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Monday, March 21, 2016

A Few Small Things

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A couple little things I don't want to forget...  Flossing with Fig is a challenge. She is after that floss like nobody's busin...

Progress Report on Affection, Bonding, and Communication

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The first two years with Fig, I continuously used touch as a means to communicate. Specifically, touch was the way I permitted her to e...
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

March Nesting Update

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Life with Fig is so varied and interesting. Today I came home, brought her in, and she sits quietly. Yesterday, same routine, but she vocal...
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Is Fig Unique?

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I imagine many people have raised baby crows that were found on the ground fledging, injured in traffic, or orphaned. And I imagine in a ma...
Friday, February 12, 2016

Notes on Memory and Communication

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Three years in to caring for Fig, life is still full of surprises. A tale of memory... So recently Fig insists on washing the dishes to...

Jail Break

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As I stated in my last post, I was planning to replace the flimsy material that has fenced Fig in, or rather fenced her siblings out, as co...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Xmas with the Relatives

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It is late December. In fact, tomorrow is New Year's Eve. And you would think the local Crows were gearing up for a party. What is al...
Sunday, December 20, 2015

Toilet Training...Accomplished!

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Success! I have no idea how it has happened, but Fig is now, for all appearances, cooperatively toilet “trained”. What this means is th...
Friday, December 18, 2015

Someone's Still A Tad Camera Shy

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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Toilet Training

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Had a very interesting experience with Fig the other day in regards to potty training. As I have written, she sits on my lap for extended...
Friday, December 11, 2015

On Peanut Butter

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Just want to write this down before I forget. When Fig was younger, I used to give her bread with peanut butter, but I had to be extremel...

Peas and Corn

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My wife was feeding peas and corn to Fig the other day.  Fig loves corn, but she is not a huge fan of peas. In fact to get her to eat them ...
Thursday, December 10, 2015

Toilet Training

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I have read that toilet training a Crow is impossible. But I managed to toilet train a lovebird in the past, so I cannot imagine that toile...
Sunday, November 29, 2015

The Game of Go

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I have been playing Go for a number of years, but only recently did I decide to teach it to my kid. It occurred to me in the midst of exp...

Taming Fig

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Taming Fig has been a challenge. I have all the usual time constraints of a full-time worker, and parent. I have a young kid, and a cat in ...
Saturday, November 7, 2015

Thoughts on (Human) Learning

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It occurs to me, that so many things we know, and do are the result of serendipity. I mean agriculture, wine, yogurt, leavened bread, peni...

Quick Update on Fig

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Ah the world of Fig is an interesting one. Let's see...real quick entry. Riiiiiiiight. Fig's Mom is a regular visitor now. She vi...