tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post2581227947758194556..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: pears, crow, shoppingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-73392997679710087512011-09-01T22:42:18.467+01:002011-09-01T22:42:18.467+01:00PS: your pears look delicious, by the way.PS: your pears look delicious, by the way.The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-78755065210215100812011-09-01T22:41:33.388+01:002011-09-01T22:41:33.388+01:00Hawks and owls are two raptors that take crows, us...Hawks and owls are two raptors that take crows, usually the sick and old, the injured and the hatchlings.<br /><br />Crows are magnificent guards and sound warnings at first sight of predators, even those that generally have no luck in catching them.<br /><br />I believe foxes are as smart as crows, certainly as wiley, so Plutarch is on to something in his summation, I think.The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-60203212176097736262011-08-31T10:15:20.329+01:002011-08-31T10:15:20.329+01:00If I were a fox, deprived of chicken, by battery ...If I were a fox, deprived of chicken, by battery farmers and the like, I would fancy a crow that strayed too near a hedgerow where I lay in wait.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-55666201612402038132011-08-31T06:58:35.521+01:002011-08-31T06:58:35.521+01:00Are there predators that target crows? My impressi...Are there predators that target crows? My impression is that they are smart enough and aggressive enough to discourage predation. Very occasionally one sees a flattened crow on a country road but in Herefordshire at least they are outnumbered by flattened pheasants (arguably the stupidest bird in Christendom).Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.com