Well..this is the sequel to Crow chronicle. You may read it first before proceeding here.
The place remains the same.
The characters - the crow, my Amma, myself and a new sparrow family.
Recently, a new sparrow family moved in to our garden. They are a cute lot and visit the water bowl often. But these species also take bath in the bowl, apart from drinking. We didn't notice when the sparrows come and go and when the crows come and go..They were happily co-existing.
But on one fine day, the crow started calling again. My Amma and I went and checked the bowl. It was in its place and we returned to the room. The crow kept cawing. We decided to take a look at the bowl. Oh! It was so dirty with few small feathers (you know the culprits 😁) and a piece of biscuit (we are not sure about the culprits - could be the sparrows or crows). But the point is made by the crow. It didn't want to drink the dirty water. We emptied the bowl and kept clean water. It drank the water, called upon its friends, drank and went away.
Call it co-incidence..on the same day as this happened, I watched a video on crow's intelligence. Pretty interesting. The story about how a crow brings water up by adding stones to the pot, doesn't look like just a story anymore..Please watch the video to know more
No wonder in India, we treat crows with reverence and give them food on Amavasya, believing that they are our ancestors. Believe in ancestors or not, but they definitely seem to be close to humans in the process of evolution
The place remains the same.
The characters - the crow, my Amma, myself and a new sparrow family.
Recently, a new sparrow family moved in to our garden. They are a cute lot and visit the water bowl often. But these species also take bath in the bowl, apart from drinking. We didn't notice when the sparrows come and go and when the crows come and go..They were happily co-existing.
But on one fine day, the crow started calling again. My Amma and I went and checked the bowl. It was in its place and we returned to the room. The crow kept cawing. We decided to take a look at the bowl. Oh! It was so dirty with few small feathers (you know the culprits 😁) and a piece of biscuit (we are not sure about the culprits - could be the sparrows or crows). But the point is made by the crow. It didn't want to drink the dirty water. We emptied the bowl and kept clean water. It drank the water, called upon its friends, drank and went away.
Call it co-incidence..on the same day as this happened, I watched a video on crow's intelligence. Pretty interesting. The story about how a crow brings water up by adding stones to the pot, doesn't look like just a story anymore..Please watch the video to know more
No wonder in India, we treat crows with reverence and give them food on Amavasya, believing that they are our ancestors. Believe in ancestors or not, but they definitely seem to be close to humans in the process of evolution
