used to do this to my father's car <BR>> with great regularity. I seem to recall that he had to put things on <BR>> the front windshield in order to stop them from getting access to the <BR>> area. Perhaps David Christie will recall more details.<BR>> <BR>> Cheers,<BR>> <BR>> Chris<BR>> <BR>> On 10-May-07, at 10:19 AM, iamclar@dal.ca wrote:<BR>> <BR>> > Hi Andy, et al.:<BR>> ><BR>> > These windshield wiper depredations have been documented elsewhere <BR>> > (I'm trying<BR>> > to remember where), and it has been speculated that the ravens view <BR>> > the wipers<BR>> > as easily removed branchlets for nest building or augmentation. <BR>> > They're clever,<BR>> > but not too clever!<BR>> ><BR>> > Cheers, Ian<BR>> <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p>  <hr size=1>Don't be flakey. Get Yahoo! Mail for Mobile and
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