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Re: funky crow
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Manon Van Schoyck <[log in to unmask]>
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Manon Van Schoyck <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:14:03 -0400
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We have 2 education crows. Recently I started suspecting that they were
locking me out of their enclosure by fastening the hook & eyelet. 2 days ago
they had completely removed the hook and it was sitting in their water dish.
Smart? Most definitely!

                                                    Manon VanSchoyck
                                                    Ohio Nature Education
                                                    www.ohionature.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Holt" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 4:35 PM
Subject: [Ohio-birds] funky crow


> While out atlasing this morning I observed a behavior that's new to me.
> An Am. crow was feeding from a hanging suet basket.  It would fly up from
> the ground, grasp the basket w/ it's feet, flap like crazy to stay in the
> air while grabbing some suet w/ it's bill, then drop back to the ground.
> They're pretty clever creatures, huh?  The only new arrivals in the
> Lowellville area of Mahoning Co. today were house wren and yellow warbler.
> Later, Craig
>
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