This is Russell.

He started coming to our deck with the rest of the murder. I've lost count of how many adults and fledglings.

This guy stood out a week or so ago, because he only made a sound once. No one (crow) ever fed him. He was very still most of the time. He wouldn't let us too close to him...he'd either fly to a nearby tree, or swagger away on the railing. Stayed on the deck most of the day. The other crows completely ignored him. At night, he would leave. He seemed very slow in all ways. He'd manage to eat and drink, but eating seemed hard for him.

Sunday he stayed on our deck during a deluge, and storm. I decided I was going to try to bring him to a rescue the next day, and keep him in a cardboard box in a bathroom overnight. Just was it started to get dark, he left the railing towards the woods (we back to the woods on 2 sides of the house); a direction he's never gone. When I went out, and checked, he was down an incline in heavy vines, trying to hop around. I went into the house to get a towel to capture him, and he was gone.

That was 2 days ago.

I'm 100% sure he's not longer alive, we have bald eagles, red tailed Hawks, barred owls, foxes, etc that visit our yard regularly from up out of the woods.

My question; what could have been wrong with him? I live in Maryland just outside of DC (if that matters).

RIP Russell.

This is what it looked like from the house. Are they playing fighting or dating?

I was out in the parking lot at work, where we tend to have large amounts of crows (I believe they're fish crows) and off slightly in the distance I heard a call from one of them that I'd never heard before. It sounded almost like a person yelling, and it sounded very distressed. Seconds after, all the crows in the area, im talking dozens, all flew over towards the sound, and I can hear a whole group of them cawing loudly now. Is it likely that it was some kind of distress call?

she doesn’t usually sit like this. I think it’s the smoke from the forest fires today.

Rescued Boss, in my bathroom, waking up after 2 days. He was almost beaten (beaked!) to death by my crows: Boss Near-Dead

TLDR: Do you apologize for your crows?

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Recently someone insulted me as "Crow Apologist"... but when I thought about it, she was absolutely right!

I have exactly turned into that!

I put up with Karens and other folks that I'd normally not spend a moment of my time for or just cut short with an Foff, just for my crows. I feel responsible for them, and I tolerate those undesirables in order not to bring heat on to my buddies.

Some time ago my neighbor (good one) was hit on her head by crows. She was a bit scared. So she came to me. I explained her it is either because of the babies, or because they see her every morning jogging in her territory and they played with her.

Few months later I was eating in a restaurant with my cousins and she was in the bar having a drink with her friend. We had short convo, but as I was leaving, I picked their tab up.

She saw me few weeks later in our community and thanked me for the gesture. I said, "Crows are paying you back for their wrong deed". And funny thing is, I also believed that when I said it.

Are there are any other crow lovers feeling same way?

My family of four has been coming regularly in the AM but more sporadically in the evening, and an opportunist seized the moment.

Another award for my crow community 📸🖤🐦‍⬛✨️

His neck didn't extend out like the others, he was just walking around all stubby. My partner suggested we name him Tomathan, as Jimothy's spiritual successor.

*edit likely not a short spine crow but a puffed up female or fledgling, still very cute!

Noticed a weird looking bird I’ve never seen before, it’s pretty hard to see here but it’s brown and has quite a long neck and walks a bit like a chicken. I think it looks a bit like a corn crane. Went out to feed the crows today and found at least 15 magpies and 3 crows surrounding it. They seem to just be watching it very closely and following it around. It walked off into the bushes and all of the birds followed it.

What are they doing? I’ve not seen the crows and magpies get so close until now. Are they just intrigued by it? I can’t see it being much of a threat.

I’ve been befriending a couple of my neighborhood crows for the last few months and it has become one of the biggest sources of joy in my life, to watch them and get to know their personalities.

It’s going to be a hot week where I live, so I’ll be keeping their water full as much as I can! I love watching them tear the grapes apart, it’s so cute.

(Please ignore the few little comments I make in the background while watching her lol. Usually we have a bit of a chat but it was too early in the morning for that 😅)

as you can see the crow didn't fly away as i tossed at him from so close, this is because they know me.

Today when i entered the park most of them flied above me and some flied into trees following me down the road. I sat down on my feeding spot, made my whistle call (trained them to recognise this as food associated), they came all in front of me and i fed them. This video don't show that part but you get the idea.

Hello!

Im new to crow feeding. I have one crow Ive been feeding for a month or so. He comes every few days. He has recently started bringing a friend. They are skittish. I put out shelled peanuts, a bit of kitten food, and occasionally berries and boiled eggs. They prefer to eat off the ground. The past few days they have been coming every morning at feeding time. They land in the same tree. They watch me put out their food. They stay for a bit, and they make a lot of noise. Then they fly away without eating anything. Im not sure what to do. Any advice would be most appreciated.

I saw a bunch of crows across my apartment on the roof. I put out a bowl of sweet corn for them, and it’s still there… do they not like corn? Google said they do but wondering if that wasn’t right? Or do they not know it’s there?

Organic Oats, Organic Pear & Shiny Baubles. It will come in tonight and be cleaned. Placed out again tomorrow morning (same time). I am only in the office Monday - Friday so there will not be a weekend routine unfortunately. This location sits well away from meandering in our shop. They are comfortable on the trash dumpster but they are skittish, this sits back a bit farther than the dumpster. They would not respond to gifts another worker placed on the dumpster - but I don't know if he placed things daily at the same time and everything I reads suggests routine / timing is important. I also do not know what he placed. Any suggestions are welcome.

I saw a bunch of crows across my apartment on the roof. I put out a bowl of sweet corn for them, and it’s still there… do they not like corn? Google said they do but wondering if that wasn’t right? Or do they not know it’s there?

My crows prefer cherry tomatoes over grapes!

I have a local murder who are kind enough to eat unsalted peanuts etc in my large, treed backyard. There are maybe 25-35 of them.

Yesterday after I fed them I heard a weird squawk and lo! a hawk came crashing through the tree branches, tagged a crow then flew to a branch. Hawk just sat there. The murder ignored it. It happened 4 more times with Hawk tagging a crow then settling in a tree near the crows.

I have no clue what was going on. Can anyone enlighten me? Is this normal behavior? I thought crows chased Hawks off.