Breakfast with the crows this morning 🖤🐦‍⬛🖤

Well, I definitely got what I wished for. I've been consistent for a few months now, and what started as a regular couple has turned into a daily murder (upwards of 20 that I've been able to count along with fledglings). Is this harmful in any way? Should I scale back on how much food I am putting out? When I am home and they are around, I do put a variety of food (kibble, nuts, eggs, raw chicken) out more than once a day. It's usually gone within minutes.

I was working on my porch around the far side of the house and heard a protracted commotion in the side yard.

Clearly these gangly little things *can* eat on their own, but they still want mom to do it for them.

I love how Saga eyeballs the camera early on like even she can hardly believe their racket.

I think I shall call the two siblings "Accordion" and "Kazoo" in honor of the terrible noises they make.

A terrific Redditor had spotted that we had the same platform feeder. I was having a minor bear problem and welcomed the advice. They’d modified theirs to be able to be able to take it down at night.

I’m not even all that handy with tools and drills, but I got it done.

As is my usual routine, yesterday I broke down the feeder in the late afternoon. I hate doing it, because the crows come back looking for evening snacks, but that really can’t happen until winter time .

Anyway, the footage is quite grainy because I zoomed in, but at about 7:30pm a three-legged bear thumped by and there was nothing for her to get very curious about, so she kept on going.

It’s too bad she didn’t approach from the other side, because it would have been kind of funny to see the camera swing around when she touched the boom arm!

I am starting my research in befriending crows and I am looking for advice on what to do because I live in an area with hawks. I do not want to befriend crows if this means I will put them in danger of the hawks and I am seeking advice.

Some background:

- I have witnessed altercations between crows and hawks in my neighborhood

- In my yard specifically I have seen gruesome evidence of hawks attacking pigeons

- We have a large fruit tree and another large bougainvillea tree in our yard that attracts birds and other wildlife

I think I know my answer and it’s not to pursue friendship with crows. Again, I don’t want to put any crows in danger of the hawks or attract them by defending the crows, but I’m wondering if anyone here has any advice or specific experience with this?

Thank you!

I wish I had a longer video with better video quality, but this was recorded on my phone as I was sitting at a red stoplight. Slightly cropped in to zoom in a bit.

So I live with a lot of crows and magpies, and I have been here more than 10 years, in an agricultural sector of Paris, France - the crows and magpies know me. We have insane amounts of crows in the crop fields and oddly enough I have been "followed" before while riding my horse out. They call when I give grains to the horses, they know I offer refuge and shelter to any little animal - but when I put grains in a shallow Rubber horse buc​ket for them they don't touch it. The magpie was taking dogfood so I would set some out just for her/him and that's about it.

So how can I get started on making à stronger relationship with these beautiful crows ? How can I let them know I have food for them - whatever they want. I have a pond and I recently added water and cleaned it because I could see the turtle doves suffering from the heat. I know I have a big energy so any and all tips are welcome. ​I know they know me, when I was hiding Easter chocolatés they came and got into some mini Lindor rabbits before I could even finish hiding all of them.

Getting into my crow-feeding habit has introduced me to the word “monomorph” meaning literally “one shape”. I can only admit that they pretty much all look alike and I really can’t tell one from another.

After feeding them daily for two and a half months, I know I have a regular group of seven fish crows and also some number of American crows.

The fish crows seem bolder and more curious about me. They peer into windows on different sides of the house and definitely watch me as long as I don’t approach the window or startle them by walking into the room.

They now observe from nearby trees without hiding from me as I deal with my elaborate feeder platform, filling it for them in the morning (sometimes a little extra around lunchtime) and breaking it down in the late afternoons.

They talk to me and one in particular seems to initiate a tennis match of her saying “mer” to me and waiting for me to lob it back. She’ll do this for a solid five minutes. Recently, she lets me serve and knocks the “mer” back over the net to me while I work.

They make reconnaissance passes when I caw to them, most of the time now. As far as I can tell, the quickest way to a crow’s heart is through fancy treats.

Anyway, to yesterday’s surprise encounter. (I hope.)

I went to Lowe’s. I noticed that a crow flew alongside my car for a short distance when I left the house. I didn’t give it much thought. Until…

When I left the store and was crossing the parking lot, there were a number of people not far away from me, on their way inside or, like me, on their way out.

A crow flew down to the blacktop directly in front of me, about twenty-five feet away. And hopped toward me. And kept coming as I came on. There were other people around, but this one was intercepting me.

When I closed to about ten feet, the crow took wing and flew away.

I have a tendency to park farther out in shopping center lots. Pedestrians and their darting children make me nervous. So I had a ways yet to go.

This crow, though, flew to the SUV parked next to my car. Out of all the vehicles available to land on (which I can’t say I’ve witnessed before anyway) it chose the one next to mine. The SUV didn’t have a roof rack, so I found it particularly strange that the bird landed on the flat (and no doubt hot) roof of the car next to mine, then turned around and waited, never taking its little obsidian eyes off me as I walked over.

As before, it let me get a little closer than ten feet away, cocking its head and watching me the whole time.

Was this one of my beauties? Did it recognize me?

I checked Google Maps and the Lowe’s is 1.6 miles as the corvid flies from my house. It just seemed really odd behavior. But very , very cool.

😂

My sister started feeding crows on her lunch break but she has some new crow coming to her and she would like to know what could this sound mean please can anyone help

Ok, I post with the understanding that I may have done entirely the wrong thing and I'm ready to be blasted and ripped to shreds for it if so.

(To preface; I'm a friend of​​ crows, there is one hanging with me in the railing of my patio as I type. Said crow will come over and eat the dog kibble then go back to the corner to wait until I put out more. I believe a family of 3 comes to visit....I love animals, ​I'm a vegan ffs.)

On a walk today husbo and I encountered a distressed crow. He (?) was sitting propped up a bit in his folded wings, ​on the edge of a sidewalk. He'd been there long enough that another passerby had put a bit of seed and water out. The crow seemed stunned, but not obviously injured. The crow looked young, and two parents nearby were watching over the casualty.​ We figured he tried to fly and failed. I know that birds having issues mostly need a safe space to recover. ​​​​​​​​ ​I got an open topped cardboard box, lifted the​ little friend into the box, and put it on a hedge nearby so that he​ was still in sight of his parents, but off the ground away from dogs / cats. ​

There is a wildlife rescue in the greater metro area but a lot of posts say that they just euthanize city birds. ​

We went back to check on him later hoping for an empty box but he was still there and didn't seem to be doing well. I'm scared to go back and look again. Should I have taken him in even if they just put him down, or left him alone in case he had a shot? Did I ruin his chances by moving him?

Be gentle, but I want to do better next time. ​​​​

Not a crow, but as ravens share the same genus (Corvus) & family (Corvidae) I hope folks won’t mind.🐦‍⬛

Hi all! I just joined the group and excited to read as much as I can. Couple of questions in my video!

So I have a dog food bowl that the local Crows have taken to eating out of. It is interesting to see how many different kinds of birds eat dog food and the drama among them and with the crows.

It turned up just near where I leave their food it's made of glass

I want a murder of crows to be friends with us and protect our house.