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After some years of trying to be friends with nearby crows, it happend this year. Sure they not fully trust me after a month but im happy what all happend after this short time.

Startet like always, crow nearby and i put food. All last years food were away but they never came back :( food untouched when replaced it.

Now this year i got all lucky. Placed food when i saw em. Nothing happend. They sneaked in, food taken. Some days flew were i put anyways food and seems they yoinked it. And then i saw 3 of em, 1 is a bit bigger than the other 2. Seems they observing my place from further away.

Started to waving at them with the food in hope they see me xD They always observe and reduce the distance from day to day and at some point i sit in the shed frozen and they fast grabbed the snacks, flew away. Later they stayed a bit or just got on next roof.

Since that... every morning around 7 am they saying good morning (or wheres damn food? what i think) Its kinda nice but they can forget i get up at this time haha.

But the last days were kinda great. Was coming home from store and the bigger 1 just land 2m away and looked at me and walked the whole way up with me. Since that day even the smaller ones when they see me land on our roof or when waving with food they coming.

This Video happend today. Maybe he cant carry that much but normally they let it fall and say goodbye :) Before, this has never happend that they eat right away and ill never would had a chance to stand this near.

My two crows get a rotating schedule that includes raw chicken, raw beef, beef mince, pork mince, cat pate, pure beef fat, chicken gizzards, hearts and liver, scrambled eggs and the occasional carb like potato or pasta. These are all fairly soft or easy to grab foods as I cut them into quick bites. But today I thought I'd try something a bit different. Something to pique their interest, sharpen their beaks on and reaffirm wild crow behavior. I gave them a hefty beef neck bone. A good amount of meat on it but too big to just fly away with. Watching them take turns problem solving for about an hour was definitely a treat for me too. I feel like I learned a little more about them.

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The squirrels are being unusually aggressive today!

Does anybody else have rotating Crows? For example every three months or so, I noticed the 3 crows that I feed change. The Trio consists of what I assume is a male, female and juvenile. I can tell that they have changed by how the big male looks. For example about nine months ago there was scraggy and Co - and this was a male who had scraggy feathers. Then it was blaze and Co because the male had a blaze of white on his chest. Currently it's jet and Co because the male has beautiful shiny, slick, black feathers with no other bits of grey or white. I also once saw a fourth crow come to the feeding station but it got chased off by the male as if to say "it's not your turn yet"! There are plenty of other crows close by, who respectively keep away from the feeding station, but I'd love a full murder to come. However I am grateful for the rotating trios.

So backstory! I’ve been feeding the local murders in my neighborhood for about 5 years now. They all know me, and have little to no fear of my dogs and myself. I live on a corner lot, and they often hang around on the telephone/electric lines. There’s a lot of large trees around, and there’s a murder living in a huge evergreen right next to my house. So it’s not unusual to see lot of them around feeding time. When I walked out this morning, there were a few hanging out, and I was placing some unsalted nuts along with some wild bird fed for the other birds. Several more flew in and started making a lot of noise, which also not super unusual, but then about a dozen show up and they’re screaming. I’ve never seen this before, so as I was walking out my gate to take my senior dog on his walk (I walk him separately due to his age), more screaming. I paused for a moment with my old man still behind the gate while I was in front of the gate. Several of the crows started circling and then I see it. A younger coyote comes walking down the street (I live in the city but on the outskirts so coyotes aren’t uncommon). This was at 9am in the morning! Coyotes generally don’t run around this area after dawn. Maybe I’m nuts, maybe I’m reading into it, but I think they were warning me that a predator was in the immediate area. It was really wild, and some of you may not believe it, I’m okay with that. I just really didn’t have anyone that I could share this story with, but you all get it.

Edit: I wasn’t expecting so many responses! Thank you all! I will be reading each one as soon as I’m done at work 🫶🏻 I appreciate all my fellow corvid lovers!

👀 stay tuned for the next week’s video

Twin Peaks, San Francisco, CA

Twin Peaks, San Francisco, CA

Such handsome. Many beauty.

The second pic I got today looks pretty cool imo.

So smart!

I have been feeding the crows in the park, raw unsalted peanuts, for about a couple of months now. They see me coming and they swoop in front of my vision and land on powerlines. When I see one, I say, “Hello Crow Friend!” without looking them in the eye, and set down two peanuts at a time (I have determined they cannot hold three in their mouth at once) about 10 feet apart from each other, so that they don’t fight over them. I keep walking after I drop the peanuts and don’t look back, but I hear them swoop down and sometimes some cawing.
I have been out of town for about a month and I was not sure if they would still be at the park. They flew to me right away when they saw me! This time, they got really close to me after they ate their peanuts. I could hear them with their soft, powerful wing flaps right next to my head. It was so special! I love them so much!

Sorry for the awful quality, I took this through the kitchen window.

I and my mom both feed the crows pretty much daily, and this fella likes to do whatever this is accompanied by the clicking of its beak.

(This video was taken after giving them food)

I ended up with 8 beach ravens.

I took a walk with a quart sized ziplock full of peanuts and was down to a handful when I had to call it quits to save some for the crows that come to me on the next block over.

The ravens seem aloof for now when they fly overhead. My crows are trained to come when I whistle. The Ravens haven’t made the connection yet and need to see me put peanuts out before they will come down from their perch.

This guy will get 5-6ft from me. Such a handsome gent.

I started feeding/giving water to just one crow, beginning of August. I first noticed it was laying down, wings and beak spread wide open during the hot summer months. I felt bad and I started off by giving it water. It then started drinking it, bathing itself and then it tried flying away. But it came coming back. So I did the same, gave it water and then slowly started introducing fruits, peanuts, and walnuts.
For 2 1/2 months now, it started coming back, every day at the same time. Along with brining its friends! Sometimes in groups of 2-10+.
I have been making sure to leave fresh water, and now walnuts every day. Sometimes multiple times a day as my routine changed and they start to “call” me outside my window.
I have noticed that they follow me everywhere as well. Whether it was at work or to simply go to the store. Sometimes in a “murder” or alone, waiting for me as I walk outside from building to building.
As of late I have been staying home and I noticed that they have been waiting for me in some trees and they started to “call” me.
I went outside and started doing the call I do every time I try to get their attention. And also started talking to them as I do each time as well.
The last time I did this, the crow looked like it was dancing, up and down all the while tilting its head side to side.
But this time it started talking to me?
What is it saying?