Crows just showing off?
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Bring back separate pullout

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Summer 2004

CROWS ACROSS THE POND

Dear Editor,

I was delighted to find your Web site on Google because it explained something we saw this morning while we were walking our dog. There were three crows taking it in turns to hang upside down from a telephone cable near the park. They were using their beaks and claws to hang on, and we were mystified as to why they were doing it.

To discover from your Web site ("A Murder of Crows," Winter 2004) that they were just showing off to each other is brilliant!

Sharon Sibley
Ruislip, England

Editors' Note: Since we've never been able to get a crow to confide in us, we can't say for sure that they were "showing off." Animals may have entirely different motivations from humans for seemingly similar behaviors, but it's also entirely reasonable to think that they share a great deal, psychologically speaking, with us.

SAVE THE WILD PULLOUT

Dear Editor,

I have enjoyed Chicago Wilderness for several years and appreciate your upgrades and new look — except for one detail. I especially liked having Into the Wild as a pullout on light card stock. I keep them in a separate portfolio to take along on visits to forest preserves. The Spring 2004 issue has included the information, maps, helpful hints, etc., but not in a pullout form or on substantial paper. Perhaps enough comments will be coming in to restore the former format. Thanks.

Irene F. Hansen
Oak Park, Illinois