Conversation

Yesterday I discovered that not only do #crows distinguish between people, but also between #cats.

There's a neighborhood cat whose presence is always announced by the outraged crows yelling and swooping at him. But they pay no attention to our cat, even if he's walking right by them. i can only assume that the other cat has menaced them or their nests in some way, and Stanley never does that.

Anyway, yesterday three crows were standing quietly on our driveway apron looking at Stanley, as he sat looking back at them and meowing chattily from no more than 10 feet away.

To Stanley, a #bird is a person if he's ever seen us talking to it. I've spoken to scrub #jays, #hummingbirds and crows in his presence, and since then I've seen him talk to them as well.