r/crows
Is this a tick?
There’s just a slight breeze, and I’ve notice that this crow is making these movements. Is it some kind of tick?
I love to photograph crows. Here's my best work so far 🖤
News from my feeding station
Seems like he found some bone to pick on.
He regularly brings food he found up that roof to eat because of the water bowl.
A crow started following me on my way to work
Today on my way to work (4-5 minutes from the train station) a single crow suddenly landed right in front of me a few meters ahead. It seems to be the same crow that generally wanders around this general spot in the grass (beak looks the same). 2-3 times a week I usually buy a sandwich or a filled crosssant (with salmon, eggs and onion) and eat it on the way. My guess is that he's interested in that. Anyway every time it landed in front of me I ripped tiny bit off my croissant and threw it in his direction and he instantly hopped towards it to eat it! At one spot I also gave him an egg slice and he followed me roughly all the (short) way to work!
I know that you rather want to be friends with crows than enemies and they are able to remember individual persons. What's your opinion on this? Is it likely to meet him again after work or in the morning? My work time is rather inconsistent (sometimes starting work at 8am, sometimes at 10am) so I guess that's not a reliable outcome (unless I fix that). To be fair there's a massive murder of crows having nests right next to the train station. You can imagine the mess they leave behind on the bikes and cars parked below the trees. But I have fun observing them. But I thought that the time to befriend a crow would be much muuuuuch longer. I only started work there last month (working on my master thesis so I'm not enirely sure if they'll even hire me once I'm done).
You can see the exact moment the bird realizes it won
Trying to be nice to the crows
A few years back an injured juvenile crow ended up in my back yard. I got the dogs away, looked it over and it seemed to be hurt. I didn't know if it was my dogs or if it was already injured before they were let out. I can't imagine if it was healthy to begin with it would have been in my yard. Anyway, it was still alive so I took a rake and carefully put it outside my fence in the more wild area for cover just in case and put a bowl of water and some peanuts near by. Told my husband when he got home to please get it and take it to the wildlife conservation center near us. Long story short they ended up euthanizing him. He had bone deficiencies. And ever since I have been trying to appease the crow family because I feel like they think I ended their young crow baby. I know they remember bad people as bad and I don't want to be that person.
TL;DR juvenile crow ended up not coming back to his family and I'm trying to be a good person to the crows now.
Pics as tax of them coming for the unsalted peanuts I put out for them.
Has anyone heard this sound/knows what it means?
I’ve been trying to befriend the local crows and have heard this sound lately? Not sure if it means they’re happy with the snacks or something else
Stavanger crow
Such a polite little fella I met in Stavanger, Norway on thursday! I bought some nuts just in case and was not disappointed!
Why does the head look darker than the body
Every now and then I see a crow that the head is blacker than the body. It might be some sort of texture of the wings, but it’s really evident on this one. I’m just curious if anybody knows what it means is happening.
Sunday brunch with the homies
Just as I was lamenting that they never hang out anymore, they showed up today and we had brunch together. Maybe the babies hatched cause i haven’t seen both of them at the same time since march, and it’s the first time in weeks that they hung around.
The painted eggs are ready-boiled eggs that german bakeries sell (they are painted to mark that they‘re boiled). They don’t eat the shells or the eggwhite so i have to clean up after them but the squirrels usually take care of the peanut shells. The big one who’s less shy sometimes follows me around the park. Once they showed up at my work (i‘ll post that video soon :)
Love this little community - i learned a lot about their habits and favourite snacks.
Have a nice sunday everyone!
This crow kept saying "hello"!
Apologies for my voice being so much louder than the crow's. As I was walking in a park, I heard this crow repeatedly saying "hello" before I even approached it. In fact, its repeated hellos are what drew me toward it. IDK if it was talking to me, talking to somebody else in the area, or just practicing the word or muttering to itself. I any case, I approached, we exchanged hellos, and I fed it half a peanut (I would have fed it more, but it was skittish).
Food Suggestions
I have seen some people put out hard boiled eggs for our friends but I was curious what is the suggestion kind of boiled egg? Like soft or more runny or more cooked? and how often should I add them to the rotation.
I also have peanuts and peanuts in the shell but my Blue Jays steal those SOOO fast. I have tried meal worms but no takers on that.
So, what are some good nutritious and safe foods I can put out for my crows? 🐦⬛ 🖤