Brother Crow in Pismo

Here we are in Pismo Beach looking for ravens.  Bold and Shy are almost on their own.  They will get some treats while we are gone from the house sitter. Then there are the two compost piles they frequent everyday and of course all the squirrels on the road.  I bet they are MAD- no one to feed them at the strike of 7:30 AM!  I better watch my back when I get home!!

The first night we were here Chuck noticed a big black bird flying by.  We could not see the tail in flight to determine whether it was a crow or a raven UNTIL- CAW CAW!!!!  We put out a piece of meat on the railing to see what would happen.  The big black bird came down and did the same motions as a raven.  He sat on the telephone wire and wiped his beak back and forth on the wire numerous times.  Jumped forward and backwards until he got the nerve to fly down to the railing and get the meat.  I could not see his beak very well or his neck but thought it was a very large crow.

The next day I put out some meat on the railing in the full sunlight.  This way I could see the bird clearly if he came to collect the food.  Within 10 minutes- here came two large black birds- one flew down and got a piece of the meat.  No tentative sitting on the telephone wire this time. I got a good look at its tail in flight- definitely a very large crow.  No wedged shaped tail for this guy and lots of Cawing.  The other black bird then came down and got the rest of the food. So it looks like we will have crow friends for the duration of our stay.  These crows have a pretty good spot- right by the beach- several large trees to sit in and survey the landscape and lovely weather- what is not to like for human or crow?