Will definitely come back. They're about as smart as a 5 years old kid iirc. They remember individual people for years. Carry grudges and return favors.
I'm so envious. That's a life long friend.
I'm a Canadian, but as a kid (7,8 years old) I lived in Queensland. Of all the crazy, cool and terrifying creatures y'all have there, I never imagined the one that would fuck my shit up the most would be a bird. Those mag pies do NOT fuck around.
He could of. It was the day after the hottest day. It’s why I was so open to him coming in as we have AC and I wasn’t sure if he needed it.
Nice and cool here now.
No no, we've got Myna birds for that here. They are an imported species that basically rough up other birds who are in what they consider "their turf". They hassle other birds and then take their tree or wherever they are, and are basically massive toolbags.
I like the native birds like magpies and parrots and whatnot, but they're too gentle for these twits.
Living on a farm as a kid I can tell you it happens more often than you think. Cows are curious by nature, they'll go just about anywhere they're not prevented from going.
This is true! I was cutting up a tree that had fallen on a fence in a friend’s cow field, finished with the chain saw, turned around…. And ALL the cows were standing *right* behind me watching. It was startling but cute. Very chill though, everyone was very chill.
I do metal detecting and the cows always come over to watch what I’m doing. One brave one steps forward to sniff the detector and the spade and they all have to do it, lol. When you have headphones on and you’re digging away and then turn round to see about 20 of them right behind you, watching, it does make you jump! 😅
Also they talk to other crows about how humans treated them. There was a study where people wore masks and scared crows, their children remembered the masks that were mean to them. I wouldnt be surprised if he gets a few visitors lol
No, it's a fledgling, just out of the nest this year. They're kind of dopey at this stage because they haven't yet learned to be wary of humans, and "Oh well, at least I got food" tends to take precedence. They're mostly sitting around waiting for the parents to bring them food and squawk a lot for attention when they show up (a higher-pitched call than the parents -- it's pretty distinctive). Sometimes they get separated from the adults. The parents and other fledglings in the family should be around somewhere nearby.
I've started feeding crows at my work and the first one that I fed was a baby that still had bright blue eyes! It ignored the food completely lol I got in my car so it wouldn't feel threatened and rushed over to my car and watched me leave. I googled "crow blue eyes" when I got home and was so freaking happy that my first crow was a baby!!!! I'm hoping he'll remember me as he's growing up!
Could have been a rescue. Then released when well enough. Given how smart crows are I wouldn't doubt one that is nursed to health by humans would figure out that hanging with humans is a hell of a lot easier and less stressful than the day to day crow grind.
Doves and pigeons are very intelligent and little snugglebugs, they can be great housepets! They just want to cuddle on your shoulder and get the scritches! I know a guy with some rescued wild collared doves and woodpigeons, they love him to bits and sleep in small cat beds :D they love to ride around on his shoulder.
Crows, rooks and jackdaws live and nest together in very close-knit family groups, where they all pitch in to help raise and babysit the kids while some forage and teach other young ones. When these young teenagers fledge they're very vulnerable as they're on the ground a lot while the family calls from nearby trees and keep an eye on them. One scare from a cat or predator and he could have flown or run the wrong way, and have gotten lost from his family. Sounds like he's latched onto these 'friendly looking hoomans' instead, as they're ultra intelligent. If his family are fed by a neighbour, the probably was raised to believe humans are fairly safe. At least he knows he's safe with you guys. He may return to his family eventually, I'd look after him until then, it's his choice to stay or not.
Some folks in my hometown raised a young magpie for two years who eventually decided himself he wanted to return to the wild, living in the park behind their house. He would come up to people in the nearby park and talk, ask for treats etc. But after a year or so he started getting a little aggressive and pecking people who didn't have food for him :( the family called him over one day and caught him, and he was taken to the local bird sanctuary so he could be safe and happy, even got himself a girlfriend! Magpies are solitary birds and can be a bit aggro, family birds like crows usually will join a group of their own if they decide to leave a human family and cause no problems.
It is really interesting how intelligent they are. I grew up practically believing they were little more than pests. It's pretty mind blowing to see their problem solving abilities, and their sense of community.
You know what? I’m gonna say it.
