Rep. Ken Roberts, R-Donnelly, dusted off a silly crow figurine and presented it to Rep. John Rusche, D-Lewiston.

“The crow has finally flown,” Roberts said just before the House adjourned from the Thursday afternoon session. “It’s been in my office for two years.”

House legislators get the crow for getting badly beaten on a floor vote with less than 20 votes.

Rusche took the crow and proceeded with a tongue-in-cheek speech accepting his trophy.

“I’d like to thank my mother and my father,” Rusche said. “Certainly, I couldn’t have done this without all of you.”

House Speaker Lawerence Denney, R-Midvale, welcomed Rusche to the crow club.

“That bird has sat on very few desks,” Denney said. “There are those of us who know him well.”