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Big, Black, and Beautiful |
| Section: NATURAL SCIENCE / NATURE WALK |
| Author: Kevin J. McGowan |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1993 |
| Size: 1,672 Words, 9,851 Characters |
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People often have strong opinions about crows. Some are fond of them, perhaps because the crow's apparent intelligence makes it more humanlike than most other birds. Or perhaps it is because of the person's familiarity with a pet crow at some time in their life. Crows are frequently found or taken as nestlings and make vary personable, if illegal, pets.
Most other people generally hate crows. The usual reasons given are that they are noisy, or that they kill little birds. Crows have had a bad reputation for a long time, being portrayed as evil despoilers of corn crops and the brazen tormentors of the poor scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz.
However, even when people are given the facts about the crow's place in the natural world and the small actual impact they have on agriculture or ...
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...frequently visited by crows. The crows eat up significant numbers of the corn borer larvae overwintering in old corn stalks.
One thing is for sure: No matter how people feel, the crow is not going to disappear from the urban or rural scene. And with a better understanding of this amazingly adaptable and somewhat humanlike bird will come a more positive opinion of its place in our world.
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