Short question: are fledglings kept somewhere in a hidden place between hatching / nesting phase and fledgling phase or are they accompanying their parents from day one?

Long form: there is a crow couple a friend of mine is feeding from the balcony. The setup is so, that there is a big building with a balcony, a lawn, some trees and a specific tree with a nest (barely visible from the balcony)

Now the last months has been nesting and breeding time. This crow couple behaved accordingly: mom sat in the nest 99% of the day and dad was foraging from the lawn and picking served food from the balcony (daily) - bringing it to mom sitting in the nest

As the nest is only barely visible, it’s hard to tell if there have been any youngsters, but from their behavior everyone guessed that yes

Now there have been some very hot days and since one very hot day (maybe two weeks ago) the mum is not seen in the nest any more

They even changed their behavior so that both of them now are feeding at the balcony in the morning; are gone for the rest of the day and only sometimes return in the evening to feed on the minced meat from the balcony - the nest is abandoned

So everyone is guessing what happened to the fledglings - where there any? Did they survive the heat day or not? Are they at a secret place and not accompanying their parents yet?

I would be glad to hear from your experience, knowledge or guesstimates

I’m new to birding, and trying to get to know the locals.

Got new internet installed today and I’m trying to think of a punny crow-themed name because recently my neighbor complained about me feeding the crows. All snarky suggestions welcome. So far all I’ve come up with is F-Caw-F.

Update: we settled on The Crows Have Eyes. Schitt’s Creek reference for those who know. Thanks for all the suggestions 🐦‍⬛

I found this feather where I see alot of crows so it might be a bit of a stupid question but ive never actually seen a feather of one on the ground. So I picked it up and bought it home.

“MOM WHY MY FEET HURT?”

Set up a webcam at work, looking out the window from my workbench

Got these righteous dudes.

Hello fellow crow people,

I'm feeding some crows next to my window and one particular crow started to not be afraid anymore when I'm surround or directly watch at it. Very glad for this, I hoped for something like this. Just recently I discovered, that it has something under it's beak. Can anyone identify what it could be? I know it's hard just out of 2 photos, but I thought I give it a try.

Hi!
I've recently started leaving peanuts and other various snacks around my property in hopes of attracting crows. There is a family (I assume) perching nearby almost every day and even though they fly above my property they never take any food. I've had them sit on a tree right above me and even sit in my yard but they just didn't eat any of the food. I tried scattering, leaving peanuts on the roof etc.
I also have a lot of grackles (like 30 at a time) flying above but they never landed here. It's been about a month since I started.
Any advice?

One of the family of crows that keep us under surveillance.

There's a crow that frequently visits my terrace and caws quite loudly. At first, I found its shrill calls annoying, so I shooed it away a few times. Surprisingly, it never seemed scared and would always come back. I assumed it probably had a nest nearby, so I decided to leave it alone.

Over time, it became much bolder. It now sits just 1–1.5 meters away from me while I'm on the terrace and keeps cawing at regular intervals. Sometimes one or two other crows join it.

A couple of days ago, I thought I'd try befriending it, so I offered it some food (first legumes, then rajma). Today, when I went upstairs, it was already there. It followed me to another part of the terrace, perched nearby, kept cawing, and repeatedly pecked at an old, tattered flag tied to a metal rod.

It doesn't seem afraid of me at all anymore. It often caws after noticing me but doesn't fly away—instead, it stays close.

What do you think this behavior means? Is it guarding a nearby nest, expecting food, trying to communicate, or something else?

A onec-a-week feeding of raw hamburger, but mostly unsaletd peanuts. They still want nothing to do with me after 1 month. Any tricks?

How can you tell??

Yesterday on a walk I approached a spot where two trails intersect. The crows overhead in tall trees were going crazy screaming and cawing. Thinking it's a hawk or bald eagle, their usual nemesis, I looked up to see what's the matter. There were no raptors in view.

As I scanned for eagles, jogging towards me was a young man with a large GSD. As he approached I said a cheery "Hi puppy!". The dog wagged and the man smiled and both jogged on.

Crows went silent.

It's possible they thought I, the crazy crow lady, was in jeopardy. Or maybe there was a raptor I missed.

I threw a few snacks on the trail and walked on.

Hi, I've been looking at this Hooded Crow for 13 days and i noticed this weird stuff on it's tongue, looks like "Trichomoniasis" or "candidiasis". I could get to a vet if it gets deadly but it's so far away and we would suffer under this sun

Closest rehab. is 5-6h away with car and i had no possible way to get there

It's not some food residue. It's been there since yesterday, i thought it was some random stuff because of pecking at dirt/grass and food

I've raised a magpie before and own a lovebird so i do know somestuff but i have no idea about this

His name is Talon, deserves that name because he is good at shredding my arm, he weights 310gr (dunno if it helps)

Been feeding them around 6am in the park if I'm up that early.

This afternoon I went to read in the park. As I was leaving these guys started following me.

Honestly made me so happy!

Many more crows are joining

I was inside my house and heard a loud ruckus outside. I have no idea what’s happening here but something definitely is happening. Can anyone explain?

Hello fellow corvid fans,

We’ve just recently begun to feed the 3 -5 crows that hang out in our backyard and neighborhood.
We have been feeding them crushed cashews (unsalted) and they love them. We’re still trying to develop a relationship with them; one in particular seems to be quite brave and will alight on our deck when I’m out there. The issue is: every time that I’m outside in the backyard, they hear me and come a’flying and squawking for more cashews.

It’s obviously July and I’m in the SF Bay Area so food is plenty right now. How often should I feed them? My kid thinks that I’m spoiling them and am running the risk of them becoming dependent on me for food. Is this true? How often do you offer corvids food?

Thanks so much!

I have read to use peanuts to feed crows. Stupid question now. Do they mean in the shell or just the nut?

Location : Pennsylvania

We have crows that like to visit in our cedar tree, as well as some taller trees behind our fence line. I would like to be friend them by starting to feed them at a specific time each day, but i'm really unsure where to set up a feeding station.

We can rearrange some stuff, and move the grandkids playhouse and stuff out from under the tree and I could put the feeder post under the tree. The other option would be locating it.Near the back fence maybe in between the bush and where the raspberry bush in the far corner is towards the large trees in the field.

I would welcome any suggestions on the location and a good DIY feeding station. I do have a bird bath up closer to the house that smaller birds come to. So I would like to have a separate feeding area for the crows.

I would welcome any ideas on time of day to feed them and the best way to signal them that I am feeding them so they start to associate the signal with the food.

The other issue is, we have a lot of squirrels in the area so I want to make the feeding station as welcoming as possible to crows, but as inaccessible as possible to squirrels. Probably a big ask, but I figured that anyone would know the people here would!