birds.

we've got a serious case of crows!
no joke,
they're big like dinosaurs!!!
i mean it,
they look like pterodons...
i was under the shadow from one of 'em
and i thought there was a solar eclipse goin' on.
i'm pretty sure i saw one eat a whole loaf of bread.
in one gulp.
there are a few books about the whole family of black birds,
like bird brains, for a start, 
that keep the props administered pretty gnarly-like,
and let's not forget about hugin and munin,
thought and memory,
the tag-team messengers of the o.g. wisdom keeper,
my main man Wotan....
we like havin' the big bastards around so much,
that instead of filling up and keeping up with bird feeders,
(although we throw seeds out and about once in a while)
as fresh and sweet and cute as swallows sparrows and chickadees are,
we lure the fattie-boombatties back to the berserker buffet because
we take all the organic waste from the fridge,
and all the odds & ends from dinner preparations each night,
and dump 'em out in a few strategic locations around the property.
it was supposed to become a compost pile set-up,
but mostly,
it's all about crows
(and, to a quieter and less obtrusive extent, red and grey squirrels).
occasionally we get some turkeys,
and the blue jays converge en masse every morning,
but the dominant battle-beast dotting the treeline
manifests in murders and unkindnesses.
they're big like 'eat a small dog' sized,
and they bring the thunder every single day.
i'm gonna miss this particular posse of compost purloining corvids.
hard.
i mean,
c'mon,
what is there not to be into?
big, black, burly, and belligerent.
just like my balls, b!tches....
and they're camera-shy, too.
again,
just like the huevos...

and don't forget about this.
never quiet, never soft....