Foul-mouthed raven returns

Press, 1 March 1984, Page 15

Foul-mouthed raven returns

NZPA-Reuter Ontario A foul-mouthed raven which flew round a Port Colborne, Ontario, shopping centre swearing at Canadians has now brought bedlam to a schoolyard in nearby Barker, New York. The bird spent three weeks in the small Canadian town of Port Colborne greeting afternoon shoppers with what was coyly described as “a common twoword directive.” After his departure, the local newspaper received a call from Mr Dan Dune, working at a school in Barker, just across the border. )

“We have your talking bird here. He showed up about 8.30 this morning and has certainly become the rage round the school. Noone is getting their work done,” Mr Dune said. The mystery of who owns the bird has not been solved. One Port Colborne woman said she had given the bird, named Henry, to a local game farm because its language was an embarrassment, but it had flown away. Another woman claimed the bird, named Cheeko, had learned its blunt language from neighbourhood boys and escaped when her husband angrily hit it.