A pint-sized crow chirped fiercely outside, flapping its wings up and down limping in circles. While a family of crows hovered, squawking fiercer from the telephone wires above.
All week flocks of crows swooped down, screeching, chasing away cats, dogs, and raccoons whenever the baby chattered dramatically. Once, a car swerved in the direction of the injured bird. But, a neighbor rescued the baby to the sidewalk, running while the crows attacked his back.
Finally, the baby chick took off in flight, and it quieted down — this little slice of nature put on center stage in our ordinary everyday neighborhood.
All week flocks of crows swooped down, screeching, chasing away cats, dogs, and raccoons whenever the baby chattered dramatically. Once, a car swerved in the direction of the injured bird. But, a neighbor rescued the baby to the sidewalk, running while the crows attacked his back.
Finally, the baby chick took off in flight, and it quieted down — this little slice of nature put on center stage in our ordinary everyday neighborhood.
