The Mystery & Majesty of Crows with Special Guest, The Corvid Corner

Curious Cat - where science & supernatural collide · Feb 3, 2023 · 45m

Full disclosure - I haven’t always loved crows. It wasn’t that many years ago when I walked into an aviary at Woodland Park Zoo and had a panic attack. Being shut into a confined space with birds flitting here and there called to mind Alfred Hitchcock’s classic, The Birds. I had to step outside and collect myself on a stone bench.

Later though, when I became a mother, I saw birds through the eyes of my children. We set up fairy houses in the yard and watched for hummingbirds. My first trip to Alaska sealed the deal. Yeah, we have bald eagles in Seattle. They sometimes circle in the skies…