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• The Anchorage, Alaska, Daily News reported on March 26 that customers at a local Costco store are routinely robbed of large cuts of meat as they transfer their groceries to their cars ... by ravens.
More than a year ago, Olani Saunoa was buckling her toddler into a car seat when a raven swooped in and grabbed a package of short ribs from her car. "He had picked up the entire package," she said.
And this year it happened to her again -- a bird snatched a pack of pork ribs.
Other customers are reporting similar incidents on social media.
Rick Sinnott, a former wildlife biologist, isn't surprised: Ravens "much prefer ... a package of short ribs from Costco to half of a hamburger bun from McDonald's." [Anchorage Daily News, 3/26/2021]
• Neighbors in Northampton, England, have been annoyed by a swan that has been knocking on their doors, sometimes for hours at a time, for five years, Fox News reported on March 24.
"He starts by rattling the letterbox then bashes the metal with its beak quite loudly," said resident Stephen Legg.
"The racket reverberates through the whole house."
The bird targets houses only on one particular block, according to local media, but no one seems to know why. [Fox News, 3/24/2021]