{"id":50211,"date":"2021-06-04T16:30:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T20:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=50211"},"modified":"2021-06-04T16:30:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T20:30:56","slug":"animal-news-the-birds-or-maybe-dont-visit-rome-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=50211","title":{"rendered":"Animal news: “The Birds” or, “Maybe Don’t Visit Rome Right Now”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, this sounds unpleasant. Carrion crows (didn’t realize crows could have that modifier) are dive-bombing people in Rome to protect their fledglings.<\/a><\/p>\n

The crows’ fledglings, that is; not the people’s. Here’s the novel’s — uh, I mean, the New York Times article’s — opening paragraphs:<\/p>\n

ROME \u2014 On a sunny Thursday afternoon along a tree-lined street in Rome, locals shielded themselves with umbrellas. Others pulled jackets above their heads in fear. Some grabbed wooden sticks for protection.<\/em><\/p>\n

The crows were out and the fight was on.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, this sounds unpleasant. Carrion crows (didn’t realize crows could have that modifier) are dive-bombing people in Rome to protect their fledglings. The crows’ fledglings, that is; not the people’s. Here’s the novel’s — uh, I mean, the New York … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4775,1175],"tags":[3412,7304],"class_list":["post-50211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-news","category-the-facts-of-life","tag-the-birds","tag-carrion-crows"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t