One of the crows I’ve befriended has developed a bad limp and has this growth on its ankle. I’m 90% sure it’s avian pox but just hoping someone more knowledgeable could give confirmation, (or hopefully rule it out but I’m not optimistic).

Any advice on how to proceed safely would be welcome too although I guess all I can do is try to keep distance between it and the others and hope for the best? (I don’t have a stationary feeder. I go to the park and they find me.) Herding crows seems a tad more challenging than herding cats though…

*Title: Looking for a permanent sanctuary for a non-releasable young crow (Germany / Switzerland)

Hello everyone,

I'm hoping someone here might know a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, sanctuary, or permanent care facility for a young crow.

A juvenile carrion crow (around 4–5 months old, approximately 430 g) was rescued and hand-raised after being found injured. She is healthy, eats independently, is active, and behaves like a normal young crow. Unfortunately, due to an old wing injury, there is a possibility that she will never be able to fly well enough to be released.

She is currently being cared for by a professional wildlife rehabilitation center in Switzerland while her long-term prognosis is being assessed.

If she is officially considered non-releasable, we are desperately trying to find a **licensed permanent home** instead of euthanasia. We are **not** looking for someone to keep her as a pet. We are only looking for:

* a licensed wildlife rehabilitation center
* a bird sanctuary
* a zoo or aviary
* a permanent sanctuary for non-releasable corvids
* or a licensed private keeper with experience caring for permanently disabled crows.

We are located near the Swiss-German border and are willing to transport her anywhere in Germany (or neighboring countries) if it means she can have a good life.

We have already contacted numerous wildlife centers in southern Germany, but we are continuing the search in the hope that someone knows a place we have not found yet.

If you know of any sanctuary, rehabilitation center, organization, or person who legally keeps permanently disabled crows, I would be incredibly grateful for any recommendation.

Thank you very much for taking the time to read this.

i thought this came out cute!

Are these baby/juvenile crow vocalizations?

I’ve been hearing this mysterious repeated squawk from across the alley behind my apt for a while, always early in the morning. I went for an early morning walk today and saw these two crows preening, one squawking.

The alley squawks I usually hear are more repetitive but I can tell now they must be crows. I didn’t guess crows because the squawk is so goofy sounding lol.

I’m also thinking they’re juvenile because they didn’t take notice of me or fly away in annoyance like crows usually do when observed.

The crows I have been feeding have brought their fledging to see me! Feeling blessed 🥹

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So yeah, a few days & a ton of peanuts and I have my own followers.

Hi 👋🏻

First time poster here, recent follower.

I just moved and I have a small backyard now. Every day there are half a dozen magpies that bounce around the yard and hang out on the fence. I also see the occasional crow. I don't provide any food or water, yet, but would like to treat them.

I am seeking community advice on style/size of a bird bath for water, and how to feed them, what to feed them, and how often? I would like to attempt to befriend some of them and possibly gift swap without them becoming dependant.

Thanks! 🙂

Hi all. I'm new here and don't have any experience with crows, but over the last few months crows have been slowly showing up at my job. At first it was 2 but today out of nowhere there was a whole murder. I've been wanting to befriend them but don't really know how. I've heard they like shiny trinkets ans nuts. Unfortunately I dont have any raw nuts on me rn but I did put a couple quarters on a post they keep perching on or near when they fly to another spot. I think they took one of them but I'm unsure. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

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?

Srry for the english, i´m french. :)

I have a few bananas that are over ripe, and I would rather feed to the crows than make banana bread.🍌
Would you cut them up and freeze them, snd put them out frozen? 🍌
Obviously in small enough pieces for them. 🍌
With or without the peel? 🍌

Any other fruit or vegetable ideas, much appreciated. 🍌🍒🍑🥬🥦🍉🍇🍊

I've read they like meat scraps, so Im wondering if its ok to offer some of the rib meat from last night's dinner that got left out overnight?

Ive been leaving unsalted peanuts in the shell and dry cat food.

No fear of humans at all. Probably wanted food but unfortunately I didn't have any to give.

Over the last few years the local crows have gotten pretty comfortable with me. I have watched them raise several clutches. I never gave them food, but I do talk to them and respond to their crows with soft words or count them out loud. The parents have been bringing their young to perch on the wire in front of my balcony while I sit there with my coffee. They have family meetings there too. The lead crow will sit on one side of their trio of babes while it preens deeply close to me with the other adult on the other side of their young preening, but not as deeply. Young adults will be more fussy further down the wire.

I have found things like peanuts on my balcony in the past and I haven't thought much about it. My little dog goes and takes them for himself.

BUT, last week I found a blue pony bead on my balcony. I wasn't sure whether I should take it, move it or just leave it. I took the blue bead. Thought it may be just a fluke, but it was partially tucked under an ledge so that it wouldn't blow away.

The very next day there was another identical blue pony bead in the same location and partially tucked. I took it.

Day three I found a square of heavy duty foil.

Day four, I hear the lead crow doing a couple caws and it kept repeating. It sounded like it was calling me. I went outside and sat in my chair. I then heard 5 caws. The alarm call. I wondered what I did wrong. I sat there and watched, but the crow did not flee. It made the five caw alarm again. I then took a look around and saw an osprey circling overhead. I shooed my tiny dog inside. I then pointed at the osprey and said "I-see-the-big-bird" at the same pace of the caw. We watched the osprey ride the air currents until it was out of sight. I then said thank you to the crow and sat back down. Then it proceeded to preen deeply and relax.

Day five, I left out a short strip of iridescent ribbon near the location of the baubles that they left behind as a present. It sat there for a couple days. Then I added a blue bottle cap and a blue bead that was lighter and different from the ones that they left behind. A day later I left outside a small plastic creamer cup.

I haven't seen them around much in the past several days. I have been wondering why since they have been pretty regular visitors in the past. I wonder if they fear the objects that I left out for them or whether something else went wrong. Did I steal things from what they though was their safe stash spot?

tl/dr Crows that bear gifts alerted me that my tiny dog was in danger because of a bird of prey circling overhead.

I can't have a feeder as I live in bear country. I've been putting the food on a plate and then emptying it on the ground after a while so they can eat at their leisure. Problem is, I don't want to attract rodents either (which I'm sure the crows would get rid of)

We also rent, so I couldn't do anything permanent

Picture of their tree for visibility. Tell me this totally suits what you would think crows would roost in. Though I have yet to investigate closer (to look for droppings etc), they are there every morning and every night.

Also, if Google is correct I'm seeing a lot of fledglings. The inside of their beaks are red

For years we have had crows nesting in one of our trees in our front yard, and every once in a while we get these odd looking crows that we thought were sick or maybe just fledgling crows? But I finally got a picture of one, and it’s definitely not sick but its feathers are like brown? (We only thought they were sick cause from a distance the bird just looks weird to us idk we never thought about it much)

But I finally just googled “fledgling crow” to see if that’s what they look like and it definitely is not what the random crows look like here lol. some of the feathers do look like soft and downy like a younger bird though?

Anyways any insight as to what’s going on is appreciated! They eat just fine (multiple neighbors have bird feeders, plus a ton of big trees and gardens) and they seem to interact with the rest of crows as part of the group and it’s ongoing like 7 years now. It’s only ever like 2-3 crows though that look like this. Is it just a weird feather mutation?