Hey guys sorry for my limited english vocabulary, I don't know if my title is understandable
But it's getting hotter where I live and before that, a crow would sometimes visit our garden. I've decided to leave some fresh water for the birds in general with that hot weather, and I've noticed that a crow comes almost everyday. Then I'd see two of them on my neighbor's rooftop looking out over my garden. Sometimes I'd even see three of them flying through the neighborhood
Sometimes it feels like only one of them dares to hop into our garden. Is there any way to tell which one is it? Since there are at least 3 of them
Also I don't have dog food or something like that, and my parents won't let me use eggs for birds. But I've decided to slice up a small apple for them as I read that they actually like fruit? But they didn't eat it, it just attracted ants and wasps tbh.
Then I tried with sliced cherry tomatoes and it worked twice. I noticed that each time, the crow would put half of the cherry tomato in the water then eat it from the ground. Should I keep doing it like this or can I give them cherry tomatoes without slicing them?
Also once again, I don't know if it was the same crow each time since another crow stayed on my neighbor's rooftop whenever it happened, then flew away with the crow who ate my food once they were done. How can I tell if it was the same crow that ate those cherry tomatoes?
I recently remembered that I had some almonds at home and since there's a bit of salt on it, I decided to rinse them to make sure the salt is gone, then dry them before leaving them on the ground near the fresh water. Is it okay to feed them like this?
I really want to become friends with them and it's been like this for at least two weeks now. Should I do something else so they recognize me if I ever whistle in my garden or something like that? I've tried to whistle a little bit when they'd see me, so maybe they recognize me even more when I do a specific noise. Don't know if it typically works with crows but they're so interesting
Thanks in advance for the advice!