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just fed the last of the peanuts to the crows, after hearing Junior's distinctive "caw caw *kek*" outside. I put out a dozen or so shelled peanuts--I buy them with the shells, but the nuts that break open mean that the debris on the bottom is mostly husks and shelled nuts--and the crows happily gobbled them up. "Mom" (I *think* she's female) was nomming them industriously while Junior watched and occasionally tried gaping at her in hopes of a handout, then Jr snacked off the suet feeder a bit.
I haven't seen "Lefty," the crow whose left foot won't unclench, in a while. I don't think zie was a local, though; zie may have just been hanging around here on a winter forage-safari.
I'm more sad, and concerned, that I haven't seen or heard any coyotes at all this winter. this should be great coyote territory. it may be that there's some around, but they're more reclusive and I just don't see them... but I miss them.