[Magdalen] Some sort of loved hymns

[Jay Weigel]

Well, a group of crows is called a "murder". Although I have a sneaking
fondness for them, I do get a kick out of watching one of them, in turn,
being harassed by two or three small birds <g>

There is a bunch of crows that gather every few days in the trees across
the road from our house for what I can only describe as a conversation.
When I listen to the cawing, it has a definite conversational tone, with
various members of the flock chiming in; one has a distinctly high-pitched
tone than the others, but I am beginning to be able to distinguish several
different "voices" among them. Different ones will "speak", there will be
sounds of "agreement" or "disagreement" among the flock, sometimes one or
more will fly off, circle round, and come back, and the conversation will
go on. It generally seems to last anywhere from a half hour to well over an
hour and is quite fascinating to watch and listen to. I can't help
wondering what it's all about.

On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 12:21 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> Awwww ... Judy.
>
> Am I having a senior moment, or am i remembering fev'rish?
>
> And what is the word for when crows torment a hawk? We have
> a family of feisty crows and one resident red-tail and for the past
> two days I've been watching those crows gang up on the poor
> fellow, pulling at his tail feathers in flight. No corpses yet, but the
> battle's heating up.
> -M
>
> On Thursday, April 2, 2015, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Bill and I met singing in a church choir. As we prepared for the first
> walk
> > through of the procession I heard a music that was not what we had
> chosen.
> > It was Turn back O man forswear thy foolish ways.  And I thought the
> choir
> > organist was a friend.
> >
> >
>