I have seen seagulls drop clams and cockles on a road in the San Juan Island
area of WA. State. but, there were no crows with them.
Russ
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From: "David Campbell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: [CONCH-L] Nautilus, 104 years ago.
> While looking for articles on various species, I encountered the
> following:
>
> CLAM-OROUS CROWS.-The following newspaper clipping, if true, shows
> that the amiable, inoffensive clams of the Northwest coast are having
> a hard time of it, and are entitled to the sympathy of all
> conchologists without distinction of age, sex, or color:
> "Scare-crows are now placed upon slate roofs in Victoria, B. C. The
> crows, which swarm on the beach and dig for clams, fly over the
> buildings and drop the clams on the roof, by this means breaking the
> shells and leaving the meat free to be eaten. In many cases, when the
> clams were dropped, the slate would be broken."
> Such conduct on the part of the crows is certainly discreditable;
> they should be placed on the black-list.
> Ill fare the clams to hungry crows a prey,
> And brought to grief in such a crow-ill way.
>
> Robert Stearns, 1904, Nautilus, 17(10):120.
>
>
> --
> Dr. David Campbell
> 425 Scientific Collections
> University of Alabama
> "I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams"
>
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