Crow with Pizza, Crow Habits, Spring is Near
Yup, there he is in all his ignoble glory. Mr. Crow with the scraps of an inedible pizza. (If anyone out there has ever found a store-brand microwave pizza that doesn't turn into a brick that even a Ginsu knife couldn't handle, let me know... 30 minutes is way too short of a lifespan for a pizza.) Anywho, there's Mr. Crow struggling with the doughy concrete. It took him and a bunch of his cohorts about half an hour to finish off the little blocks. No doubt some will end up in the birdbath. Maybe they'll soften up after a day or two.
More and more, I've noticed a chilling tendency in crow behaviors - they know me and they know Mrs. CCA. They know when we rise, what we do, when we eat, and especially when we're in the kitchen. I'm thoroughly convinced of this. It's downright weird to make lunch with no crows in sight, but then to start cleanup only to discover a murder staring at you through the kitchen window. (To be fair, I've mentioned corvid intelligence before.)
Finally... It looks like an early Spring is on the way for Cape Cod... Why do I say this? Two things... First, the spiders are beginning to make their sinister presence known once again. And, I heard a titmouse making his mournful two-tone call today... Oh, I imagine we'll still have a few more Winter storms, but the end is in sight.
See you by the feeder,
CapeCodAlan
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