Snookums has been exploring the yard on a leash being cautiously adventurous the last few days of sunny warmth. The healthiest apple tree is in magnificent bloom, and last night at 11:30 we started digging out the overgrown pavers that make several paths through the yard and this tiny patio (it was cool and dim but not dark, perfect working conditions if one didn't have to be awake in the morning). It turned a bit archaeological as they are all much larger than we realized, so there's going to be more time devoted to digging them out than anticipated.
There was a really noisy hooded crow looking over our yard and the neighbors' when we came outside today, and it was talking so loud I started imitating it immediately after, like an annoying sibling or cousin, yes, but I have precedent! I do this all the time to the cats, so it's habit! Anyway, my crow noises are MUCH lower quality than my cat noises, but I was recognizable enough that the crow was reacting with... curiosity, I think; it fluttered about, moved from spot to spot inside the tree, and tried out different sounds with some spaces in between before flying away, croaking the whole time. Then a while later what I
think was a different crow appeared and started talking again, but from farther away, so it was perhaps not really related. But I like to think the crow went and got someone else and brought them to witness the imitator.
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