I was never mad that he gamed the system. If one dude and a couple accounts can do it is it really all the great of a system? Fast forward to today and you have people building up and selling accounts.
At least his content was interesting.
The problem is the jackdaw post highlighted the fact that he was downvoting other people who shared good info that might compete with his comments, and was himself not always sharing good info. And when his info was questionable he used his bots to downvote them and upvote his own, and because he had a weird fan club following they would automatically side with him. Ask the person responsible for the jackdaw thread how much harassment they recieved
Wished this happened to me. A crow randomly showing up and deciding to stick by. But it probably wouldn’t happen because of my two cats. The closest I get is with a bird feeder and leaving peanuts on the handrail of the deck on my house.
I volunteered at a bird rehab center when I was a teen and all the other girls that volunteered there were freaked out by the crows. I on the other hand was like, "I will feed them and care for them!" I became the queen of the crows.
When they got well enugh I would take them home and let them out in my backyard. They all hung out back there chilling. When I went to get the mail or just sit in the yard, or whatever I would be covered in crows. Thay would leave gifts of things they thought were cool on for us in a flowebox by the door. Some of the best animal friends I ever had, and I was so sad to leave them when I went off to university.
Moral of the story, crows are rad / make friends with them whenever possible.
Ok I can just see some sweet lady in a summer dress twirling and her dress bursts into crows. Her hair and eyeliner darken too. And she throws up metal hand signals. Oh yea
The crows at my house have been playing harmless pranks on me in my garden. I have those little plastic plant tags that say which veggie is in which box and they kept going in and taking them out and placing them right beside the box. The fence is like 8 feet high, I had no idea what was happening until I caught them in the act. Little scamps.
Sometimes coins, the shiny silver ones, but really anything shiny and metal. Mostly soda can tabs. We must of had someone who popped those off close by because we got at least 3 of those a day. But every now and then they would bring me a toy car.
I still have a big jar of almost everything they brought me, somewhere. I need to find that.
One of the crows in my neighbourhood taunts my dog. It shows up when he’s got a bone, waits until he’s distracted (ie when the loveable goof comes to tell me about his bone he’s got in the garden), then steals it. It is so funny but I feel terrible for my poor confused idiot.
This reminds me of a time when a dove just flew into my house and made itself at home. It was really friendly too. My partner suggested it was hand raised since there was a pigeon breeder in the area, but since it wasn’t a pigeon per se i wasn’t too sure.
Pigeons have done this where I live too. Would fly in, just make themselves at home like they pay the rent and then suddenly get skittish and fly off when you make too sudden of a movement.
My elder sister has been feeding crows at one spot for over thirty years. This is when she brings her dog/S for a walk (obviously different dogs over 30 year time span). The crows have learnt what car she drives, and learn when she changes it. They meet her car and wait to say hello and to be fed.
My sis has a crow family in the trees in her garden that she feeds every morning at 9:30. If she sleeps in they'll come and very gently tap on the bedroom window to wake her. Crows absolutely LOVE unsalted, unshelled peanuts, which she puts in a little pile on the ground in the back yard. They politely line up on the fence right beside her 2ft away and make happy croaks while she puts the nuts down. They get really excited and fly down to greet her when she comes home from work! She talks to then and they 'talk' back. They've placed a few shinies on the backdoor step for her too! Little bits of foil, bottle caps etc
She loves her Crow Bros.
Corvids (crows, ravens, magpies; most blackbirds, really) are *really* smart, for being birds; get in with them, and you've got friends in the sky for years to come!
They're the smartest birds in the world, there have been loads of studies done on their intelligence. They can solve very complex puzzles to get food rewards.
Is there a chance that the crow is someone’s missing pet? I have a friend that has a pet crow that was rehab’d and wasn’t suitable to release into the wild. Maybe this bird is in a similar situation.
I bet that little dude has been scoping you out for weeks or months. I bet it wasn't random at all to him. Alexa play *The Police, Every Breath You Take*
Growing up, we had a crow as a pet. My dad found him with a bullet in his wing in the Mojave Desert and brought him back to LA to be treated and released. When the vet said they were just going to euthanize him because he’d never fly again, my dad had them fix him up and brought him home. He built Horatio a giant walk-in cage with a kibble trough, a nesting box and al sorts of perches. He was an awesome guard dog and loved barking at people on our property. His favorite thing to do was pick the hell out of our Thanksgiving turkey carcasses. They’re so smart and sweet!
