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Snapped this while down by the Rogue this morning.









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He looks lonely.

Beautiful and intelligent birds, they are.

Probably my most favorite family of birds - the corvids - jays, magpies, ravens & crows.  Had a pet crow when I was growing up.  He got into all sorts of trouble.  Nice photo!  Thanks for sharing. 

Andy, I've heard that you can teach a crow to talk like a parrot.  Did you know that or did you try it?

Pat - I believe that is a myth.  I've never heard a crow do this nor ever heard of a documented case where this actually happened, though they will attempt to mimic things sometimes and I think this is where the myth might come from.

Oh, ok Andy. 

I've heard of it but never really knew.  I know that they are very intelligent birds.

Growing up in Iowa, I lived next to an old man who had saved a baby crow, and raised it.   The crow, which he named "Klaus" eventually learned to fly, and roamed the neighborhood, but remained tame.    It was extremely troublesome, being found of removing clothespins from clotheslines, and then dropping them down chimneys.   Housewives had to buy the spring-loaded kind; he wouldn't bother with those.

He could mimic cats, and seemed to enjoy tormenting them by sitting out of reach and meowing.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!  That's so funny!