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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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Helendegenerate · 02/01/2024 11:50

All we really know is that the OP and possibly her husband are being very cagey.

Sorry again. 🐦🐤🐦

Chailattelover · 02/01/2024 11:56

I'm worried too. Hope op is ok

decionsdecisions62 · 02/01/2024 12:11

I'm going to bet this thread was complete made up by the op.

AnImaginaryCat · 02/01/2024 12:27

CeratopsofthePharoahs · 02/01/2024 08:43

And somewhere in a desolate field swings a sad skeleton, with the words "We do not forget we do not forgive" etched into the bones by beak. Don't mess with Crownonymous.

This is a possibility.

I bet it's not on the news as I bet there a corvid out there who has something on someone high up in the press.

Probably a Jay. They are quiet flashy sorts.

Doingitsolo2023 · 02/01/2024 12:29

Oh gosh! hope goes ok

Helendegenerate · 02/01/2024 12:47

@decionsdecisions62

Entirely possible. She's certainly stopped squawking that's for sure.

surreygirl1987 · 02/01/2024 12:55

Such a weird thread.

Somatosensational · 02/01/2024 13:00

Alas we will carrion regardless

reallyworriedjobhunter · 02/01/2024 13:04

Somatosensational · 02/01/2024 13:00

Alas we will carrion regardless

Xmas Grin
reallyworriedjobhunter · 02/01/2024 13:09

Same thing happened to Madonna a few years back and she hasn't been the same since.

To be scared that I’m still marked by the crows?
Calliopespa · 02/01/2024 13:09

Somatosensational · 02/01/2024 13:00

Alas we will carrion regardless

😂

Calliopespa · 02/01/2024 13:10

I think we have been led on a wild goose chase of sorts.

TheseLegsDefinitelyUsedToBeLonger · 02/01/2024 13:11

Somatosensational · 02/01/2024 13:00

Alas we will carrion regardless

Oh dear… that’s… I can’t decide whether it’s brilliant, awful, or both! 😂

octoberfarm · 02/01/2024 13:11

Somatosensational · 02/01/2024 13:00

Alas we will carrion regardless

😂😂😂

butterpuffed · 02/01/2024 13:21

OP's been robin' us blind

lollipoprainbow · 02/01/2024 13:26

Stone the crows !

Somatosensational · 02/01/2024 13:39

Maybe she went out raven afterwards and is too hungover to update

Calliopespa · 02/01/2024 13:50

Somatosensational · 02/01/2024 13:39

Maybe she went out raven afterwards and is too hungover to update

Went out raven! 🤣

LauderSyme · 02/01/2024 14:08

I can't believe no update! As soon as I remembered this thread today I flew straight as the crow flies to mumsnet to learn OP's fate.

C'mon @ChoccyOrangeYum , comic timing is one thing (and if you did make this all up, at least you provoked an eggcellent thread) but this is beyond a yolk now.

Why would someone invent such a specifically unusual story? Please come back OP and fabricate an equally entertaining conclusion for us if you have to!

Lucytheloose · 02/01/2024 14:10

She announced to the crows that she needed two dozen of them for a pie.......there is no coming back from that.

magnitude100 · 02/01/2024 14:12

How do crows stick together in a flock?

Velcrow.

Aria20 · 02/01/2024 14:14

Love some of these jokes Grin

Emotionalsupportviper · 02/01/2024 14:22

Annonymiss123 · 02/01/2024 09:34

I assume she’s one of them now. 😱

🎧🎶We're squawking in the air . . .
we're cawing in
the rain-filled sky...
the people far below
are shrieking as we fly

          We're holding very tight
          We're never letting <strong>Chocky</strong> go
          The source of all the cheese
          Suspended in the breeze
          Be warned the rest of you...  🎶
Greentomatoes21 · 02/01/2024 14:24

Emotionalsupportviper · 02/01/2024 14:22

🎧🎶We're squawking in the air . . .
we're cawing in
the rain-filled sky...
the people far below
are shrieking as we fly

          We're holding very tight
          We're never letting <strong>Chocky</strong> go
          The source of all the cheese
          Suspended in the breeze
          Be warned the rest of you...  🎶

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Emotionalsupportviper · 02/01/2024 14:26

prepastyrously · 02/01/2024 11:43

Oh god, I’ve just seen that someone suggested she went out dressed as a scarecrow. Why is everything about this thread so unbelievably great? I am honestly howling.

It is the best thread.

Lots of crow-related information

Lots of fun

Nobody being snarky with anyone else

An Air of Mystery worthy of the Golden Age of Crime Fiction . . .

I'm loving every minute of it.

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