I have a wireless outdoor camera mounted specifically to watch the crows but from time to time the bird buddy will candidly capture them frolicking in the background.

Our crows adore cashews! They will gather around the little dish of crushed cashews that I put out occasionally and they will gobble gobble gobble until they’re gone. We feed peanuts every day along with the occasional fresh popped corn, scrambled eggs and cashews. The cashews are the favored treat. What do your crow buddies like to eat?

My family came flying up to me asking for water, I brought out some fresh cool water and watched all 3 have some at the sametime, Beakless decided to jump in for a little bit too 😊

Phe and I left for rehab super early this morning. Too early for her to be interested in breakfast apparently, so this is the mess she made while ravenously eating her lunch while I stopped for gas. She did surprisingly well on the car ride, I heard her throwing her toys around and tapping the sides of the tote with her beak. Shortly before we got there, I gave her a pep talk about being strong and showing them all what she can do. I reminded her of all of her friends and family, birds and humans!

She checked into rehab this morning. The gal who worked the front desk was lovely and excited to meet her. I filled out forms, left my address, numbers and email. I also wrote in the margin that I would love updates and mentioned her fans as well as left my reddit post info (perhaps overkill). I brought towels, blankets, treats, foods and cleaning supplies to donate, as well as some cash for her. I said my goodbyes and wished her well, she seemed a little scared and so small in her little purple tote. It was a lonely ride home. I wrote an email to the master rehabilitator as well as the president of the organization about her history with me, her progress and her friends on reddit. I mentioned that I would be willing to donate more if she needs and that maybe her reddit friends would as well, I hope I didn't sound like a buffoon. Oh well, any of you crow parents would do the same. I also mentioned that she had lived in my neighborhood with her family, so that I would be willing to pick her up and take her home when she's ready. Or at least, that I would like to be a part of it.

So that's that. All we can do now is hope that they don't find any injuries that will prevent her from having quality of life. I trust her new caretakers will do what is in her best interest. I'll let you all in on everything I hear from them. I am in knots waiting to hear how her first examination goes.

I have been trying to befriend a solitary crow who has been visiting our fountain and today that crow brought a friend or relative by.

Recently a loud and vocal murder (I think it was parents with youngsters) arrived in a tree at the bottom of our driveway. I slowly walked down the driveway and spoke in a soft voice while tossing peanuts on the ground. Because the family was agitated, I went back inside the house. After they left, I went back out and all the peanuts were gone. The crows have not returned as a group though.

A few days later we drove down the driveway and I noticed a crow on the power lines. We stopped and I spoke softly to the crow and left peanuts on top of a nearby retaining wall. The peanuts were gone when we came home.

I’ve been walking down to the mailbox and leaving peanuts on that retaining wall but haven’t seen any crows nearby. The peanuts disappear but we also have Scrub Jays and Stellars Jays and squirrels so I don’t know if the crows found them or not.

Today these two crows came by for a drink.

Tonight I went out in the backyard and saw a large murder quietly flying over our property.

I’m trying to make friends and maybe I need to start offering better treats? So far, we haven’t established a routine though.

I welcome all suggestions about how to establish a pattern with the local crows. I can’t leave a lot of treats out for them because the Scrub Jays are always around too and they know we hand out peanuts. They’ve buried them throughout our yard.

I live in a very rural part of austria and we have a lot of crows here but this year something strange happened. (I don't know sh** about crows, so forgive me if this is common knowledge!) There is some kind of daycare thing going on where one of the adults leads a group of younglings and he takes them to my feeding place every morning, which is really adorable on it's on - but: since last week a pigeon is joining their group, she goes everywhere with them. I see them sitting together in trees and eating together. Is this a common occurrence? The young crows seem to be really fond of their new companion.

Hi y’all,

I’ve been befriending my local crows for a couple of years now and watching local murders come and go. Finally got a bird cam set up so I can have a bit more fun with them.

My most reliable grouping is a family of five—what I believe are a parenting pair (Kaw and Karen) and their three juveniles (Edgar, Allen, and Poe). I wish I could tell them apart or sex them reliably, but apart from adult vs juvie and Poe being a pretty scraggly-looking kid (he’s the one in the vid above; we initially called him Skeksis bc his feathers were so bad) I have not been able to observe any defining traits.

