A crow’s meal
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We watched the crow land in the tree. Jim noticed the crows first and saw that one had dropped something. We had to investigate!
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It was a field rat! I’m showing you the less gory side. It’s guts had spilled out. I don’t know if the crow killed it or if it had scavenged it.
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And having watched the Elm Fork Master Naturalist presentation by Heidi Kryger Bailey, TPWD Regulatory Wildlife Biologist yesterday, I took a photo of its hind foot too. On the way back pass the rat on our morning walk, the crow had not come back for its prize. I don’t know if EFMN posted the presentation or not. But here is another “Wild Neighbors Speaker Series – Animal Tracks and Signs: The Language of Nature“. I have not watch this one yet, but plan too soon. This is the guy that wrote the app iTracks Wildlife.
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The annual Indian Paintbrushes (Castilleja indivisa) are starting to bloom!
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Close up of the beautiful red bracts. The actual flower is tiny.
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Keep looking!
Poor crow lost his meal
Interesting find!!