Corvid in distress [31 May 2009|07:20pm] I turned off the sprinklers for my front flowerbeds today and noticed a small corvid standing on the sidewalk, drenched wet. It looked at me with a "Why'd you turn it off?!" expression. It doesn't have an obvious injury, but is very messed-up looking, as if it's ill or otherwise in some kind of trouble. It's flightless except for short jumps that involve wing flapping; the wings appear to work, it just seems too weak to get air. It gently hops away from me when I try to get close. It won't eat crackers I drop next to it. Other, much larger corvids are making a lot of noise in the trees above. One was actively swooping down, trying to discourage me from getting close to the distressed bird. I didn't touch it, and the bird eventually hopped into the neighbor's yard (through a too-small hole in the fence, it was briefly stuck). 4 comments|post comment

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