Joe Tomei here. A Kuma-i reader related that they had gone shopping and had their food in their bike basket and stepped away from the bike for a moment and returned to find a crow picking thru it and wondered if there was anything to be done/that should be done by the city, so I thought I would post it here for people to comment.
I can’t imagine that the city can do anything, but I would remind everyone, the fact that there is a lot less food from restaurants etc going out means that scavengers like crows and other animals are going to be looking for other sources of food. Crows in particular can post a great threat because their nesting season is from late April to early July, they are very territorial and will be searching for food for their nestlings. They are also very intelligent, and so will take advantage of any habitual behavior on your part.
As a trivia side point, the Japanese soccer association has a three-legged crow as their mascot, which is related to an Asian mythological creature known as a 三足烏 in China (chinese:sān zú wū, Japanese: sanzoku) and 八咫烏 in Japan (yatagarasu) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-legged_crow that represents the sun and rebirth. Despite that, you still shouldn’t let them take your groceries…
