went on a walk with my dog today - didn't see or hear any crows. that used to be really rare, i hope that tree coming down didn't push them out of this part of the neighborhood.

anyways, i know they know where i live and so i expect them to stop back in soon if they get hungry.

@exiliaex there's more good reasons to demolish that guy's home than he had for that tree but that would be violence where this is just yard care

@ZiaNitori i know, right? i mean truthfully i don't want to hurt the guy that did it, but it weighs so heavy on my heart that no one considers what happened to that tree or the eggs in the nests when cutting the tree down.

@exiliaex of course, it's just so infuriating that you're looked at as insane if you call the destruction of habitat violent. their homes make the world a better place to live in while the tombs humans call houses are a blight on the land around them

@exiliaex i hope they return. I wish crows lived by my house your relationship with them sounds really rewarding

@destroy i find it really rewarding, honestly. i find all of my developing relationships with animals really rewarding. they've taught me a lot about how focus - what i let my attention rest on, how i think about it - shapes my experience of the world in general.

@exiliaex I’ve been wondering about cultivating a relationship with the squirrels in the trees in front of my house but also I don’t want to invite them to be comfortable with sneaking into our attic and storing nuts there so I’m torn

@destroy squirrels can apparently remember people pretty well and routinely return to food sites. if you bring some nuts with you to a third location (away from your home) and you toss some nuts when you see some squirrels you will probably start developing a relationship with them. though, i think the likelihood of attempts at stealing or biting you are probably slightly higher with squirrels than with crows.

@exiliaex good idea! I could befriend the squirrels in the park across the street! Gives me something to do outdoors

@exiliaex also my front yard squirrels know me it’s pretty neat they’ll just hang out on the lawn looking for seeds while I walk past they don’t even run up the tree anymore