Shooting Crows

Domestic Tanzanian crows are fine birds. They're like Indian black crows (in the picture) but a bit larger and have white chests. Their Indian cousins, however, are a true menace. Originally imported from India for their "handy" ability to keep the streets clean, or so the story goes, they are simply everywhere nowadays. They're noisy, arrogant, and like most crows extremely intelligent. They're also egg-thieves, as we say in Finnish, for they destroy the nests of smaller birds.


So Danny and I found a new hobby. Crow-shooting. We have an airgun (or bee-bee gun) which we borrowed from a friend. Whoever has used an airgun knows that it's nearly impossible to hit a flying bird. But of my "hits" 25%, three crows in total, have fallen from the sky. I won't say what my total count is though... Danny made an incredible shot today. He hit a flying crow from 15 meters in the eye. But I won't post an illustrative photo for fear of losing friends.