SOMETIME ago my attention was attracted by the curious behaviour of a pair of Carrion-Crows (Corvus c. corone). They were on a house in one of the new housing estates near London, and were engaged in Walking or half-running up and down the sloping roof with wings flapping. Each time they descended they inserted their beaks underneath the eaves. I watched them for some time through my binoculars a...

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