A boy, living alone with his mother, sets a trap for the crows in his backyard with shiny mirror pieces laced with poison. As he waits for them to take the bait, as they’re compelled to, aliens arrive with their own pieces of shiny bait.
The story is well written with unflinching characterisations. The parallels between the crows and humans are perhaps a bit too obvious but they do paint a haunting picture.
