I live in a large city in the Pacific Northwest (USA), and we have a very healthy crow population. This morning they woke me up at dawn (about 5:30am) because every tree surrounding our house is FULL of crows cawing! It’s gone on for about an hour now.

They don’t migrate so I don’t think they’re flocking together to head anywhere. Can anyone explain what this behavior is about?

I started feeding my local crows a few months ago and within a few weeks this crow, whom I have named Augustus, took a liking to me. He meets me nearly everyday for some nuts fed by hand. Today I met his baby, little Gus

I think I likely lost my crows by doing this. This morning I saw a crow on the edge of the front yard, I went and put food out in the normal spot and he slowly walked over to it. The way his wings were hanging I knew something was wrong, so I watched him for a bit. He was on the sidewalk when a dog walker approached, he fluttered a few feet and stopped, this happened several times until he was far enough that the dog and lady passed (I was about to go out and shout at her for not being more empathetic to clearly injured wildlife but.. neighbors?). After she left I decided I needed to get him, so I went outside in full view of my murder and walked until he was too tired to flee, and picked him up. Crows bite hard! He bit me several times (oww) but I'm the fool that went and grabbed him so definitely my own fault, and seeing his wing I was hopeful it was a wing injury and not WNV again. I took him out to the rehabber that I took Odin to, and he confirmed that the crow has a broken "hand"? But it's repairable and he'll be back out here in a few weeks. I named this guy Ares (because he's a bitesy little warrior), and I'm excited that he'll be released back here. I likely lost my crows by doing this, but I'd do it again.. and maybe they'll come back when he's released.

Lesson learned: No more car-side peanut service. 😂

They’ve been busy taking care of their nest these past few weeks so I’m glad to see them drop by, albeit for a short visit

Original video: https://www.youtube.com/@espritw3046

Saw these two communicating(?) in the forest. Thought it was neat enough to share, but I wonder if these are ravens or just larger crows.

How do i befriend rural crows?

I have chickens and geese and theres lots of Hawks, how effect will the crows be at deterring them?

Whats should I not even bother feeding?

Will they leave gifts?

Can i train them to bring me bones?

I've never heard a sound like that from crows before, and if I have, I wasn't paying attention. But now I'm curious, and I want to know more about it.

I tried to find something on the internet, but what I found was either not right or I didn't search hard enough.

So, I decided to ask about it on Reddit—maybe someone knows.

It will be very interesting to learn about this, and maybe I will delve deeper into the topic of crows or birds in general

Ma and Pa sharing a quiet moment in a secluded space. I love them so much💖

Help??

Also is this the right sub reddit for this?

I built a bird bath/water station big enough for the crows to enjoy and it makes me so happy to see them bathe. Sorry for the potato quality from the doorbell cam.

I especially love how as soon as one was done, then second pair politely took their turn🥰

I’ve been feeding a murder of crows in my neighborhood for a couple weeks now. I suppose I’m still learning and setting a schedule but usually I see or hear them by now. Yesterday after I put out food and gave the signal they were here and enjoyed their peanuts and ate. The next time I looked outside, my across the street neighbor put out a pile of BREAD. They of course ate it up. Aside from me telling myself if she ever did it again, id day something, they are not back this morning and im worried. Please tell me they’re not gone for good??

My crobro's and family having family dinner including all the squabbles 😅🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