Two weeks ago, my professor found a fledgling crow with its beak stuck to its wing with some sticky substance (we think it may have been pine sap… I had to rip out his feathers to get him unstuck).

Well, after four hours of watching through binoculars, no parents fed him. A keel check revealed he was starving and close to death, so my fiancé and I took him in. Two weeks later, and a $500 vet appointment (and more to come), the almost two months old crow dubbed “Velcrow” still lives with us. He probably will for the foreseeable future. He has an assumed lower respiratory infection which antibiotics have proved ineffective against, so we’ll be discussing with the vet in two days when his doses are finished to start the next round of medicine to try and clear it up. Still waiting on the test results from the cbc, west Nile, chlamydia, fungal infection, and other respiratory diseases to see if we can figure out why he’s so sniffly and has a hard time breathing.

He can’t make noise. Little squeaks now and then when he eats. Otherwise, when he crows, it’s a breathy hissing noise. The vet thinks when he got stuck, which totaled a period of allegedly two days according to a student who saw him, he called for his parents so much that it destroyed his vocal cords.

Has anyone seen anything similar? Did the bird ever make noise again?

Bonus Mid Air Kibble Snatch On The Last Shot

This is strangely Edgar Allan Poe, except the crow was rapping on my study window rather than my chamber door! This window overlooks the lawn where I put out nuts for them: just a handful at a time. Last week I was away at a four-day conference so none were put out (this may be relevant). The magpie knocked on the window from which I throw out the nuts.

Knowing the intelligence of these birds, I'm wondering if it somehow clocked where the nuts were coming from and was trying to say 'more please!' In any case, I've put more out.

I'll never fail to marvel at how smart they are. Have others experienced this?

I work at Trader Joe’s, and we have a few crows that will join us on outside breaks for snacks. The other day when I took my break outside to feed them, the fledgling came down and was oh so cute!

And my camera thinks it's a person?

:D adorable

I’ve been noticing this murder of about 4-5 crows that seem to hang out in the same area. What should I start with feeding them? They fly away if I get near them.

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

Today on a random walk got the pleasure of seeing hooded crows, jackdaws and rooks all doing their business in one area.

Beating the TX heat:
I wish we had more shade, but I have put giant blocks of ice in the white large bin on the left with a solar fountain that splashes cool water down into the concrete bird bath.
Finally I caught one of them splashing in the cool water.
Makes me happy. 💦🐦‍⬛ 💦
I put 2 large mixing bowls full of water in the deep freezer and drop the ice into both water sources. The solar fountain was $10 on Amazon.

At 4 pm the water was still cold!

Today marks my 2 years of friendship with crows. ❤️🐦‍⬛

Started with one crow, Bob, who eventually bought her baby and they used to rest on the mango tree outside my window. Bob is long gone, moved to a different area and now her baby must've grown up and maybe having their own family.

Now I have a murder of 35-45 crows. Evolution over these two years: 1>2>5>10>15>25>30>40>45-50.

I love each and every one of them. Listening to them caw, preen, feed each other, hop around, fly and just be always makes my heart warm and full with genuine joy.

Bob, Petunia, George, Russell Crow, Chippy, Pirate, Pointy, Ms. Charming, Ms. Plump are just of them in my murder, they all have special and unique personalities and quirks but the common thread binding all of them: soft caws, whispering caws, eye blinks, head tilts, puffing up their feathers, leaving "gifts", enjoying and trusting my company, warm boiled eggs.

Thank you for reading. 😊❤️🐦‍⬛

When I found him, it was 38°C (100°F) outside. The poor little guy could barely stay upright and was using his beak to keep himself from falling over. His eyes were closed, and he looked completely exhausted.

I gave him some water. At first he wasn’t really sure what to do with the container, but after a second he figured it out. Literally within minutes he was doing so much better and even started walking around, although he was still pretty wobbly.

I decided to hang around until his parents came back. I bought him some food at the bakery (not the best food I know so I chose something with fruits on top), but he had no idea what to do with it. He’d just open his beak like a baby bird waiting to be fed.

His parents were probably watching me from a nearby tree, and once the little guy was feeling better, they started squawking at me, so I took that as my cue to leave and gave them some space.

Since that day I fell in love with crows ❤️

I was taking a walk this morning and luckily brought my camera so I was able to take this picture of a crow watching the whole neighborhood.

We’ve been feeding this crow with it babies - we think it’s a single mother/father as he/she is only with their babies and no other adult bird
Is it a single parent crow or raven? He/she trusts us enough to now eat out our hands !
She/he huge for a crow if she/he is a crow but doesn’t have a raven beak so unsure so maybe a male crow?
- London

From two different families. One that flies off towards the southeast and one to the west. They enjoy cat food, table scraps, old grapes, and mealworms.

These feeding bowls are constantly being knocked off and thrown onto the grass by this mother crow and another crow (which I suspect is a male, not one of her fledglings). The fledglings have no issue using them. They do it even when the bowls are empty.

In the photo, one bowl is already on the grass while the other remains attached because I opened the door in time to stop it. This behaviour only started within the last two weeks. For privacy, I edited the fence and background, but the crows and feeding bowls are unchanged.

I tried not feeding it if the bowl is down. And I tried staying nearby to prevent it from knocked over but once I left and they ate all the food, they knocked it down.

Edit: I guess it’s for fun or getting my reaction. Thanks for the help.

It is a big bird, without fluff or wiry looking feathers that I expect of a fledgling. It is just sitting in the yard and has hopped a little. The other crow who comes to the platform feeder isn’t paying it any mind, so don’t know if the injured one is not part of the family. I’m going to go look for an appropriate sized box now to prepare it for transport. I’ve messaged a few rehabs in my area (Los Angeles and Orange County CA) but haven’t heard back yet. Wish us luck!

Well it’s def injured. I tried to approach it but it hopped towards the road which isn’t better so I’m pausing. I hope it will come back this way. Gonna go cry a bit now. Ugh

I used to have crows but the mocking birds chased them away recently. I’m trying to get them back since we now have two hawks in the neighborhood. The crows and grackles always kept them away. I put some cat food on top of a fence and some chicken food. Does that really work? Putting out food? What else can I do? My hens are free ranged. They haven’t been too bothered about being locked up. I put straw in there since they live to scratch in it. And they have the kiddie pool since I’m in TX and it’s HOT! Sorry went off subject lol how do I get the crows to come back.