Knock Knock
Who's There?
Bird
Bird Who
Bird Doo is what's going to happen on your front porch if you don't feed us right now!!
For those of you who have followed my blog, you know that I toss peanuts out to the street on a daily basis for my Crows and Blue Jays. The Crows are territorial swooping birds that keep the pigeons off my roof. They are also hysterical to watch, this has become a cheap source of entertainment.
Friday evening around 8:00PM I was watching a taped episode of The Good Wife. I heard a weird sound at my front door, kind of like a knock but more like a scratchy thump. I paused my DVR and wondered who could possibly be on my front porch this time of night.
I opened the door and there on my front lawn were three Crows. I looked up and saw four more on the telephone wires. OK, don't tell me a Crow just knocked on my front door. This is crazy. I went out to the garage to get a handful of peanuts and threw them out to the street.
I spent the next 20 minutes (and another handful of peanuts) watching mom and pop Crow break open peanuts so their offspring could eat the nuts. Another Crow family was there as well as several Blue Jays. Just a good 'ol feeding frenzy as I watched in amazement.
I have just one question that I wish I could ask. How was it decided who would be the one to knock on the front door? Did someone draw the short straw?
Malcolm - I think of The Birds quite often when the crows congregate. That movie scared me to death when I saw it at a young age. The Birds was filmed here (Sonoma County), the school house is in a tiny town called Bodega about 25 miles from my house. The bay scene was Bodega Bay, a short distance away.
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