Canuck, the crow has a paying job...

[Tecumsehsbones]

In the late 1940's, early 1950's, my Dad worked in what was then the tallest office building in Montreal... the Sun Life Building. Back in the days before DDT got to them, there were Peregrine Falcons nesting on the building and it was common to see them whiz by your office window, crouched in a 60 mph dive while going after pigeons.

You don't seem to understand. The behaviour you describe, "stooping," is natural to peregrines, and part of their hunting routine. Gliding is not natural to crows. It is something Jake does for pleasure and aesthetics, and out of joy in practicing her skill.

p.s. Living in "the Projects"?

Fourth-richest zip code in the U.S.?

"The projects," indeed.

 

[taxslave]

You don't seem to understand. The behaviour you describe, "stooping," is natural to peregrines, and part of their hunting routine. Gliding is not natural to crows. It is something Jake does for pleasure and aesthetics, and out of joy in practicing her skill.




Fourth-richest zip code in the U.S.?

"The projects," indeed.

Gotta love those gatehouse appartments.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Gotta love those gatehouse appartments.

Yep. Keeps out riffraff like Canadian tourists. Our evening desk guy's son is playing running back for Western Michigan U. He may be in the CFL in three years.

 

[Curious Cdn]

You don't seem to understand. The behaviour you describe, "stooping," is natural to peregrines, and part of their hunting routine. Gliding is not natural to crows. It is something Jake does for pleasure and aesthetics, and out of joy in practicing her skill.




Fourth-richest zip code in the U.S.?

"The projects," indeed.

I bet that the other crows think that she's a Libtard ... a sort of "liberal arts" crow.

I live in an expensive postal code, too. I live in the sharecropper's shotgun shack surrounded by McMansions, in all directions.

 

[bill barilko]

Peregrine Falcons are a regular sight in downtown Vancouver while crossing the Burrard St Bridge recently I saw one harassing a Bald Eagle.

 

[Danbones]

If they start making too much noise early in the AM I go out and rip a few alleys through the canopy of the big leafed Maples out front that usually shuts them up-and are they polite when I walk out onto the street later!

They remember faces especially if you scared them

Angry Birds: Crows Never Forget Your Face
Mess with a crow, and it will remember your face for over five years, research shows.
https://www.seeker.com/angry-birds-crows-never-forget-your-face-1765286502.html

 

[Curious Cdn]

Peregrine Falcons are a regular sight in downtown Vancouver while crossing the Burrard St Bridge recently I saw one harassing a Bald Eagle.

That eagle was Durry. He's none too swift and easily harassed by faster, smarter birds.

 

[Danbones]

I bet that the other crows think that she's a Libtard ... a sort of "liberal arts" crow.

I live in an expensive postal code, too. I live in the sharecropper's shotgun shack surrounded by McMansions, in all directions.

Ah the Mansion family...
so some of them are still around eh?

 

[Curious Cdn]

Ah the Mansion family...
so some of them are still around eh?

Yeah, they all drive Mercedes and they're all leveraged up the yin-yang.