Mangled Foot

I saw Mangled foot today. She looks the worse for wear- she's lost weight and her feathers were ruffled in an unattractive manner , but I fed her some of my pizza.. I had not seen mangled foot for a month and was starting to thinkj she had died. i kept thinking that maybe she was brooding, but not having seen her even once had me worried. I saw her for the first time a few days ago and was so excited. I had pulled over near the nest i thought was hers and called her name quietly and suddenly she was in the tree watching me. I tossed out some peanuts and she swooped down and started to collect them. When I saw her foot and knew for certain that it was her I tossed her a piece of fish (fake crab) which she began to eat immediately. Today I was feeding the crows peanuts while i ate a slice of pizza i got from Lombardo's ($29 worth), but when she showed up I started sharing my pizza. I threw many pieces to or close to mangled Foot and she caught quite a few, but a few seagulls showed up and made it more difficult. Mangled Foot is smart and would place herself where she was in the area where i was tossing but away from the other birds - it is like a football player trying to make himself open for a pass. I am really happy to see that she is alive.

There were some very young crows that showed up for peanuts, but I could hear many more in the trees begging for food. I now recognize the sound of a baby begging then being fed - the sort of muffled sound mid begging.

The crow that eats from my hand took several pieces of pizza from my hand . I have decided to call him pretty boy. He was around a lot this past month so I am thinking he was not brooding and is not a female

I am very aware of the campers and do not want to disturb them. Last year there were two 1 child families camping right next to each other who complained even when I was only taking photo graphs from the road. Both were quite rude and I do not want a repeat. Read more!