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To be scared that I’m still marked by the crows?

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ChoccyOrangeYum · 31/12/2023 23:14

A couple of years ago I walked the dog on a local field. I know nothing about birds but I was later told it was their breeding season.

Anyway we must have got too close to their nests as they suddenly started flying around irrationally, making a hell of a racket screaming etc and then started dive bombing the dog. The dog thought this was fun so started chasing the crows. All hell broke loose basically and we were suddenly surrounded by crows going mental. We made a quick exit!!

I left it a few days then took the dog back on the field but after speaking to locals about the crows I stayed away from the back of the field (where they’re breeding) and kept dog in lead. As soon as we stepped on the field the noise started up again and the crows appeared and started dive bombing again! There was someone else on the field with a dog who the crows were totally ignoring!

We left and after a bit of research I found that crows remember faces and don’t forgive easily 😬 so we didn’t go back on.

A whole year later we went back on assuming the old crows won’t be there anymore but we were on there 5 minutes before it all started again. These birds are not bothering anyone else on the field, just me!!

Anyway my neighbour has suggested we go for a walk in the field tomorrow morning but I’m shit scared of the birds. Will they still go for me if I don’t have the dog?! Will they ever move on from the incident 2 years ago or am I banned from the field for life?!

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IncompleteSenten · 01/01/2024 16:03

I'm assuming they killed you but on the off chance you made it out alive you need to go there regularly, without your dog, and take gifts until they forgive you.

And never let your dog anywhere near their young again.

AInightingale · 01/01/2024 16:06

Why no update?

Bet a crow has swooped down and snatched OP's phone out of her hand and it's up the top of an oak tree.

Emotionalsupportviper · 01/01/2024 16:06

Ivecomeoutoflurking · 01/01/2024 11:56

I've just stumbled across this fantastic thread but slightly worried that it seems the OPs update time of an hour has been and gone. Has anyone started a search party??

I'm hoping she took Christmas leftovers and a bottle of sherry, and she is leading a drunken line of crows in a raucous conga through the fields and woods . . .

DancefloorAcrobatics · 01/01/2024 16:09

@ChoccyOrangeYum are you ok?

We know waiting times in A&E are atrocious, but we hope your friend & dog managed to fight them off before the crows sent you to ICU.
If not, please ditch the friend and dog ... and move country to get away from the crows!

Emotionalsupportviper · 01/01/2024 16:10

Singleandproud · 01/01/2024 13:09

@CatkinToadflax crows are fine with eggs, unless a crow eats a crow egg and then they are ostracised, put on trial and pecked to death (that is what actually happens - not a humorous quip).

They also mate for life, and "try" and "condemn" adulterers, too.

Crows have a strict moral code

boatyardblues · 01/01/2024 16:15

Threewheeler1 · 01/01/2024 14:44

Oh my god, Vegemite, this is hilarious and terrifying at the same time 😮😂
We live amongst flying dinosaurs🦃 (ok, it's a turkey, not a pterodactyl)
I will now be wearing goggles every time I leave the house. Hoping you can get prescription ones or I might not last long out there.
I'm learning a lot about birds today & feel like I might have underestimated their intelligence/desire to eat humans eyeballs 😧

Ta da!

https://www.prescription-swimming-goggles.co.uk/

Optical & prescription swimming goggles or diving masks | Prescription Swimming Goggles

https://www.prescription-swimming-goggles.co.uk/

Threewheeler1 · 01/01/2024 16:17

I am saved🤓They'll never take my eyeballs alive!

Emotionalsupportviper · 01/01/2024 16:17

AhBiscuits · 01/01/2024 13:51

My sister got attacked by a goose. It came at her and she tried to scamper away backwards and fell into a wheelbarrow. I swear to god it laughed.

Pfft!

I've been attacked by geese loads of times. One stuck its head up my culottes and bit my backside (I picked it up by the neck and swung it round and threw it as far as I could- not far as I am a weed - but it didn't come back, the bastard!

Don’t some people have geese instead of guard dogs? Or did I dream that.

The ancient Romans used them to guard the city. They are vicious, and they make a LOT of noise.

WitsEnd10 · 01/01/2024 16:18

I’m waiting for an update which reads;

”Choccy dead. You next.

Crow.”

Emotionalsupportviper · 01/01/2024 16:19

WitsEnd10 · 01/01/2024 16:18

I’m waiting for an update which reads;

”Choccy dead. You next.

Crow.”

😧

IncompleteSenten · 01/01/2024 16:19

Emotionalsupportviper · 01/01/2024 16:06

I'm hoping she took Christmas leftovers and a bottle of sherry, and she is leading a drunken line of crows in a raucous conga through the fields and woods . . .

If she made it out alive I don't care what she updates, I'm going to believe this happened.

