Mama Crow

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Today we heard a couple of crows making a lot of noise near our house. Then, Mariko heard a noise by our backdoor where we keep our trash. She took a look and found this crow sitting on top of the trash can. It seemed to be struggling so I thought it had gotten caught in the netting in back of the can. I got some gloves to protect my hands and picked up the lid to see if I could help it to get free. To my surprise, it didn't try to fly away. I slid it off the lid onto my glove where it seemed remarkably content.

Meanwhile, two other crows seemed quite upset about what was going on. We think that the two crows are the parents and that the crow we found on our trash can may be too young to fly.

We put it down and then it hopped to our front yard and climbed up a tree. It hasn't moved from the tree for several hours and the parents continue to keep watch.

I think this has been a hard Mother's Day for Mama Crow. Like many mother's and father's she can't help but worry about her offspring -- even after they've gotten pretty big.