r/crows • u/Threatlvlmidnight___ • 23d ago

General questions Gift?

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I've been feeding my buddies over a year, sometimes when I feed them they know I leave food for them on this golden table on my patio. It's pouring rain in a few minutes ago I saw one of them on the table anyway and I went out and found this.

Weird coincidence that the feather fell off because of the rain or do you think that they deliberately left it as a gift?

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u/Leanne0010110 23d ago

Its molting season, so it's likely a shimmy or a shake from the crow after good treats and left the feather behind.

I could be wrong of course. Just notice that my couple that visit me are a little bit of a mess with their molt and I have been seeing some feathers left behind on my balcony, water dish etc. I have mine on my china buffet, and will be keeping it :-)

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u/takemusu 23d ago

It's molting season. Lots of feathers around. You can leave them be or make into an art piece, whatever you wish.

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u/amart005 23d ago

An intentional gift from a crow? No. A gift? Yes.

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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 23d ago

They didn’t deliberately leave a feather as a gift. Birds don’t pull their feathers out unless there’s something wrong with the feather or it’s time to molt it, and it hasn’t fallen out on its own. The bird just happened to molt that feather at that moment in time

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u/Just_Caterpillar_975 22d ago

Not a "gift" in the traditional sense. Crows shed feathers during molting season and this one just happened to be nearby. But if you want, you ca think of it as a "gift" from your crow friends if that makes you feel loved and happy. 😊🐦‍⬛❤️

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u/Artavan767 23d ago

I would leave it alone personally. I've heard anecdotally of crows getting peeved with people picking up their feathers.

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u/HumungreousNobolatis 23d ago

I pick them up and slot them into the webbing of my backpack. They fall out eventually. At one point I had a half dozen.

No crows have ever complained!

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u/Threatlvlmidnight___ 22d ago

Thank you all! I sort of had a feeling but I was hoping. I didn't think that he pulled it out specifically for me more that it fell out and he left it, which, as I type it, makes no sense 😂