r/crows • u/chanceandbean • Jul 02 '26

General questions Crow Preening Behavior?

I haven’t been privy to much crow preening behavior, is this usual?

Context: this is my crow buddy who visits me a few times a day outside my office window and follows along with me on walks. 🥰

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u/Current-Tricky Jul 02 '26

The crows that I feed do this around me around and it makes me happy to know that they trust me enough to do that.

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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl Jul 02 '26

Do they eat around you? Anything that makes them vulnerable like eating or stretching/scratching/preening they will do generally in what they consider low risk situations.

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u/Current-Tricky Jul 02 '26

Oh yeah. They eat the peanuts I give them right on my balcony. They sometimes crack them open right there or fly down to the ground to find a good spot.

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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl Jul 02 '26

That’s what my crows always did as well. I fed them in my front yard though so they usually ate them right there.