If you live in the Pacific Northwest, you probably have a strong opinion about crows and ravens. They’re either great…
Tag: crows
Covenant of Peace (Not)
No early morning peace in our neighborhood! Instead, there’s intense bird drama. A neighbor got some chickens. So—at dawn, of…
Crow: Talking the Talk
The CROW EXPERIMENT worked! I SPOKE CROW and the CROW LISTENED. There’s a highly sensitive, easily agitated crow on our…
Crows Are Nesting in our Backyard
Crows are Nesting in Our Backyard (May 6) Crows are nesting in our backyard! Three paces from the deck. You…
Re-discovering Cynicism
Help! I am trapped inside the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes, looking out onto the world. Vanity of vanities, says Kohelet, it’s all…
Dove Territory
Crows have colonized Vancouver. Superimposed on the human city is an entire crow city, divided into family territories. During the…
Crow Central (Kotel)
Today I am at Jerusalem’s Western Wall. The weekday winter sun has just set and it’s time for evening prayers.…