TENACIOUS BENJAMIN

Sighting of Ben, the crow with a curled back foot, are relatively rare as his territory is slightly out of my usual dog walking route.

Sometimes months go by without a sign of him and I think, oh dear …

And then … there he is again.

We saw him last winter on a walk to New Brighton park. We passed through his territory and he followed us all the way to busy Hastings Street.

At New Brighton Park we found that the outdoor swimming pool, closed to humans for the winter, had been co-opted by bird bathers — gulls, ducks and lots of crows.

There were hundreds of crows in the trees near the pool, and out of the crowd, one landed near us on the fence. Guess who …?

More weeks and months went by with not a trace of Ben, but just last week we saw him on our way back from a Sunday walk to the East Hastings Farmers Market. He was looking in fine form.

I’m not sure how he manages with that one good foot in some of the winter storms, but I guess he’s just one tenacious bird.

Tenacious Benjamin — Ten Ben for short!

Tomorrow: Earl and Echo and their nesting teamwork

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