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]> To: <[log in to unmask]> 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 > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]