The Carrion Crow And The European Chafer Beetle Grubs
Lunging black bill digs
And jabs and hacks
Into lawn’s coarse grass,
As beetle grubs are hunted;
Thrusting black neck drags
And bobs and hauls
A bayonet beak,
Its blade thick and stunted…
Straining black legs tense
And root and stomp
Upon ripped grass clumps,
As the garden spoils;
Flailing black wings fuss
And rap and flutter,
As prey is gouged:
Yet still the scavenger toils…
Pete Ray
October 2018
An October demolition of my front lawn by a pair of Carrion Crows.
They are digging for grass-root feeders European Chafer Beetle grubs, which have wrecked several lawns in the road.
A Cambridge University lawn has also been attacked, apparently…
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| ONE CROW FLEW ACROSS THE ROAD TO WAIT FOR ME TO DISAPPEAR... |
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