"Ema Nymton" > wrote in message
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> On 8/13/2014 4:38 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> On Tue, 12 Aug 2014 22:30:38 -0600, Mayo > wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/12/2014 7:40 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "Mayo" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On 8/12/2014 6:37 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>>> Janet Wilder wrote:
>>>>>>> Nancy2 wrote:
>>>>>>>> Didn't the Outback Steakhouse first start the peanuts on the floor
>>>>>>>> thing? I thought it was supposed
>>>>>>>> to be reflective of an Australian experience, somehow.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There was an earlier chain that did that, way before Outback. It
>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>> also a western steak house kind of place and I can't remember the
>>>>>>> name,
>>>>>>> but my kids loved that place.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Some forty years ago local eateries in north western Montana served
>>>>>> in-shell peanuts and they weren't chains. I think every bar and
>>>>>> eatery in Whitefish offered in-shell peanuts, Kalispell too.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Last time I was up there they still did!
>>>>>
>>>>> But it's the huckleberries that are to die for...
>>>>
>>>> I love our huckleberries here. Takes forever to pick them though.
>>>
>>> Sure can, then there's the bears...
>>
>> If only crows could be used like cormorants... those thieves
>> devour my blueberries... even well netted... they're very smart and
>> persistant, they'll work in teams dive bombing the netting pressing it
>> down so that their partner can reach the berries, and they share by
>> taking turns. Naturally they only take the perfectly ripened ones. A
>> few years ago I gave up on netting, let them have a good time. Crows
>> are the only bird I've met that know to fold a slice of bread in
>> quarters before flying off with it so it won't flap about hindering
>> their flight. Crows rarely eat where they find food, they bring it to
>> a safe place first... and they look about for several minutes before
>> snatching food to be sure they're not being tricked. I like crows,
>> they keep the planet clean and they're very entertaining... they don't
>> migrate so in winter they struggle to eat, so I feed my murder of
>> crows, they like meat trimmings, they love hotdogs. They must be
>> watching my back deck constantly, when I toss out the trimmed fat from
>> meat they are on the ground before I can close the door, and they are
>> watching from the tree tops some 500+ yards away.
> snip....
>
> Clever crows, you have there. Do a search on YouTube, "bird fishing with
> bread", birds are pretty smart.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNTw7GH325U

That Is Amazing!!!!!!

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