A complaint has been filed in a municipal court in Warwick, Rhode Island against a woman named Lynne Taylor stating she has taught her bird to swear at her neighbor. The neighbor is Kathleen Melker she is the next door neighbor of Ms Taylor and lives with Taylor's ex-husband Craig Fontaine. The houses are fairly close together (50 feet) and Ms Melker claims that anytime she is in eye sight of the bird it swears at her calling her a "fucking whore". Needless to say this is causing a bit of a problem. The Warwick Police have been called over a dozen time to the houses and have cited Taylor with a noise ordinance complaint. Melker has video taped the bird screaming out of the window at her. On the video tape the bird is clearly heard to say "fuck off" and "fucking whore". Both parties have taken out restraining orders. There have also been complaints of rock throwing and garden hose spraying. Taylor at on point painted a large mural on a rundown building on her property of a cockatoo aka the swearing bird. She has removed the mural and has now painted her car with a cockatoo.
When the case went to court Taylor was fined $15 for the noise violation. Willy the cockatoo was not called to testify. Taylor is contesting the fine.
The moral of this story: Never move in next to your ex-wife and her foul mouthed bird.
The American crow is one bad ass bird! If you are a crow you do what you please and if you decide you want to you just fly. Crows have attitude they don't walk on the ground they strut. They also belong to a gang. A group of crows isn't called a murder for no reason. Don't mess with a crow, they'll cut ya! Crows will also eat anything bugs, birds, fruit, vegetables and garbage if it is delicious. They are also rowdy birds. If they feel like putting up a stink or starting a fight they will. One on one they're fine but they generally like to hang out in a group. If they decide they want to hang out on your wall or fence tough luck. Crows can be shooed but but not driven away. Equally at home on a tree top or standing in the middle of a quiet street crows are survivors. Where they nest is anybody's guess. They mate for life and the members of their murder are family. A crow's iridescent black feathers and larger wind span allow them to soar. This is when they are vunerable to their only true predators. Hawks, eagles and large owls are the only things crows are afraid of. Crows are the rock'n'rollinest birds there are.
