One of the Crow Questions I hear most often is, “Why do I never see baby crows?” In truth, it is likely that we have all seen plenty of baby crows–but we are misled by the human tendency to conflate “baby-ness” with small-ness. A few crows will jump from the nest before they are grown, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'crows'
Crow Planet Giveaway Winner
April 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments
Congratulations to “kat,” who helped celebrate the paperback release of Crow Planet by winning our giveaway! The book is in the mail. I hope you’ll join me at one of my upcoming readings at two of the northwest’s most fabled bookshops: Powell’s (Burnside), Portland, Monday May 2, 7:30 p.m. Elliott Bay Bookstore, Seattle, Monday, May [...]
“Crow Divebombing Help” – A crow aggression primer for desperate web searchers
June 8th, 2010 · 8 Comments
My husband Tom, who manages the technical side of this blog, has been watching the search terms that bring traffic to the site. While the random one-off searches can make for interesting reading (today someone found the Tangled Nest by searching for “the world is our tool for love”–I guess that’s good!), certain terms come [...]
Tags: birds, crows, urban nature
Leucy, A Most Unusual Crow, RIP
August 3rd, 2009 · 9 Comments
My West Seattle neighborhood has been graced, the past few years, by a most unusual crow. Her actual sex is not definitively known, but those who lived on her street and watched her most closely suggest “she,” so I’ll go with that. This crow was famous in her small circle, and everyone seemed to have [...]
Tags: birds, crows, urban nature
Crow Planet Art, and Dive-bombing Crows
April 24th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Yesterday I was out hanging clothes on the sunny line as the crows in the neighbor’s Douglas fir worked on their nest. So I just had to share this image from my new book, Crow Planet. Amazing local artist Dan Cautrell created gorgeous lino-cuts for each chapter. This one is called “Dwelling,” and I think [...]
Tags: clotheslines, crows, urban nature
Quid Pro Crow: Gardening Alongside Wildlife
April 23rd, 2009 · 8 Comments
When I planted our peas in March, I chased the crows out of the cherry tree before I started. I was thinking of all the crows I’d seen watching gray squirrels bury their peanuts. The squirrels are so busy-busy, patting down the soil over their treasure with those bad little paws. Then as soon as [...]
Tags: birds, crows, garden, urban nature