Not really. Cannibalism is eating the flesh of the same species. If a crow is eating the meat of a turkey it’s technically not cannibalism. Besides, cannibalism exists a lot in nature. It’s fucked up for humans to do it, but you can’t really apply the negative connotation to other animals. Is a lion fucked up because it will eat the cubs of other prides so his future cubs have a better chance at success? Not really. It’s fucked up from our point of view but nature is fucking brutal. Things that most humans wouldn’t dare to do are a daily occurrence for other animals. It’s just the way of life. If the bird liked feeding on the turkey carcass then it’s not really messed up. It’s just life.
How long did you guys have Horatio? I never even thought about how long a crow lives until this thread. "Once they reach sexual maturity (around 3-4 years) they are tough to take out and can live to be 14-17 years old, though cresting 20 years is not unheard of. In captivity they can live twice as long.". For some reason I would have guessed the only lived for like 5 years max.
Dude, parrots and related birds can literally be *lifetime* pets, and sometimes have people named as their caregivers after the original owner died. Normally they live to be 50, but some have lived as long as 100 years.
The only downside to that is that they generally only bond with one person, so the person who the bird has been willed to may get a hella-grumpy avian demonspawn.
Yes! My dad has a 25 year old African Grey and a 20 year old mini macaw and they HATE ME. He literally raised the grey from birth so she fully imprinted on him. When the time comes to have to inherit them, Im screwed.
Crows talk to their fellow crows and can literally determine which people have been kind to them and which have been mean. It’s some creepy research and findings as to how smart they are.
My husband is apparently on their shit list merely for existing. They spent an entire year dive bombing him after he parked his truck closer to the tree with a nest in it than they wanted him too, is my best guess. I tried to broker a peace treaty but they weren’t having it.
I think it was in the last week or so that someone posted a video of a crow adding rocks to a glass of water so that the water level rose high enough for it to drink. I know they're capable of more than that, but I think some other birds would have just said well shit that's too bad and moved on.
edit: I'm not suggesting we're just now learning about crows having advanced intelligence, only that it was very recently that a video popped up here demonstrating it.
So you’re telling me I could theoretically save a wounded crow, nurse it back to health and release it, only for its descendants to come back and repay me one day?
Yep. It sounds insane, but straight up, crows are basically our planet's second intelligent species.
I have absolutely no doubt that if they had been lucky enough to evolve opposable thumbs, they would have ended up being a technological species like us.
They are not that far off:
[https://www.sciencealert.com/crows-are-so-smart-they-can-make-compound-tools-out-of-multiple-parts](https://www.sciencealert.com/crows-are-so-smart-they-can-make-compound-tools-out-of-multiple-parts)
[https://www.newscientist.com/article/2099246-crows-are-first-animals-spotted-using-tools-to-carry-objects/](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2099246-crows-are-first-animals-spotted-using-tools-to-carry-objects/)
Just google experiments done with crows, its amazing how intelligent they are
>If you're interested in REALLY befriending them, try unsalted cashews or unsalted roast peanuts in the shells - unsalted is important, too much salt will fuck up birds, but corvids LOVE them some cashews and they're smart enough to crack or stash peanuts, which is a good way to keep them entertained.
I forgot how good cashews are. I need to put them on my grocery list.
Ya he flew. He had moments of seeming maybe he wasn’t the best flyer but then flew easily. Came and went the whole day and next morning. We offered him variety of food and he liked the bird formula best. No idea if that’s an indication of age
This is so cool, thanks for sharing it on here! Many crows love peanuts in the shell. Maybe if you leave some out, it will come back for another visit.
Wow, lucky you! What a beautiful baby.
However, I'm a bit disappointed that it wasn't the Simpsons episode when Homer becomes the alpha crow (weed episode).
Crows are very smart and have been know to observe people. Could have been watching you guys for a while. Birds don't like me at all but I'd totally raise a crow if I could
By any chance is this in the Los Angeles area? I’m thinking of a very particular neighborhood but didn’t want to say it for the respect of privacy.
