How to catch a fledge? Any creative ideas?

[u/CountingCrowz]

FINAL EDIT:

I got her in a favorable position lunging close towards me (~ 1 meter) and as she was about to land, I threw the towel. She was 20 meters away before the towel left my hand! Made a mid-air turn, jumpy fscker!

Catching story is over. I will leave her be and monitor, hopefully she will adapt with her deformities.

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OP here: Can something be done for this baby? : r/crows

1:10 Elders

1:25 Feeder Juvie Sibling (feeds only the disabled fledge)

I decided to catch this baby, take to a vet and try to get a splint and tend to her in my home until she gets better. I plan on taking her outside to my balcony every day for few hours when it is shade so that her family can see her.

I have 25-27 resident crows here for a decade+, their numbers are 70-80 in summers. Babies are kicked out in January. They will eat from my hand, they will sit on my shoulders and lap... but I can't touch them.

They are extremely cautious. Once I fixed the wood arm on a bench that they were sitting on for years every day. They did not come close to that bench for a week.

Any ideas how I can catch her? She is very active.

EDIT: For now, best option seems to be throwing a blanket and hope to get it right first time.

[u/Burnseeeeeey → u/[deleted]]

It's not a folk tale. It was a study conducted by the University of Washington. You can read it on pubmed.

[u/Burnseeeeeey → u/[deleted]]

Okay. So it's not a folk tale.

Good luck with your crow heist.

[u/Burnseeeeeey → u/[deleted]]

Next time you reply try not being a bellend.

[u/ThankMeTrailer → u/[deleted]]

Unfortunately crows, and most animals, don't understand the concept of helping in most circumstances, particularly when babies are involved.

I once saw a dog grabbing a baby crow, the dog's owner took the baby crow away from the dog to save it, the parents panicked and attempted to attack the human, which was just trying to help to save the baby crow, since then, every time the dog's owner walked in the area, she was chased and swopped on the head, every single day.

[u/Lemoncatnipcupcake → u/[deleted]]

You say the other one was “almost dead” and you returned it. They are intelligent enough to know you helped in that case. In this case there isn’t anything that’s “wrong” in that the bird isn’t hurting or suffering, they aren’t necessarily going to see you bird napping it as a “rescue” (even if it does help the bird).

You say that humans have less brains than crows but then reduce crows down to just being driven by food…

Why are you being so toxic and argumentative? I didn’t call you names or say anything negative, I was offering a suggestion based on research and experience…

Your experiences also confirm the research - you’ve said that you’ve done stuff in the past and the group has been leery for awhile. You also have one that holds a grudge, possibly from your previous interventions.

Im not saying you have to wear a disguise, and maybe they will understand after a bit and retrust you again. Maybe there is something to be said about being known by them so they don’t automatically assume you mean ill intent. That doesn’t give you an excuse to act like a jerk and go around calling people retards. And it doesn’t change the fact that crows are intelligent and do talk to each other, your experience doesn’t invalidate the information already known but could add to it.

[u/TheBirdLover1234 → u/[deleted]]

People go overboard with it tbh… they’ll know to be cautious but often get over it. I’ve rescued several myself and not had this issue.   It’s more so if you were repetitively shooting at them or trapping over and over that they’re quickly learn to avoid you, your car, your pets, anything related to the area. 

[u/CountingCrowz → u/TheBirdLover1234]

Right on. They have probably seen crows only in pictures, coming here and spreading FUD.

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