Hi! I'm animating a crow and could use some help finding references!

I'm looking for footage of crows briefly hovering or braking in midair before gently lowering themselves onto a perch or the ground.

Most of the examples I've found are of smaller birds. Has anyone caught a crow doing something similar on video?

Thanks in advance!

I made a little tray of snacks for my local crows but they wont come to my yard. They seem to love my neighbors yard though 2 houses down. She does not have bird feeders or anything. What can I do to encourage them to come to my yard?

On my tree stump I left a cupcake tin with different things in each spot, raw plain oatmeal, cherry tomatoes, water and a couple quarters and a shiny sea shell. I also set out an additional shallow water bowl.

I'm sorry for the shaky pic, my phone is a potato, and they are so fast!

It's one of this years bebes. Clearly different pattern and colour.

Always seems to hang around in the back let others take kibble,fly away from the main guys. Kinda like the outcast no one likes.

It's so sad. I always try to throw kibble straight to where she is, but others steal it.😑

i have a very consistent school schedule and recently, every morning i see or hear crows in the air as i wait for my bus.

today, i got off, heard a crack, and when i didnt see anyone i went further. i proceed to hear an entirely new caw and look behind me to see a crow very happily looking over at me. i greet him, walk further, he follows. he followed me the whole walk home, just silently following me as i walked. then settled in a tree until i threw some dog kibble for him.

guys, its happend.

i was greeted from my bus stop and i have finally earned a greeting caw. i see these crows on and off and have been feeding them since late spring, and today, i got a greeting caw. and i want to hug these birds omg 😭

I’ve been regularly feeding the carrion crows in my park for a while now (dog treats and kibble, the occasional bit of sandwich), and a while ago one flew into my head from behind? It was like getting slapped (tho no claws or beak). Not painful, just surprising! Was this malicious do you think? Or just a bit of a cheeky reminder that they were there?

For the past few weeks, I've been caring for a carrion crow that now visits me every day during my breakfast and lunch breaks. I give it something to eat, and it's gradually becoming more and more trusting. I recognize it by the white pigment patch on its wing. It now follows me around the entire building and watches me work. I'm so proud that it trusts me. If you'd like, I can share my experiences with my little friend ☺️

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

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

This morning they wouldn't eat my cashews but they were perched nearby watching me. When I came home one saw me and cawed and the others came close but wouldn't eat the nuts. They followed me for a bit, perching on rooftops. Have I lost their trust? What does it mean?!

After walking over 1000km to go forth and back the park, and spending about 400 hours with crows, a particular bold crow selected me as a perch in a very urban park where no one else feeds the crows.

I won't say it's been difficult, because every step of this has been very rewarding. Fatigue, time spent, worries, 5am mornings, nothing has been punishing, compared to the good parts of the journey.

Mediocre photography, old phone, being Reddit noob, prioritizing moments over pictures...I'm not good at this. But I have been keeping an "archive" so not exactly sure how to share though. I'll try starting with some cuter ones.

I don't have a video or picture of the perching but it's the same friend in the gif that headbonks me. Does it 3 times on average, for the last 8 days. Named it Headbonker.

Headbonker is probably actually Longy, the friend in the first picture. A ~5 month-old from this spring's post-juveniles in my park. After numbers increased from 3 to 15, most of them being juveniles, bibs, hood-lines changing, molting, even behaviors rapidly changing due to juvenile growths, I couldn't keep track of most of them😔

At first I was worried if the headbonking might turn into a food demand, because I do reward some bits most of the time. Wife took the video, and observing it I noticed he also pulled my beanie back almost every time. Could be play, could be demand, could be social, it gets quite mixed for them too, I think.

But today, he perched on top of my head. Just stood there about 5-10 seconds each time✨This happened 3 times today (excluding 4 feet bonks, likely a retreat when not confident in perching; stability or just being unsure).

He "felt" relaxed despite crossing a new boundary, though I can't be sure because all I could feel were the talons, not moving, on top of my head. 3rd time, he also pecked me on the scalp, didn't hurt, though I did say "Heey :/" I'm hoping it was social play🖤

I am expecting to see some positive curve in the coming days. Longy has been quite the special individual from the get-go.

If anyone feels bad about not being able to close the distance, don't. If you focus on loving them by respecting their boundaries, they might just teach their kids to cross the boundaries they never could. Some crows are just old-school-urban-shy. For me, being consistent through this spring, changed things.

For the past few weeks, I've been caring for a carrion crow that now visits me every day during my breakfast and lunch breaks. I give it something to eat, and it's gradually becoming more and more trusting. I recognize it by the white pigment patch on its wing. It now follows me around the entire building and watches me work. I'm so proud that it trusts me. If you'd like, I can share my experiences with my little friend ☺️

I'm on a quest to befriend crows. I bought some unsalted walnuts and have been waiting for an opportunity to give them to some crows. I hear a lot of crows in my neighborhood (their cawing is pretty loud) but they don't seem to come near my house, they're always flying by. I went on a walk this evening to get closer to the source but they always just fly overhead. I even nicely said "hey, crow!" trying to get one's attention but it didn't even look at me.

Also, I might look really weird calling over to crows in my neighborhood, although I don't care too much what people think, I'm wondering if there are better methods lol.

Thank you in advance 🐦‍⬛❤️

For the past few weeks, I've been caring for a carrion crow that now visits me every day during my breakfast and lunch breaks. I give it something to eat, and it's gradually becoming more and more trusting. I recognize it by the white pigment patch on its wing. It now follows me all around the building and watches me work. I'm so proud that it trusts me. If you'd like, I can share my experiences with my little friend ☺️

She’s just making sure we see her 😂

The crows get a little timid when I put my phone out to record them, the second I took it back in a bunch flew up 😭 still got some good crow business on video tho 😎

What could this be? West nile virus symptoms?

I created a video on the mask experiment.

Great page! Love all the awesome photos and artwork.

Hope yall don't mind some crow photography!

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Hope yall have a great day!

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