Today there were about 10 crows waiting for me when I got to work, but I made a bit of a mistake - they were all cawing and having some sort of party, and I butted in and tried to join the fun…this caused them to take their party elsewhere - but I will make them love me someday!
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I went back out now (~30 minutes later). There were 15-20 Fish Crows and 4 American Crows all partaking in the nut fest I laid out. I wandered into the middle of the party with a hard boiled egg…some of them took off, but about half of each stayed aloof and watched as I laid the egg among the mixed nuts.
I am determined, and WILL be friends with these guys - I just have to show them I can be trusted and that all I want is to be a part of the murder.
@corvidae @melinda010100 thank you both for your advice along the way, I believe I’m seeing the beginnings of my feathered family and it is SO cool to see how diligently they run security - it will make it that much more meaningful when they open their hearts to me!
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Awww Fish Crows! I want to meet some one of these days. I have a cousin in Florida so it's possible it could be sooner than later.
You WILL be in crow club one day! And just remember the advice I always give my dog when he's trying to befriend some new creature: staring is scaring. 😄
Hahaha!!! Then we definitely care about each other!
The fish crows are fun little guys…they sound more like frogs than crows 🤣
I left a trail of peanuts from their tree to my work parking lot for a few days in a row…now they are there every day. From my distant perspective, they seem to have less capacity for deeper friendship, but they’re smart and cute. I get about 15 of them each morning and 3-5 American crows, consistently at this point. They’re a cool bunch! Still not on “getting close to each other” kind of terms, but I see it in our future!
My daughter puts in effort to make friends, like you do. Last week a crow with an injured wing came to her and she was able to take it to a trusted rehab center.
Oh my goodness!!!! That is so incredible! Bless her heart as well, for being kind enough to do her part for that little beauty :)
The rescue center could not find anything wrong with the birds wing and suspected West Nile. It seems there has been a big increase in the disease here in Wisconsin. Corvids (crows, blue jays, and ravens) are the most susceptible to dying from the disease. They were going to begin treatment.
Oh no - that just made me cry a little tear - I don’t know why a broken wing seemed so much better, but for some reason it did 😢
Same here. The center does not have the manpower to notify of progress, but at the end of the year will send out a report to let her know if the bird died or was released.
I wouldn’t be able to read it - next year, he’s off, harassing an owl somewhere just for the thrill of being chased; evading death just for kicks. Id believe that and never read the report, personally 🐦⬛
Also, may I say that that is a great photo of a particularly photogenic crow? ❤️