A recent scientific survey carried out in my back yard focused on Corvid food preferences. What foods do crows find uber tasty? The carefully designed experiment consisted of randomly throwing different foods onto our lawn and seeing what my crow buddies went for first. Bottom of the list: peanuts. They eat them if they’re there but given the choice between peanuts and dog kibble, the kibble goes first. Close to the top of the pile is any form of meat protein or raw fat – chicken, beef fat, bacon, chicken skin etc. But I suspect that what they really like best is a nice bit of cheese. Rather than stuff it into their crops to stash away somewhere for later, they’ll happily munch away on any cheese. No stashing that stuff.
I must be part crow. I always prefer cheese. Now you need to survey cheese types. Soft, hard, aged, goats, sheep, processed etc.
Ha ha. That sounds like an expensive exercise. They’ll be asking for artisan-baked crackers and candied quince soon. They showed up this morning but only got kibble. The sense of profound corvid disappointment hung heavy in the air.