{"id":24032,"date":"2015-10-22T19:37:09","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T19:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=24032"},"modified":"2015-10-22T19:45:45","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T19:45:45","slug":"crows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/10\/crows\/","title":{"rendered":"crows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An ebony cloak<br \/>\nStrong legs a strong bill<br \/>\nVery intelligent<br \/>\nCan remain still<br \/>\nAlmost a statue<br \/>\nHas learned to use tools<br \/>\nEven construct them<br \/>\nNot one of the fools<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the bird brain<br \/>\nMay give some away<br \/>\nBut this handsome devil<br \/>\nThey like to play<br \/>\nThey have a great memory<br \/>\nHiding their food<br \/>\nTheir group is a murder<br \/>\nOn killing they are viewed<\/p>\n<p>As pretty damn clever<br \/>\nOther birds, can<br \/>\nFrogs  and the insects<br \/>\nThat do it to man<br \/>\nThe farmers are cagey<br \/>\nBut attract the crow<br \/>\nWho will eat up the types<br \/>\nThat mess with the flow<\/p>\n<p>They love their own being<br \/>\nAnd often they sAy<br \/>\nA Big dish of oil<br \/>\nWill catch them for they<br \/>\nLook in the oil at their reflection<br \/>\nThats all<br \/>\nAnd can very easily then well just fall<br \/>\nThey recognise friends<br \/>\nIn the,  human sphere<br \/>\nAnd will bring you gifts<br \/>\nThat they find around here<br \/>\nA ring for your finger<br \/>\nA brooch for your coat If a window is open<br \/>\nThey are worthy of note<br \/>\nThey will pick up the glitter<br \/>\nAnd bring it to you<br \/>\nYour own little thief<br \/>\nKnows what to do<\/p>\n<p>Tis said they predict rain<br \/>\nAnd the future too<br \/>\nWitches may care for some<br \/>\nMaybe you do<br \/>\nThey have special powers<br \/>\nFor they came from the East<br \/>\nOn earthworms and fruit<br \/>\nThey do like to feast<\/p>\n<p>The crow and the raven<br \/>\nThe jackdaw as well<br \/>\nCorvus the genus<br \/>\nThe rook may also tell<\/p>\n<p>The crow boys are at it<br \/>\nBoth day and both night<br \/>\nIts easy to pet them<br \/>\nIn the moon light<br \/>\nMagic their middle name<br \/>\nCovens agree<br \/>\nCome with the crow<br \/>\nAnd fly with the bee<br \/>\nWeave with the spider<br \/>\nFor your  guarantee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ebony cloak Strong legs a strong bill Very intelligent Can remain still Almost a statue Has learned to use tools Even construct them Not one of the fools Sometimes the bird brain May give some away But this handsome &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/10\/crows\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[134],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wild-birds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24032"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24038,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24032\/revisions\/24038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}