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Pastimes : Don't Ask Rambi
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To: Gauguin who wrote (51998)6/9/2000 5:42:00 PM
From: Crocodile  Read Replies (1) of 71178
 
There are young crows playing some kind of a game out on the back lawn and they are making me LAFF...

One of them will flap its wings and take off and fly about 6 or 8 feet forward, then land with 2 boing-y bounces on stiff legs and with its beak pointed up..as though it's making a big effort to pull to a standstill.. Then another crow will do exactly the same thing, but will end up a few feet ahead of the first crow. Then a third crow will do the same thing and end up ahead of the other 2 crows... then it's the first crow's turn again...

Then they have another game that makes me laugh too...

They sit in the butternut tree at the ends of the branches where they turn into long, soft fronds. Then they move sideways towards the ends until the branches can't hold them anymore... at which point, the branches bend down and the crows end up hanging upside down like bats... At first they just hang there and don't do anything, but then they start to flap their wings and caw... as if they are scared, even though they are only 3 or 4 feet above the ground... Then, they finally let go and drop down to land on their feet below the tree. Then it starts all over again...

Always have so much fun watching young animals learn how to fly or run or do whatever it is that they do...
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