ElephantOnSticks · 01/01/2024 16:20

CormorantStrikesBack · 01/01/2024 15:58

Apparently some crows in Japan are currently predicting a tsunami and are gathering up high on some buildings and going bonkers.

Looks like they were right....

herewegoagainonmydog · 01/01/2024 16:20

WitsEnd10 · 01/01/2024 16:18

I’m waiting for an update which reads;

”Choccy dead. You next.

Crow.”

Omg this thread is amazing!

Thoughts and prayers for your safe return OP

Branster · 01/01/2024 16:21

😂 @WitsEnd10
I'ma but reluctant to turn on the news later tonight in case the update will be on there!

OP I do hope you survived the walk.

This has been the most informative and amusing thread I’ve ever seen on MN

Emotionalsupportviper · 01/01/2024 16:24

Threewheeler1 · 01/01/2024 15:43

I've got some slightly rank crimbo parsnips and some cumberland sausages - was going to feed them to the kids, but am happy to prepare a crow appeasement food hamper in exchange for OP.

For God's sake - don't insult them with the parsnips!

They will NEVER forgive you - or anyone associated with you.

<hopes the crows don't find this thread>

Threewheeler1 · 01/01/2024 16:24

WitsEnd10 · 01/01/2024 16:18

I’m waiting for an update which reads;

”Choccy dead. You next.

Crow.”

😂No messing with WitsEnd10, straight to the* *hardcore end scenario!

boatyardblues · 01/01/2024 16:24

Emotionalsupportviper · 01/01/2024 16:17

Pfft!

I've been attacked by geese loads of times. One stuck its head up my culottes and bit my backside (I picked it up by the neck and swung it round and threw it as far as I could- not far as I am a weed - but it didn't come back, the bastard!

Don’t some people have geese instead of guard dogs? Or did I dream that.

The ancient Romans used them to guard the city. They are vicious, and they make a LOT of noise.

Edited

This up-culotte bum pinching goose anecdote has made me laugh hard enough to wake the sleeping cat on my lap. 🤣

boatyardblues · 01/01/2024 16:27

ElephantOnSticks · 01/01/2024 16:20

Looks like they were right....

Bloody hell!

Japan earthquakes latest: victims ‘buried alive’ as buildings collapse.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/41a962f7-386d-4af7-862b-4aa4358adf85?shareToken=9f7d1b67c2190a1390b0623b4fbda9ea

Apologies for the dark turn, but after the PP said the crows were moving to higher places I checked the Times & lo!

Japan earthquakes latest: victims ‘buried alive’ as buildings collapse

Thousands are left without power as quakes trigger tsunami waves

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/41a962f7-386d-4af7-862b-4aa4358adf85?shareToken=9f7d1b67c2190a1390b0623b4fbda9ea

AhBiscuits · 01/01/2024 16:27

She'll update eventually. It takes a while to get used to typing without eyes.

AInightingale · 01/01/2024 16:29

AhBiscuits · 01/01/2024 16:27

She'll update eventually. It takes a while to get used to typing without eyes.

🤣🤣Wicked!

IncompleteSenten · 01/01/2024 16:30

AhBiscuits · 01/01/2024 16:27

She'll update eventually. It takes a while to get used to typing without eyes.

You're assuming she's still got fingers.

Optimistic.

Emotionalsupportviper · 01/01/2024 16:30

HottestEverRecordedTemperature · 01/01/2024 15:08

TBH that is just a slight variation of my zombie apocalypse plan.

Throw DCat 1 at any zombies going.... then run.

(DCat is a Tortie. It would be her Best. Day. Ever).

I had 3 torties! They were the best cats ever!

When I took the littlest one to the vet one time I said 'Be careful - she bites" before he opened the box.

VET: "She's a tortoiseshell isn't she?"

ME: <shocked gasp>. Wha- . . . are you a WIZZARD!?

VET: No. Tortoiseshells are notoriously aggressive.

That's my girls! <proud>

shamshir · 01/01/2024 16:30

AhBiscuits · 01/01/2024 16:27

She'll update eventually. It takes a while to get used to typing without eyes.

😂😂😝

Threewheeler1 · 01/01/2024 16:31

Emotionalsupportviper · 01/01/2024 16:24

For God's sake - don't insult them with the parsnips!

They will NEVER forgive you - or anyone associated with you.

<hopes the crows don't find this thread>

I fear it may be too late, I jubilantly wanged them out the back door earlier - they'd gone slimy and were a step too far for feeding the family (even for me, and that particular standard bar is low)...
I think we'd better hide 👀

Mind you, they could possibly take one of my brothers, I have lots and he's a bit of pain in the arse. Also, he loves nature so would probably be happy living up a tree somewhere, eating scavenged tinfoil and roof tiles.

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