re: lrt--awwww, preening crows! I forgot to mention that a pair of crows that hang around my porch have been courting. the larger one brought the smaller one a bit of moss from a tree, which was ignored and then dropped, before the larger one tried to offer another bit of moss. there was also some preening and beak-rubbing. CUTENESS!
also one of the crows that hangs around has an injured left foot; it won't flatten out when the crow stands on something flat, and zie has to hobble/hop around. zie also can't grip a tree branch for a perch with it. but otherwise zie is completely healthy, on the large side, and seems to be in perfectly good shape. I'll be watching for zir from now on, heh.
@brewsternorth it looks like it was injured and healed badly; it's not an--active, recent injury. it's probably been living with a bum claw for a long time, and can live a lot longer. feet aren't *nearly* as important to crows as wings. it seemed healthy enough otherwise! :)
@green aw birb. Hope it recovers quickly.