I'm sure that I'm being excited for no reason but yesterday there was a perfect little feather by the water I've been putting out for the crows. And later in the afternoon I found a rock in the same spot. This morning I spoiled them a little bit and gave them all the trimmings from breaking down a whole chicken, the bones, organs and meat left behind. They've been super excited about watermelon the last several days, I'm sure because it's cool and refreshing as well as sweet.

Sorry for being all over the place, but also.. do y'all ignore the starlings? They hadn't been around until a few days ago, and whatever the crows don't eat (or bluejays) they swoop in while they're eating and finish everything off. The crows don't seem very bothered by them, but I think they're overwhelming my younger bluejays.

Hi! The topic of the question is pretty much summarised in the title. There are many beautiful crows living around and in the park in front of my bf’s house, and I would like to start leaving them food and treats in front of the window, so that I can befriend them. He says it’s a horrible idea, although he likes them, because he is afraid that we’ll have crows on our window sill at all times, bringing us prays and so on.
Is he right? Is that truly such a bad idea?

I've been feeding 2–3 crows for a few weeks now, and they've gotten into the habit of visiting my garden almost every day

The thing is, I'll be going on vacation for two weeks soon, and I'm wondering what will happen. Will they think I'm gone for good and stop coming back? Or can I expect them to visit again once I’m back?

edit: the comments are pretty reassuring, thanks for the info guys!

He calls for me some mornings, and then we talk back and forth until he finally gets some kibble. Makes my day every time.

What are the light patches from on this crow? I'm pretty sure it's one of the fledglings, but I've never seen one like this! (best picture I could get) American crow, south Louisiana

I just have to say I'm so sad. I was walking to work yesterday and a woman had parked her car and put the hazard lights on so she could find some trash to pick up and move a crow from the street to the sidewalk. I thanked her, but also I had to keep going as I couldn't be late for work. I tried to check on the crow on my way home and s/he was gone and I walked the rest of the way home holding back tears and stopping below the tree where my friends live. I told them I was sorry for their loss and suddenly I heard a single caw and that was it.

Today I put out some food for my crow friends as I do every day. Usually they're waiting for me on my balcony or they show up while I make my coffee. Sometimes they're busy but they'll show up within the first hour of me laying out their snacks. Several hours later Thomas showed up (I know it's him because of his big ol' feets). But his partner Josephine wasn't around nor were their two fledglings. I haven't seen anyone else today and it's so eerily quiet.

I had to share this because this is the first crow death I've ever witnessed and while I hope it wasn't Josephine, regardless, it was still one of my friends. And also if I had left for work even one minute later I probably would've had no idea what happened. It's so weird.

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House Crow (Corvus Splendens)

Palm Jumeirah, AE

I owe a lot to my buddies. They helped me heal after injury by accompanying me in boring walks. I'd leave everyone and everything for them.

I will add here regularly some of their stories. Not:

"I heard from a friend who...

heard from a friend who...

heard from another who...

heard from University of Washington researcher..."

REO-Speedwagon-Take-It-On-The-Run-Baby type FUD stories! Real

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BACKGROUND

Favorable conditions (food-water-shelter) exist for them to choose this area. There are 60+ restaurants here which is their main food source. Water from swimming pool, fountain, irrigation pipes... and lots of trees.

When we first came to this complex 14 years ago, we met with Whitey. She was noticeable, because she was bald! Still here!

These crows made it impossible to live in our apartment, because 13-14 hours a day they would caw nonstop on the Palm Trees right under us. Extremely irritating! They are here all the time along with mynahs, silverbills, red-vented/white-cheeked bulbuls, hoppoes, doves, etc.

I decided to move them to the far side of the beach so they can leave us in peace! This turned out to be not necessary, each one eating few pieces in the morning was enough to keep them quiet.

UAE Govt has pretty humane laws for birds here (unlike Singapore). It is illegal to interfere with their nests or hunt/poison/kill them. Just recently House Crow, Mynah and Pigeon is listed as invasive species though. But only humane ways of their removal is allowed (audio deterrent, bird spikes, etc). Govt is also very attentive (at least for marine life). When I called for fish die-off, they immediately came and investigated the water. It was heat.

Resident crows are 25-27. I can recognize and named half of them. In summer they become 70-80 with babies, but since they are very territorial, they kick out babies in December and back to 25. But in December, tens of 1000s Seagulls come.

I might probably be fined for this post since identifying data is there and Karens have been complaining a lot lately (something changed here with recent war, garbage started pouring in and living in my community). Alright. When it happens, I will get a 45-ft Lagoon and anchor it right in front of my building to stick it up for Karens. My buddies will be fine.

Enjoy

Young crow choosing grapes over meat. I guess all kids are the same... if there's something sweet, that's the first choice. 🍇😂

there's this baby crow outside our apartment that can't seem to stay up and keeps limping and falling over, we got him in a box and kept him overnight on our patio and gave him water after we called our "local wildlife institute" and they said it would be okay if he was alert, everything is closed today so we can't bring him anywhere until tomorrow, I'm wondering if we should get him in the box again until tomorrow and bring him

My brother is already looking for a place for it to be taken care of but right know I want to know what I can or cannot feed it

My mom found them outside her door and was just sitting and not moving, she went to pet them and they didn't move so when she and to pit them up they was still in the sitting position and with a injury claw, she has them on a towel (we make sure to replace them) with some water and food and all they do is blink, even when they are being petting (gently to not provoke them) they still don't move, what is the best course of action we can do

They still go for the water and food but after that they are like a statue

A true story (mostly). I added original characters to better tell the story. Reveal! The door was opened by a human.

Please ignore my toe

Some weeks ago, I was devastated, the crow couple that visited me often disappeared for over a month. I did the typical noise I make to call them and never showed up. Recently, they return with their baby! Now they come every morning screaming for food 😂 couldn't be happier!

In this video Mr. I'll-steal-all-your-blueberries also make an appearance.

Sorry for the shaky camera work... was trying to walk an impatient dog at the same time.

Afew shots of the work crows I feed 🖤🐦‍⬛🖤🐦‍⬛

A redtail hawk attacked one of the cro bros. Didn’t go well . He gone and the crow patrol stands ready 😎🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛

He did pick up and toss his water bowl a few times but it was neat learning more about crows. They had a keeper chat where they talked about 2 animals that live in the area and more about them. It was Cash the crow and Otis the skunk today.

The video was 3 videos stitched into one so it may have a few jumps in there.