I go back pre dark Ages and can recall in the blue tits in England doing
exactly the same thing. I can also recall reading some literature which advised
that the habit was unknown until the early 1950's and apparantly never before
the War.
John Mc
Melbourne
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From: on behalf of brian fleming
Sent: Fri 25/08/2006 8:01 PM
To:
Subject: Little Ravens pinching milk
Back in the Dark Ages, here in Melbourne milk used to be delivered to
one's home by a horse and cart with human assistant, well before dawn.
It came in glass bottles with a foil cap, and unhomogenized into the
bargain. Here in the Yarra Valley (Ivanhoe) there was a lot of cream in
it, from local Jersey herds.
And sometimes you'd go out to bring it in and there would be a hole in
the foil and quite a lot of the creamy-top missing. This happened to
neighbours as well, and one watched through his venetian blinds early
one morning. He saw a 'crow' walk up cautiously, peck the bottle-cap,
and drink as far down as it could reach.
We all got boxes to protect the milk after that.
Anthea Fleming
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