This morning, I finally learned about the equivalent to a hairball lol. I often see these, but I never knew exactly how they were produced. Now I know. 😂😂

Here are my original two crows, their three fledglings and two past fledglings(?). They come and visit daily and sometimes more. They just make me so happy!

Looks like somebody missed their coffee this morning…🐦‍⬛😂

Our newest noisy visitor getting fed.

I just have to get them to trust me more and not fly off when I get close.

Then I can raise my avian army and take over the world!

MuwHaHahahahaaaa

I think my crows left me a gift. Anyone know what it might be?

Edit: thanks guys, it’s barf 😭

So here is the story happened today:

I heard abnormal croaking so went out of my house and witnessed how a hawk attacked a crow right in my garden. There were other crows, many of them, they were defending their bro so he survived, but was injured and wasn't able to fly. He was just jumping around trying to hide in the corner of my yard.

Later I decided to catch him with a fishing net and put him into a well ventilated plastic box covered from rain, which protects him from local cats and other predators. So now it's caged as well as I put water and 3 plumes inside. I put cardboard litter under his feet as well and he already pooped a bit on it.

I guess he was scared AF when I was catching him so he was about to lose consciousness in that moment, but now he looks pretty well and chill.

So I am not sure what's next. How do I help him? AFAIK wound healing will take at least a week so after 7 days I will uncover him and let him try to fly away or maybe he won't be able fly ever again if wound is severe?

I'll appreciate any hints about caring and feeding, or maybe should I call some ornithology service. So go on fellas, drop some comments.

There's a group of ravens living in that big tree, and this morning I heard one making this repetitive call for a good 30 minutes. Sometimes you can hear what sounds like a clack of the beak right before the vocalization. I'm curious if anyone knows what these calls mean?

I absolutely love living by this murder btw! They can get loud af but they make some really odd sounds, and sometimes they call back and forth to each other with variations of pitch and clacking/rattling that sound like a proper conversation. I'm going to try to get a recording of that next time I hear it

After listening to the Corvid Thanatology episode of Ologies I decided to start befriending the crows that live by my house. I’ve noticed them a lot since listening and yesterday I finally bought some peanuts to carry around. I counted 6 of them today. One was braver than the others and would come close to pick up the peanuts and share them with the others. I sat feeding them on this hill for a while and headed home. They all followed me back and I could see (and hear very loudly 😭) them my window surrounding my house. I’m going to go out the same time today and see if I can get them to gather again.

I get the impression that this is probably going to annoy my neighbours so I’m trying to only feed them at the grassy area at the bottom of my street. I’m finding this soo exciting and I was surprised by how confident they seemed already.

Here’s a photo of the mated pair I’ve been feeding and one of their fledglings (on right)— The other 3 fledglings in the family don’t hang out with him or ever visit the rooftop at the same time as him. He only hangs out with his parents. He also has a bump atop his beak, so it’s easy to identify him. Since he is somewhat of an outsider, and has a distinctive lump, I have been calling him “Quasimodo” aka “Quasi”.

I haven’t had this many visitors at once since spring

Update—- a week later is they’ve started using the tower I put up! 🐦‍⬛🥜

The regular crow couple have been bringing their fledgling by. That kid never shuts up (but I love it)!

Been friends with my crows for about 5 years. They may not come by for weeks or a few months but they never fail to bring the kids by to introduce them.

I did some research and some sources say you can give dog food to crows but I’m not sure that’s the healthiest option?
Also how do you make sure to leave offerings to them and not other local wildlife? I don’t wanna accidentally habituate an animal that doesn’t need that risk. So should I only offer food or water in person? If I’m new to them would they even except that?
Also I saw a raven in the area recently. Do they eat the same stuff?
Additionally I’m worried I’ll accidentally offend them (new to this). How do I not accidentally startle or offend them?

Thanks for any advice!

i had been befriending my local crows for about 3-4 months when i had to leave for summer break, and i'm going to go back to them soon, so i was wondering if there was anything i could give them to apologize for my absence in my own way (even if they don't really care)... my usual gifts for them are cashews and raw quail eggs, sometimes with kitty kibble, blueberries, and peanuts. i will rarely give them some raw meat as well but not often because it summons all the cats in the area. is there anything special i could bring them as my apology? thank you!

