tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694854491328172740.post1611811741821958701..comments2023-06-23T10:31:01.764-04:00Comments on Kaslkaos Drawbridge -- Artist's Journal: I Have a Peanutkaslkaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04041865957191874234noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694854491328172740.post-89574421755458140442010-07-20T14:44:47.758-04:002010-07-20T14:44:47.758-04:00Chrissy, I would love to see a magpie. We don'...Chrissy, I would love to see a magpie. We don't have them here. Starlings, alas, were introduced by some fool who thought all of Shakespeares birds belonged here. Oddly, they are not in decline in North America, quite at home by now. They are ravenous, and great mimics in song. So good, in fact, it took me years to realize they were responsible for a portion of 'birdsong' in the area.kaslkaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04041865957191874234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694854491328172740.post-1962793866674984162010-07-20T09:30:47.180-04:002010-07-20T09:30:47.180-04:00Magpies equally fit this description but you don&#...Magpies equally fit this description but you don't seem to get many at one. The ones that you do get loads descend at once are starlings. They arrive on mass and quickly demolish a table but they are seriously on th decline now...!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03252876587579985190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694854491328172740.post-87269172575270783712010-07-15T08:48:00.194-04:002010-07-15T08:48:00.194-04:00Thanks Jenny. Funny thing about crows though, I ju...Thanks Jenny. Funny thing about crows though, I just never get to see them except at a distance, so I never get to observe them either, and the only sound I hear is `caw`; being corvids I`m pretty sure they have more to say than that. That said, yes, I do think crows a pretty cool too.kaslkaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04041865957191874234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7694854491328172740.post-59833737602806696682010-07-15T08:00:35.992-04:002010-07-15T08:00:35.992-04:00I like your point about "unpopular" bird...I like your point about "unpopular" birds--crows are another example of a bird that's kind of hard to feel warm and fuzzy about, but they're VERY smart! Sometimes I could swear they are saying something important to us that we just can't understand.Jennyhttp://streamsandforests.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com