The last couple of weeks, I’ve been seeing four of these fellows on our lawn. They particularly like to congregate beneath the mulberry tree.
For a while, I thought they might be immature turkey vultures. I have yet to spot one, even though they nest nearby. But much observation and the above photo show that they are American crows.
While the American crow enjoys his freedom, children in the area are not. The new school year started today. In my days as a scholar that didn’t happen until after Labor Day. Today, the students end their school year earlier.
That came back to me when I saw a bus whizzing by yesterday. Strange that it was neither early morning nor in the mid to late afternoon.
Sylvia informed me that it was a new driver who was driving the route under supervision of an experienced driver. That makes sense.
Do keep an eye out for the school bus and obey the safety rules for the children’s sake.
I really like that picture of the crow….reminds me of growing up on a farm and having lots of crows around our place. Now I live on a farm again, but never see any crows to speak of. Maybe it’s because there aren’t any barns with cows and horses on this stretch of the road. !!
No school buses yet ….maybe sometime soon. Can hardly believe that I retired from teaching 31 years ago…Where did all that time go ???
I see more vultures now than I did back then. Sylvia retired from teaching 18 years ago. We’ve had a lot less sickness since then.
Lucky kids– “ours” went back two weeks ago. In re Lin’s “explanation” and your response, sure, starting school in the middle of the summer makes as much sense as testing, testing– oh, never mind.
I agree.
They start school earlier so that the testing can be completed before the holidays. Kids are back in school here too. It’s weird, I am so out of the “school zone” now with the kids gone. But, I still see the bus at the corner picking up kids.
Thanks, Lin. That makes sense. It’s been over thirty years since our younger son graduated and went into the Air Force. We are far removed from “school daze.” Sylvia retired from teaching 18 years ago. It’s just the yellow bus whizzing by that reminds me that school is back in session.