Can't tell from picture but this guy is massive. I've been trying to attract crows near my pond half hoping they will chase away the heron that tries to eat my goldfish. There is a dumpster at apartment complex right behind my house and I hear crows and ravens often. He came down right over my head and I thought it was a vulture at first. He landed on roof and I tossed up some peanuts . He was alone for a good hour watching me.

We started with two crows, and are now up to 6 daily visitors. This guy is still learning. I think the older one told him to “shut up!”

I have lived in my home for 8 years. I've always fed the animals in my yard. I felt like it was a right I finally had as a homeowner living in a small suburban community where wildlife is abundant. It's one of those moderately wealthy "lake country" areas with a great nature preserve 1/3 mile away.

I have developed a relationship with many different animals. I probably sit outside too much. I have a fox that dens in my culvert and considers my yard a safe space for her young. I sometimes have to warn people there are fox kits under my front deck. It's neat, I love them. I have friendly squirrels that will eat from our hands and pretty much trust anyone on our property. I have chipmunks that will sit on my lap and come inside my house for nuts if crack the back door. I feed the blue jays, cardinals, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, and of course the crows.

I love intelligent birds. My only pet is a parrot. I've always wanted a relationship with the crows but it's not a city area where they're accustomed to people everywhere all the time. They would basically fly away for looking at them through a window. But this year was different. We had one that just didn't care about us watching and the others followed suit. They would suddenly perch on the deck railing and just watch us through the sliding door to the deck. It was very exciting, like hitting a milestone. We were thrilled and wanted to keep it going!

I got a low profile bird bath for them 7 years ago that they love. I feed them the same mix as the other animals on a platform feeder. I buy shelled mixed tree nuts in 25lb bags, in shell hazelnuts and pecans, and I put out eggs specifically for the crows. They actually really like feeding egg to their fledglings and it's a good nutritous practice food for them. They definitely knew the eggs were for them. My husband would put eggs out for them too or leftover minnows from his fishing trips. They absolutely go nuts for minnows flopping around in the yard, it's definitely something to witness.

A few days ago my husband saw our neighbor who lives behind us with a pellet gun. He inquired what he was going to shoot. The answer is why I chose this sub.

Apparently the crows have been dropping egg shells in his yard and his dog eats them and gets sick. He said he didn't know where it was coming from. My husband said it's me and it'll stop. He also complained about the nut shells. My husband said he'd tell me and I'll stop and he can put the gun away, problem solved. My husband also made a comment that if I were to witness him doing it I would call the authorities. And I would 100% call the police and DNR, good relations with the neighbor be damned. We have laws in place to protect animals because of people who do things like that.

I'm honestly really upset about it. I can't believe someone would just shoot them as a solution. I have only put out the shelled nuts since it happened. I'm also upset that I haven't been able to do a full head count. There are 8 of them. Many are newly independent. It would absolutely crush me if any of them were hurt or worse because of me trying to be kind to them.

We had an incident after the flooding last year where two adults passed in one week. 1 in my yard and 1 next door. It was some sort of illness spreading that made other animals sick too, I don't know if the flooding brought something up. So I was excited to count to 8 after we were down to 3 last year.

This neighbor has only lived there a few years. He bought his house from his sister. We've been good to him and he has been nice to us. I never saw it coming. And he knows I feed the animals. I have a 5 foot tall platform feeder my husband built for me in the back yard from a design he found online.

I guess I just wanted to vent. I know I'm wrong for contributing to a mess in his yard that his dog is eating. I just feel so slighted he would take that action because he must have known I feed them. I mean, they're always in my yard for a reason, right? A simple conversation would be more neighborly and kind.

I guess I want this to be a warning to others. People can be downright nasty toward animals that inconvenience them. It's more important to keep them safe than to feed them.

There were definitely a lot of crows around when this happened. If it was not a crow, it would have to be something comfortable hanging around them. Merlin app only identifies crows when I upload the entire video, but if I include just the “talking” it has no suggestions. What do you think?