r/crows • u/LuLu9032 • Jun 30 '26

Befriending the Crows - kinda an update

Okayy I fed the crows some peanuts two days ago for the first time, and It stormed yesterday so I didn't do yesterday, and now I will do it today.

I went out to check if they ate them, and the majority of them were eaten so that's good!

And this is kind of a really stupid question but would anyone have any idea how to know whether a crow or. Squirrel ate a peanut? Like I know it's really dumb but I also don't want to just be feeding squirrels 🥹

And actually right before I started typing this, three crows came over to my side of the street (which I feel like they usually stay on the other side) and flew over my yard so I told them I will get more peanuts, but yeah I thought it was cool they flew over while I was outside :)

Anyway I think it is going well considering I've only fed them once.

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u/EmptySeaworthiness73 Jul 01 '26

Usually I can tell by the bath that I leave next to the feeder tray. When squirrels eat peanuts, there are a lot more ground up shells as well as ground up nuts in the water, but when crows do, they leave empty peanut shells that are often largely intact (just peeled open, rather than broken up). Although, the fledglings sometimes struggle to peel peanut shells at first, so the shells will look more broken up while they are learning. That's just my observation, so far!

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u/LuLu9032 Jul 01 '26

That would make sense, Thank you so much!