Comments on: My Bird Totem Is A Crow http://www.childfreechic.com/archives/571 Stylish Living Without Kids Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ms. Childfree Chic http://www.childfreechic.com/archives/571/comment-page-1#comment-602 Ms. Childfree Chic Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:13:55 +0000 http://www.childfreechic.com/?p=571#comment-602 Oh, those grackles are so cute, too! We have those in the Outer Banks, and whenever I vacation there I can't resist feeding them. Last year we had a male grackle who had a deformed foot, but he was smart: hung on our deck and begged for snacks. He had a bit of racket going, I think. :-) I have a murder of party crows who visit my house every day. They are such big birds, so I laugh whenever I see a little songbird chase them away. I'm always thinking, "You're a party crow! What are you doing? You don't have to take that crap!" Oh, those grackles are so cute, too! We have those in the Outer Banks, and whenever I vacation there I can’t resist feeding them. Last year we had a male grackle who had a deformed foot, but he was smart: hung on our deck and begged for snacks. He had a bit of racket going, I think. :-)

I have a murder of party crows who visit my house every day. They are such big birds, so I laugh whenever I see a little songbird chase them away. I’m always thinking, “You’re a party crow! What are you doing? You don’t have to take that crap!”

]]> By: Martta Kelly http://www.childfreechic.com/archives/571/comment-page-1#comment-600 Martta Kelly Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:25:52 +0000 http://www.childfreechic.com/?p=571#comment-600 Crows are the black Labs of birds. :-) You would have loved my yard this spring when I looked out the window and the lawn was literally covered with crows for about 5 minutes. And then, as quickly as they arrived, they were off, in search of new bounty. Crows are the black Labs of birds. :-)

You would have loved my yard this spring when I looked out the window and the lawn was literally covered with crows for about 5 minutes. And then, as quickly as they arrived, they were off, in search of new bounty.

]]> By: Amber http://www.childfreechic.com/archives/571/comment-page-1#comment-596 Amber Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:40:49 +0000 http://www.childfreechic.com/?p=571#comment-596 Ohhhhh and I forgot to tell you about my favorite childhood book: Sammy, the Crow Who Remembered. It's a black & white photo story about a crow that played on the beach every day with children who were visiting their grandmother. My parents got it from a library that closed and I have it on my shelf today, with the library checkout sticker from 1982 still on the back. I'll have to post about it sometime soon. Ohhhhh and I forgot to tell you about my favorite childhood book: Sammy, the Crow Who Remembered. It’s a black & white photo story about a crow that played on the beach every day with children who were visiting their grandmother. My parents got it from a library that closed and I have it on my shelf today, with the library checkout sticker from 1982 still on the back.

I’ll have to post about it sometime soon.

]]> By: Amber http://www.childfreechic.com/archives/571/comment-page-1#comment-595 Amber Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:29:05 +0000 http://www.childfreechic.com/?p=571#comment-595 My father followed my link over here and sent me an email that said, "Well, how cool is it that your appreciative blog-sister loves crows? You two separated at birth, maybe?" Haha. I love crows for exactly the reasons you described and their total bad-assedness. There was a beautiful crow cameo necklace at Silver Crow Creations that I tried for years to buy, but it was always 'out of stock.' I think they finally removed it. We don't see a lot of crows here in Houston, but we have a ton of boat-tailed grackles, which are similar in appearance and demeanor. They make these weird little mechanical sounds and when you watch them the whole dinosaur-bird connection somehow makes complete sense. One of the first things I bought for our guest room was an Audubon print of them: http://www.flickr.com/photos/arnthora/3235252568/in/set-72157605596556610/ My father followed my link over here and sent me an email that said, “Well, how cool is it that your appreciative blog-sister loves crows? You two separated at birth, maybe?” Haha. I love crows for exactly the reasons you described and their total bad-assedness. There was a beautiful crow cameo necklace at Silver Crow Creations that I tried for years to buy, but it was always ‘out of stock.’ I think they finally removed it.

We don’t see a lot of crows here in Houston, but we have a ton of boat-tailed grackles, which are similar in appearance and demeanor. They make these weird little mechanical sounds and when you watch them the whole dinosaur-bird connection somehow makes complete sense. One of the first things I bought for our guest room was an Audubon print of them: http://www.flickr.com/photos/arnthora/3235252568/in/set-72157605596556610/

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