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

[ChoccyOrangeYum]

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?!

It has been a lovely thread, hasn't it?

Sharing info and anecdotes and loads of crow/OP speculation.

Fun and educational.

Do hope OP comes back, though. Her e-mail must be chock full of notifications.

😂

even if she comes back to say it was all a wind up...

I don't know about others, but I have been googling crows abduction and various other word combinations. Nada! Complete silence. They sure know how to cover their tracks these clever birds!

We would forgive her in a heartbeat!

Doing an internet scrub is a piece of cake for birds with Einsteinium intellects.

Even with claws.

@Emotionalsupportviper amazingly good thread, absolutely!
I've learned so much and laughed so much.
It's annoying I can't share with anyone in RL.

😂 they probably did this using OP's phone to access the internet. Complete sweep and clean.

i too shall raise a glass, with a side order of some cubes of cheese.

i too shall raise a glass, with a side order of some cubes of cheese.

A glass of CAWston Press, I hope.

Seriously though, a crime may have been committed against OP. Hopefully the police and CROWn Prosecution Service are on it.

And a bowl of pickled onions - they look very like eyeballs . . .

I don't think we're getting an update are we lol!

We aren’t getting an update, op has gone NC with us, caw-d be one of many reasons. Maybe all the birds are in on it. Murder plot by the crows.Smothered by tits. Pecked to death by the “peckers (wood variety). Shagged to death by the shags. We may never find out because birds are clever.

OP maybe be fine, and enjoying her work from afar, come back @ChoccyOrangeYum and give us a wink if you still have eyes to wink from.

OP will have read every post on this thread. Hope it amused her (him?) They may have been contributing too. Nice one!

☺

I wonder if OP and her neighbour met with an untimely end , two's company , three's a CROWd .

Hope,she hasn't crowked

There is a reason a group of them are called a murder of crows.

so . Did you survive???

He sounds lovely, treasure that Dad!

They'll probably not trust the food source the first time, possibly the first few times. They're smart. But other animals will eat it and be fine, they'll eventually trust it.

All I can say is that it’s cruel, HQ, to put a link titled “Read the thread here and find out whether the crows released Choccy” in the Round-up only for us to click on it never to discover what happened!

Day 5 of Crowfest here, and not a single Crow has been to see me. The food is going though. Dh reckons it's the cat, but I think he's too fussy.

Maybe your crows are the ones that have feasted off Choccy, and therefore are full, or have developed a taste for humans so strong that cheese just won’t be accepted. 🥺

But I'm giving them cat biscuits. Full of meaty goodness AND satisfying crunch.

Well my fear of birds have multiplied by 100! Hope OP survived. Really hoping for an update....