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A Murder of Crows

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Ultradog MN

11-27-2006 07:50:04




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I read somewhere that a bunch of crows is not called a flock but a murder.
I guess it comes from crows being carrion eaters. Someone would die and a flock would pick at the body. Folks in days of old thought the crows killed them.
This fall I have seen more crows than ever before in my life. A couple of times now you'll hear a terrific squawking and cawing and look up to see literaly hundreds of crows perched in just a couple of trees. Never seen so many before.
This summer I sold my house and am renting at a friend of mine in the central city till I find another.
Lots of different kinds of folks here: Mexicans, Somalians, Blacks, and lots of Asians.
I know several good Asian families - done a lot of carpentry work for them. Kind of got to know their culture a little.
A lot of them - Vietnamese, Hmong, Laotian - think that crows are very bad birds. Seeing them in the tree outside their home is a bad omen - a harbinger of bad things to come.
There is a family of Hmong that lives right across the street from me.
This morning I went outside to have a smoke and there must have been at least a hundred crows in the tree in their front yard.
A couple of generations of their family all live together and it was a bit humorous to see their reaction to all those crows.
The old Grandma would cautiously open the door and peer out then quickly slam the door closed.
Old Grandpa wouldn't even poke his head out.
Mom and Dad and the kids were all looking out the windows - craning their heads up to see into the tree. You could see them all jabbering and jesturing and having a big family confab.
Then Grandma ran out with a broom and made sweeping gestures at the sky before darting back in.
Finally the Mom must have worked up the courage to go start the car. She ran out the back door with a blanket over head and raced for the car. She got it running and drove directly in front of the door. She opened the back door of the car and the whole family came out of the house in a flood with blankets over their heads - kids screaming and crying, every one shouting and piled into the car. They drove the heck out of there.
I'll bet that poor family thinks it is entirely doomed. Poor folks.
I watched it all from the front step. It was so humorous that I stayed out for a couple of smokes.
Of course I was silently chuckling all the while.
The poor things...

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gorilla

11-27-2006 17:55:28




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 Re: A Murder of Crows in reply to Ultradog MN, 11-27-2006 07:50:04  
My grandad used to talk about the crows being so bad that they would tie dynamite up in the trees that they congregated in. They would set it off when the crows came back. He said there was pieces of crow everywhere. Probably in the 30's or 40's. Now thats a murder of crows!



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Jon Hagen

11-27-2006 16:39:53




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 Re: A Murder of Crows in reply to Ultradog MN, 11-27-2006 07:50:04  
Really interesting,check the link for more :)



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doogdoog

11-27-2006 15:04:12




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 Re: A Murder of Crows in reply to Ultradog MN, 11-27-2006 07:50:04  
Aloha, Oh, oh, the birds are coming! LOL

Mahalo,
doogdoog



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HAPPY DEERE

11-27-2006 14:13:05




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 Re: A Murder of Crows in reply to Ultradog MN, 11-27-2006 07:50:04  
sounds like a bb gun for you new neibors kids would be a nice jesture



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MN Bob

11-27-2006 13:34:17




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 Re: A Murder of Crows in reply to Ultradog MN, 11-27-2006 07:50:04  
Sheez, never thought of that, maybe thats why all Th Hmongs that went to BlackDuck Mn to work at Andersons Fabric left and went back to Minneapolis area??



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mjbrown

11-27-2006 10:00:55




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 Re: A Murder of Crows in reply to Ultradog MN, 11-27-2006 07:50:04  
Auburn NY is doomed then. In the winter they get about 50,000 of them roosting downtown at night. Needless to say they white wash everything. The police station is there and they seem to really coat the cop cars. Attempts to reduce their numbers brings the animal rights people out foaming at the mouth. Out here in the country we do what is needed to protect our cars ;).



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JMS/MN

11-27-2006 08:53:36




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 Re: A Murder of Crows in reply to Ultradog MN, 11-27-2006 07:50:04  
Jerry- you need to find one of those LP cannons that were popular with sunflower farmers. Would make a great Christmas gift for your new neighbors.



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Mike (WA)

11-27-2006 08:07:45




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 Re: A Murder of Crows in reply to Ultradog MN, 11-27-2006 07:50:04  
I heard or read somewhere that our first indication that "bird flu" is entrenched in an area will be the almost complete annihilation of the crow population- apparently a combination of their social tendencies, together with a particular susceptibility to the disease. Your Hmong neighbors will be rejoicing on the front porch, no doubt.



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