Does it seem like we’re seeing far more crows and ravens than ever before around Redwood City and San Carlos?
While these birds are noted as being smart, when I’m driving around and see that many, I always feel like I’m in a horror movie of some sort. This logically leads me to be suspicious of my passengers since according to all the movies I'’ve seen, this is a sign that anyone of them could turn zombie any minute! My passengers are often my kids, which leads me to thinking which would easier to care for, my kids as they are or zombie kids? But then my wife would be pretty upset that I allowed the kids to become zombies. You know, it would probably impact their SAT scores, then they couldn’t get into a good college and have low zombie self esteem . . . I’m getting off point.
For the record, ravens are the steroid popping, pro ball players of the black bird world. They can weigh four times more
than a crow. I saw a raven land on a small tree in Redwood City a couple weeks ago and thought the tree was going to topple over! Maybe the tree just withered and died upon his touching it - I have to look up if they have that power?
Anyway, it’s becoming quite common to see gangs of 20-30 birds walking around our San Carlos and Redwood City streets. Seeing them is creepy enough, but hearing them is the worst. When they all start cawing, I genuinely feel that they just signaled the beginning of Armageddon - I actually believe that I saw the four horseman out of the corner of my eye once!!! |
