The Crows

Tales from the backyard…Soon after we moved to our home in NYC, we were enjoying a Sunday morning on the porch when I saw something hop across the driveway.  My thought was cat, but cats don’t hop.  Just then I heard mother crow call out a warning.  Aha, thoughts of my childhood of having a pet crow came to mind and although my wife didn't like the idea, I ran out and caught it thinking new pet and then brought it back and sat on the back stoop calming it down.  Mother crow had other ideas and let out a series of distress calls and soon a few more crows showed up.  With each new crow came more calls and more crows showed up.  It was “The Birds” time at the Bathurst’s house.  Soon the sky had hundreds of circling crows and the surrounding trees were full as well.  The noise level was intense.  Our house is flanked by 3 different churches and this happened during the arrival of all the church goers.  I still chuckle when I wonder what they must have thought with the sky full of so much evil. They did go inside a lot faster than normal.  I let it go.