Back in Johnstown I suddenly had crows bringing bones to the bird bath on my deck.  I'm all for a token of affection, but can you not bring something my dogs will eat and get sick from?  Focus on shiny things, thanks.  I don't recall doing anything to gain their affections, but I know that's a thing - they have a great memory.

I have often watched the two big crows that live nearby here.  They keep to the front of the house, leaving the bird bath and feeders on my deck alone (at least so far).  Today I made a grocery run after getting Avery on the bus as the snow was starting to fly again - yes, I bought milk and bread.  No eggs.  No one can afford those these days.  Regardless... when I returned I saw the two crows making a mess of the trash across the street.

I figured this was my opportunity to try and make friends.  At the cost of 2 hot dog buns I got to watch them trying to figure out how to pick up more than one piece of bread at the same time and monitored as they flew the bread up to the roof of the neighbor across the street.  As I watched I was waiting to see them drop the bread and it roll off the snow covered roof.  Clearly, I underestimated them.  They put the bread into the gutter and plucked pieces off from there.  While they eventually flew off with a few wads of bread and I was successful distracting them from making a mess of a neighbor's trash, they also left some behind.  I hope they return so I'm not left with the guilt of being the root cause of my neighbor's gutters being crammed with bread.