Monday, March 27, 2017

Close Encounters of the Corvid Kind

"Do you have anything on the 'I don't have a dollar" menu


Or with corvid kind as the case may be.

Everybody loves take-out


However, some things are harder to take out than others


During our bird excursion yesterday we stopped at a new spot, Riverfront Park in Canajoharie. There we saw some hoodies, geese, Common Mergansers, Turkey Vultures, Mallards, and some crows.

At one section of the park we came upon this bandit entrepreneurial crow.

Upstate's answer to the bag lady


He was working over a trash receptacle for the McDonald's "goodies" inside, and was waving around a food bad when we arrived.

Although we parked quite close to him, he completely ignored us in his quest to find something tasty among all the paper and cardboard. He had already emptied most of the bin and there were wrappers everywhere.

I think I dropped my cell phone in here


When he finally managed to wrestled the last bag, which was nearly as large as he was, plus a few sandwich boxes, onto the ground, he proceeded to tug and shake the bag until the treasure inside was revealed.

We were expecting some french fries, or at least an old burger bun, but what he relished the most was a mustard sauce container....as you can see. A lot of work for a condiment if you ask me.....

"What??? I LIKE my mustard with a little texture. And maybe a little plastic lid. Ads fiber ya know?"





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