The Gift

Over the many years I have tossed out handfuls of raw peanuts for the Squirrels and Crows, I've heard tell of the Corvids leaving 'gifts' for their human benefactors. The Crows, mind you, never the Squirrels! They've left pebbles, bits of paper and small pieces of wood, or at least I believed these items were meant as gifts for me. (so very typical of a human) I always wondered if I was being presumptuous, but today all of that changed! After I filled the feeders and did the 'peanut thing' I noticed something shiny lying on top of the pine needles. It was a dog's name tag and County Rabies tag. Not just any dog's...Fletcher's! It was his first tag from three and a half years ago! I had figured that he had 'misplaced' it at the DogPark, but apparently not. He must have gotten it caught on a bush in our 'BackBack'. Guess an appreciative Crow found it and 'gifted' it back to me. To say that I'm in awe would be an understatement! Just wow!