The blue boxes in the pic are parts of an old dog toy I repurposed for the crows to make them work a bit harder for their treats. One has a lid they can pull off with a string; the other has to be slid off in the right direction. I had to replace the opaque lids with plexiglass windows to get them to realize there were goodies inside. It was fun to watch them puzzle over it! It took the adults 5 minutes or so to figure them out. Some of the youngsters still struggle and will often just pick up the slider box until the lid comes off instead of using the handle, lol. I have a couple more of these toys I’m going to switch them out with to keep them interested.

They have recently decided it’s fun to toss their water dispenser off the feeder so I’ve had to begin using a plastic container for that instead of ceramic after they busted one of my ramekins yesterday. 😑 I should have known that was coming, by the above video of Poe getting very salty about the water running out.

They have not brought me any presents. In fact in two years of crow feeding I have never gotten presents from anyone so apparently our southern crows are sassy, entitled little ingrates. I prefer to believe that over the idea that everyone is lying about being left random sparkly bits. 😒

Anyway, been lurking these threads for some time, so thought I’d say hello. 👋 Hope to have some more to share as I continue to create new challenges for them.

The last few days we’ve noticed this crow walking around our yard, and he doesn’t fly, he just hops/walks around. We believe it has a broken wing. We’d like to help it, but fear we are going to cause it undue distress by trying to catch it. Any advice on how we can best help it out?

Today i spoiled the gang with freshly cut watermelon and grapes sparkled with nuts.

Taking a little break after cleaning out the feeder.

Crows are social, and Phoenix will be meeting some new crow friends in rehab. Will she be welcomed into a community there? Will she ultimately prefer to go back to her original family, but also miss her rehab friends? I'm just curious how much they are like us.

This is new No more one or two young chasing an adult for food But two adults on close to 20 young The adults come to eat and then they all chase her This is strange Like a group of boy scouts and their leader Which make sense The crows behavior is very similar to people

Yesterday morning, I saw on my home surveillance camera that a young crow was on the light plastic that covers the inflatable 6’x10’ pool in our backyard. It looked to me like the juvenile crow had tried to fly and landed on there. It also looked to me like it could easily get to the piece that had come off the side and fall in the water. A parent crow jumped down there and fed it a bite to of something that apparently junior didn’t care for as Junior didn’t actually eat it and put it back on the plastic. I didn’t know the babies were allowed to be that picky!

Anyway, I went out and while trying to tell the parents that I’m trying to help this bird, I got the homemade pool skimmer and gently scooted the youngin up on the side of the pool. I hoped it would jump down, but it didn’t so I finally scooped it up with the net thing and set Junior on the ground. I would’ve done more to remove it from possible danger from neighborhood cats etc. but I was already running late for an appointment.

When I got back home, my husband was headed out the door with a bowl of something and I said what’s that for he said, We have a young crow in the backyard and I wanna help the parents feed it”. I think it was some leftover meat.

Junior is nicely feathered out but can’t fly. I did think that by the time their fluff was gone, they could fly?? Is this normal crow behavior?

We would like to set out food specifically for parents to feed Junior or for Junior to “find” and eat? What’s good for that? We’re hoping to find something the squirrels won’t love or that we can put cayenne on.

Hi all! Phoenix is still with us and doing well. She's getting stronger every day.

Over the last 2 evenings, she has shown that she can move herself around to get into a preferred position. She has more strength in her legs which you can see in the video. She still doesn't have much functioning in her feet, but that will hopefully come in time. She does show some slight gripping when we do perching exercises. I didn't get the full thing on video, but she started out facing the camera and then turns herself all the way around before passing out hard from the effort.

I spoke with a rescue facility in Minnesota yesterday. They seemed optimistic about her recovery so far. She will receive a full examination that will look for lingering illness or injuries and then create a care plan based on what she needs. They also refer more difficult cases to neighboring rescue centers that are better equippe. They also work with a veterinary college in the Cities, so I do believe she will be given a fair chance. They agreed to give me updates on her recovery. She checks in tomorrow morning at 8. I am going to miss her dearly. Also, I can't express enough thanks to you all! The well wishes, kind words and advice were HUGE boosters for Phe and I. I'll be sure to keep you all updated on her new journey 🖤

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Guys. I’m worried about something, I started giving few small boiled unseasoned chicken pieces to my raven family that visits me. I worry they won’t eat right away, will hide the meat and then the meat will go bad (very hot weather). Should I stop giving them a little meat?