In the winter and spring, when out for a dog walk, I’m sometimes approached by the neighbourhood crows for food. The crows down the street recognize me and fly over. I leave a few pieces of popcorn in the lower branches of the trees along the sidewalk. The crows watch, and then fly to the…
November 18, 2016 9 days after rescuing the crow trapped at Emily Carr University (previous post)— this happened. We were visited by 100 crows
Tuesday afternoon, Nov 8, 2016: “There’s a crow that’s been trapped in the school since yesterday, perched atop the media gallery.” The email was from Matt Stephanson, a technician at Emily Carr University. The US election day was already filled with anxiety, and this message added a sense of urgency. I headed to the school….
July 4 Lesson from crow mother: We help our babies leave the nest. Fledgling crow says, “I can fly!” Yesterday morning there was a lot of crow activity on the corner of Woodland Park diagonally across the street from us. I could hear the adult crows—the ones who built their nest in the nearby tree—and their two off-spring from last summer. The adult crows called with excitement….
June 9 Lesson from a crow parent: A fledgling left on his own does not mean he has been abandoned. Fledgling crow says, “I’m just testing my independence” The traffic on Venables Street was busy as I walked up the north sidewalk on my way to Commercial Drive to get lunch at a nearby cafe. I noticed a crow standing on the sidewalk with his…
