We now have a crow. I know you can not claim a wild crow as your own. It might be more accurate to say we belong to it. I'm sure we have had it for longer than I realized and it is only now making itself known to us. How? Because it is now talking to us.
This one crow was invisible to me because all crows look alike, but then it started doing something to be noticed. It started barking. Not really barking like a dog, but more like a chicken sound halfway between a chicken sneeze and bock- a single loud, short "BOCK" but with the accent of a crow. I have never heard a crow do this. After it barks, it sometimes caws. In an earlier post, I told how crows come into the chicken yard in the morning when I let out the chickens, and come flying in anytime we call the chickens, but now because of that bark, I know it is around the house, nearby. Anytime we walk out of the house, it flies over and lands near on the powerlines. Now when I walk outside, I wait and look for it. I cannot see it anywhere, but in a few seconds of me stepping outside, it comes flying. It is watching us.
It is also watching our cat, Bisbis. As I worked in the yard today, I heard the crow bark and then caw, caw, caw aggressively. It then started swooping and cawing. I saw the cat slinking away, body low to the ground. She was complaining.... mrrrrowrowrowrow.... the way cats do when they talk to birds. Good. She must have done something to get on this crows bad side. Its not hard to imagine what that was. I often see her hiding in the chicken yard in the morning before I let them out trying to hunt. I don't want her hunting birds. The crow also chases hawks away. Most of our chickens are too big for a hawk. All of them except Popcorn. She would make a nice meal.
When I am weeding the crow comes down to the ground near me. I threw it snails and other goodies I found. I am happy with our new friend.
The spittlebugs are finally out and everywhere. They seemed to have emerged around the same time as the aphids. The spittlebugs like my lavender plants and set up their homes of spit in the forks. They surround and protect themselves with spit. You can pick up these little spit balls and gently uncover the tiny bug inside. Take care to cover them back up again when you put them back. What a great strategy to keep a away predators. Sometimes when I want to be invisible, I feel like a spittlebug, except not all covered with spit. I hide in my room instead or go for a walk alone or hide by being quiet. Like to crow, we can also hide by looking like everyone else.
How do you make yourself invisible?
Farmer Ladybug 🐞
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