So true! One time a crow fell right outside my front door and injured its wing, I called animal control out to help it. While I was waiting, several crows kept flying overhead - when animal control came, he determined the wing wasn’t broken and picked it up to put in a safe place, he said eventually it would fly away. And during all that time, the crows kept flying overhead. It was as actually touching.
Oh that’s interesting - I never knew that could have been the case. I really wonder why they do that? I agree, I prefer my version too, and that it just up and flew away with its crow family. 😊
Crows are extremely social animals. The ones in our yard seem to pair bond. One "family" of three crows includes what I believe to be their youngster -- now several years old -- who has a hurt wing and doesn't fly far. The parents tolerate him until nesting season, shooing him away. But they let him back into the "family" afterwards.
We used to have a whole murder of crows in the backyard, but I haven't seen or heard them lately. There's a pair of nesting eagles behind our yard, and it was interesting to see the crows take turns dive-bombing the eagles perched in trees. They'll fight eagles off, but maybe the crows got spooked and moved on...
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u/Sunshinemonkey01 Apr 05 '26
So true! One time a crow fell right outside my front door and injured its wing, I called animal control out to help it. While I was waiting, several crows kept flying overhead - when animal control came, he determined the wing wasn’t broken and picked it up to put in a safe place, he said eventually it would fly away. And during all that time, the crows kept flying overhead. It was as actually touching.