Wednesday, October 01, 2008

The rig crow

I saw this crow on the rig this morning (we are 70km offshore). When I asked the doctor he told me that apparently this crow stayed with the rig when it moved away from India.
I thought nobody was feeding him and I was wondering how he was surviving since there is really no garbage for him to eat. But I found out that he is being fed a sandwich every morning and extras if he comes and asks for more. The crew thought that he would get on land when they stopped at the Seychelles but he didn't and here he cannot fly to shore in one go and even if he could he would not be welcome there. Crows here are not like this. They look like they wear a white vest.

We also have 2 sparrows, a male and a female. They are also following the rig.