Hi all,
With the hot topic being pesky Ravens I recently received this interesting
email which I have posted below.
It was from a relative who lives just out of Mullumbimby in northern NSW,
the species mentioned is actually Torresian Crow which is the dominate
Corvid species up there....
Original message:
Had this amazing thing happen on sat at 12.30 in the middle of the day, out
of the shed comes this noise like a sheep was bleeting , it was really a
mammal noise , so I got my gloves on and went to find out . At the back door
near the round water tank is a cupboard with a mirror on it, it is in front
of the window that is there. A crow wandered into the shed (the doors are
permanently open)and some how it managed to fall between the mirror and the
window and in so doing got caught. The other crow, probably its mate, came
to the rescue. I found it prostrate on the top of the cupboard, with the
other crows foot , ie two out of three of its toes, down its throat. It
looked to me as it had tried to pull its mate out by the foot and in so
doing the foot went down its throat the claws hooking into its throat
preventing the foots removal.As I approached, the birds lay completely still
and silent.The prostrated bird's blue eyes and completely black plumage was
startling. I used a turks head broom to lift the prostrate mate , it sprang
to life and jumping to the floor, it then hopped to the door and flew off. I
then got the broom beneath the one behind the cupboard. I lifted it
carefullly so as to not damage its wings, and as soon as it got above the
mirror it flew off to the other open door, but it chose the closed window
instead . It hit the window bounced back to the floor, regained its
composure and flew out the door to join its mate.
They both called to each other as they flew down the paddock toward the
neighbours property.
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