Black Jack's Story, The tale of a Scalawag

[Jason K.]

Wooing you say. my wooing worked so well i had to move all my charm's to their own room downstair's...

[Second Hand Pat]

Jay...so you have your own fish room?

[Jason K.]

yes, just finished it... put the last of the tank's down there this morning. if I were creative enough in the literal sense I would write a story. it would be called... the fishroom fiasco! you see I may be good with stuctural problem's and what not.thing's like writing and photography are beyond me. hell i'm sure it's taken all of ten minute's to compose this have a@@ correctly... I'll try to get either my son or my brother to help me post some pic's, once all are settled in.

[Second Hand Pat]

I would love to see pictures of your fish room, once all are settled of course. If I can help with posting pictures holler back. I upload my pictures to photobucket and post them here via the Insert Image. Sorry if moving all was a PITA but sure it will be worth it once done.

[saltydog]

loved the story Pat! hopefully there are little Black jacks all around you!!

[Second Hand Pat]

loved the story Pat! hopefully there are little Black jacks all around you!!

Hum, now that you mention it the crow nesting activity around the house did seem to increase after Jack left.

[vera]

.One day talking to my neighbor John who is in one or two of the stories. John told me he used knowing a tame crow as a dating tool. He would tell ladies he took a fancy to that he knew a tame crow and they would to come over and watch Jack steal crackers from John's hand. John never shared whether he scored or not.

pathetic lol
bet he miss BJ

[Second Hand Pat]

pathetic lol
bet he miss BJ

Me too

[brewmaster15]

Pat,
I just saw this story here, what a great read.. It reminded me of a certain common crow I kept for a month that was caught and injured by my cat when I was a teenager. They are an amazing bird, and very intelligent...... we let ours go as soon as it could fly again....but I pleaded and begged for my parents to let me keep him.... Their wisdom prevailed...They pulled the..."Your cats going to wind up killing it if we keep it" whiich was true as my cat at that time was a notorious predator of anything that moved let alone flew... Legend has it that my neighbor watched him pounce on a red shouldered hawk that was attempting to take away one of kittens. All our cats after this one have been indoors only.

I too think you should publish the story....Its a great read.

-al

[Second Hand Pat]

Thanks Al, I bet you still miss that crow even through you had it for only a month. I had three crows as a kid, Inky, Midnight and Scrawny. Inky was an adult whose flight feathers were eaten away by mites (guessing here). My dad and I treated this bird and finally got it's feathers right so it could go free. It was not happy as a caged bird and did not accept being handled by people.

I raided a nest and acquired Midnight and Scrawny as fledglings. I know..me bad. I was a kid and crows were not protected then. I see some possible Midnight stories.

[Keith Perkins]

Pat - I finally picked up the phone and gave my mother call. After greetings I told her I was going to test her memory from about 70 years ago...she was thrilled. Happy to say she passed the test with flying colors though, their pet crows name was Josey.

[Second Hand Pat]

Thanks Keith and glad your mom passed her test. Josey a great name.

Seems like there is quite a few pet crows. Al had one too for a short time.

[vera]

I raided a nest and acquired Midnight and Scrawny as fledglings. I know..me bad. I was a kid and crows were not protected then. I see some possible Midnight stories.

wait !! i'll make coffee LOL

[Pardal]

I will be looking forward for another nice reading and excellent story.

Julian.

[Second Hand Pat]

Bumping this up in case some of the newer members might like a different read.