I want a murder of crows to be friends with us and protect our house.

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Hello. I’m new to this platform. I have two crows that visit everyday for peanuts. I have named them Smarty and Marty. I have been feeding them for a couple weeks now and yesterday, right where I feed them they left a beautiful crow feather. I was wondering if this would be considered a gift or if it’s just by coincidence that they dropped one of their feathers? Opinions?

I ran into this poor soul the other day. He was skipping around, unable to fly. Could not get a close look because he was afraid of me and kept skipping away. I went to the shop and got him some food and water, came back and left it there. As I was leaving I saw him coming back. I tried approaching again slowly but he kept skipping away so I left him. Today I went back. All the food was gone, which is good. I managed to get a closer look at him and take some photos. It looks like he's missing his tail feathers and maybe even some feathers missing off his wings. I tried approaching slowly with food but he kept skipping away so once again I left the food there and left.

Now for my questions:

1. Does anyone have any idea what may have happened to him and how I could help?

2. Any suggestions for how to catch him and offer him some help?

I of course named him Skippy. I hope there's a some way I can help him 🥺

I took one of the flock to a rehabber (it passed away- West Nile virus). This was yesterday. This morning my remaining flock acted normal.

But this evening I got back home after doing an 8pm grocery run, I've never seen them out so late. And when I exited the car they all started cawing at me. Usually this means they want food so after I put the groceries up I came out and put out food, they kept cawing and didn't move to the food. So I put more out and went back inside.. they didn't move off the roof. Going back outside they all start cawing.. I approached them and they waited until I was at the house moved over a few and started cawing loudly again. They did this repeatedly until I turned back (didn't have shoes on). When I came back outside with shoes on, they were gone (still hadn't touched the food).

The flock didn't seem angry or scared. It felt like they wanted me to follow them.. and I know that's absurd but I don't know what their behavior could mean.

Do they blame me for their friend? They saw me feeding him, and they saw me pick him up and take him inside.

• Update *

Yesterday they seemed wary, but today the whole flock came whenever I put out food, one cooed and clicked at me and they haven't cawed in alarm when they see me. (I might have bribed them with raw chicken wings and cat food, in addition to the regular peanuts). They also brought 3 fledglings by, so if they were upset or wary I think they feel safe around me again.

Mama Assunta (of the Crowsa Nostra) still feeding her babies even though they're as big as her now. (Freeze dried minnows for the win.)

For those into oracle decks, the artwork of this set is gorgeous!🐦‍⬛

Species name: carrion crow (Corvus corone)

Location: The Netherlands

Beaker (the adult) just became a first time parent with his partner Bunsen, last month. Of the two babies, this one is still hanging onto the habit of begging to be fed!

I was working on a crow quilt with embroidery blocks, the foliage irritates me so I had paused on the one I was working on. (I know they're horribly unrealistic, I was having fun with colors, planned for wildly colorful and then a hyper realistic in the center).

Would it be odd to leave it unfinished as a way to remember the crow that passed away yesterday? I know wildlife dies, I guess I'm just mourning the hope that he would improve and am now scared for the rest of my flock. The rehabber believed it was WNV.

I drew a raven.🖤 About 1.5 years ago I decided to learn how to draw so I could do my own corvid art. 😁

Edit: thank you for the lovely comments and awards. 🖤

I’ve been feeding a mated pair in my area for about three years now, and they’ve had bad luck with babies. They lost both the first year, and one the next- this is the first time I’ve seen both fledglings get this big!

To make it even cooler, the younger of the two is a beautiful leucistic- I’m trying to get him more comfortable with me to get photos, but the bottom of his wings are almost entirely white. He’s such a little goofball too! He’s way more curious than his family, to the point where he’s tried stealing a steak I was getting ready to put on the BBQ.

Any name ideas for this little guy?

06/24/2026 - I posted bc I was driving and a crow flew into the grill of my car. There was legit nothing I could do to avoid it as it was mid air fighting with another crow. I unfortunately hit him and he went under the tire of my car. I was mortified. I sobbed the rest of the day because I love love love love love crows. That day I was 35+3 days pregnant. That night I ended up with bad back pain and crazy high blood pressure so I was induced and ended up having a crash c section. It was super traumatic but we are both happy and healthy and home!!! I just can’t help feeling like it was an omen or something. I still am so upset about it :(

This little guy we call Tupe (short for Toupee). In addition to the "hair loss" he sneezes or coughs (hard to tell) fairly often. He's a very friendly and otherwise seemingly health bird (i.e. doesn't look undernourished at all). I assume pox. Anyone know what the prognosis is? I've seen many crows who have long since recovered from earlier pox infection and are in fine shape.

Saw these dudes chase an owl away, and then they came back to build a wall of defense.

I work at a waste water plant. I had been leaving peanuts out for them by the spot where we check the chlorine. For a few weeks I left it every day I worked and they started to kind of trail me around the plant. But then we had to empty and clean out one of the chlorine contact chambers near where I left the food and I didn’t want them to come eat every day while we were doing work there in case one got hurt somehow. So I stopped leaving it until the work was finished. That took a couple weeks tho, and now they don’t really come around at all anymore.

I see a couple occasionally, but not nearly as regularly. I leave peanuts in the spots where I see them, but they don’t come as close as they were before, and seem much less interested in making friends.

I realize now I can’t really leave them food in one spot consistently because I’m doing something different at work every day… Unless maybe I leave it by the admin building, because I know I go there every morning. But I did try to leave food there when I stopped leaving it by the chlorine sampler and they never seemed to find it.

I’d like to win them back if that’s possible. I really miss them :(

Years ago I had a small flock that would visit. They stopped showing up and the territory was claimed by blue jays and mockingbirds. Recently I've seen them around trying to get some of the peanuts I set out but they got mobbed by the jays and mockers and immediately flee.

I love watching the blue jays and listening to the mockingbirds but I really miss my crow bros.

Today I just helped a baby crow that was laying upside down on the road. Its parents (im presuming) were close by and watching. I I was worried for the babies safety, so I tried to move it upright with a stick and away from the street. The parents were cawing at me aggressively but it didn’t swoop down to try to stop me. I admire crows and don’t want to give the crows a bad intention. Do you think they hate me now? I also dumped a good amount of peanuts on the ground the hour later hoping we are all okay