jimf@ihlpf.ATT.COM (JF) (08/29/88)
: James Donndelinger, in article <36223@aero.ARPA:, tells a most : interesting story about attracting crows with an owl decoy, so as to : blast them with a shotgun (a good hunter eats what he shoots). : : However, as a fan of crows and other corvids, I'd like to point out : that all native birds are protected under the federal Migratory Bird : Act, except game species in season. If there are any legitimate crow : seasons these days, I'm unaware of it; correct me if I'm wrong. I looked it up. Crow season in Illinois is 7/1 - 8/15 and 12/15 - 3/1. There is no limit on how many can be killed. Since Illinois is largely agricultural, this season probably arose because crows can do a lot of damage to cornfields. I've seen tens of thousands of crows sitting in a cornfield in October. It was a hell of a lot more interesting than the Republican convention. Question. Can crows be trained to talk? I heard that they could!
pkb@ihlpa.ATT.COM (Benson) (08/31/88)
> > Question. Can crows be trained to talk? I heard that they could! My father-inlaw had a pet crow for a few years who would say 'Hello Al'. My father-inlaw's name is AL so I guess thats where the crow got it from. Al didn't do anything special to the bird, the crow just started saying the phrase one day. Pam B.
mjm@oliven.olivetti.com (Michael Mammoser) (09/01/88)
In article <9200@ihlpa.ATT.COM>, pkb@ihlpa.ATT.COM (Benson) writes: > > > > Question. Can crows be trained to talk? I heard that they could! > > > My father-inlaw had a pet crow for a few years who would say 'Hello Al'. > My father-inlaw's name is AL so I guess thats where the crow got it from. > Al didn't do anything special to the bird, the crow just started saying the > phrase one day. There is a captive Raven at Alum Rock Park, a San Jose city park, that will repeatedly say "hello". Its voice is somewhat high-pitched, but the word is clear and distinct. On a more important note, the rare bird alert has reported a Terek Sandpiper and a Long-Toed Stint along the coast at Monterey Bay; both first records for the state of California! I just hope that they will stick around until the weekend. Mike