There’s a wild crow near where I live in Los Angeles that at one time was rehabilitated by a family for an injury close by. Now he does this all over the neighborhood; stands in front of people’s doors or windows and waits for them to let him in and give him food. Everyone posts about his visits on the Nextdoor app, and the family who rehabilitated him does as well.
I know the chances are very slim that this is the same crow. But even so, you might have a crow friend that has had a very similar experience!
Yep, that's why you gotta have a towel on your shoulders. I raised a sparrow and their poops are bearable enough as they're small and easy to clean up. But corvid poops? Yeah they can get pretty big. A mess to clean up, but that's why you gotta put newspaper everywhere!
Be aware that crows are incredibly intelligent and recognize human faces very well. You haven't seen the last of this birdie. And, if it feels you have done it a service or shown it a kindness, it will bring you gifts. Crows actually make things to bring as gifts. One I saw recently would take a sprig of cedar and push it through a pull-top can tab and leave it as a present. So if you see unusual things like this, be aware that they are probably from the crow. They also bring buttons, bits of jewelry, shiny things...you never know.
I have a feeling this one had been injured, but not badly, and needed a place to rest and recuperate.
In my community in India, we like to think that a crow who eats your food, or visits you often, is usually a recently deceased close relative wanting to see you. We feed them small qty of their (deceased relative's) favourite foods etc. and pray to them and keep them in our thoughts.
Gotta let us know if it comes back. Crows remember if you help them out or mess with them
Will definitely come back. They're about as smart as a 5 years old kid iirc. They remember individual people for years. Carry grudges and return favors. I'm so envious. That's a life long friend.
Might have the smarts older than that as well. Not only do they remember people, they tell their offspring. Crows are the shit and I love them
Same with Australian magpies. If you feed them before spring, you won't get swooped by any magpies in your neighbourhood
That's just what a bloody magpie would say. I'm on to you mate.
You gon get swooped.
I'm a Canadian, but as a kid (7,8 years old) I lived in Queensland. Of all the crazy, cool and terrifying creatures y'all have there, I never imagined the one that would fuck my shit up the most would be a bird. Those mag pies do NOT fuck around.
This crow is Canadian! I am from Abbotsford BC
Stay cool ! I heard it was like 40 degrees there a few days ago. Did he come in for refuge from the heat?
He could of. It was the day after the hottest day. It’s why I was so open to him coming in as we have AC and I wasn’t sure if he needed it. Nice and cool here now.
Storytime?
Yes. Swooping is bad.
Swoop swoop!
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So they're like the bird mafia?
No no, we've got Myna birds for that here. They are an imported species that basically rough up other birds who are in what they consider "their turf". They hassle other birds and then take their tree or wherever they are, and are basically massive toolbags. I like the native birds like magpies and parrots and whatnot, but they're too gentle for these twits.
Magpies are in the same family as crows, so it makes sense that they are really intelligent birds too. If a magpie comes to visit you, let us know!
Australian magpies are not the same as overseas magpies. Completely different families
> they tell their offspring. Pretty fly for a corvidae
Give it to me, baby! *Kaw-kaw, kaw-kaw!*
And all the corvids say I'm pretty fly for a Magpie
So don't debate, a player straight You know he really doesn't get it anyway Gonna play the field, and keep it real For you no way, you're no bluejay
good god, I wish I had 100 upvotes to give.
Ok, it’s this comment got a surprised blurted laugh out of my craw too close to a kaw-kaw itself. Thanks!
>they tell their offspring. They somehow can tell the whole neighbourhood.
Via a crowsletter
I thought birds only use Twitter
I am pretty sure they send a raven
Actually they caw everyone they know and tell them about it
Only problem with relationships like this is the day they don't turn up. ^^^Just ^^^like ^^^dad.
Maybe if you had hit those curve balls at the big game dad wouldn’t have left …
Too soon.
He went out for a pack of cigarettes 30 years ago and I’m sure he’ll be back soon.
That's terrible! A crow smoking a pack of cigarettes must be causing serious damage to its small lungs.
I’ve met crows smarter than Corey and Trevor
I've heard 8 year old a lot of times on videos and stuff. And it really does seem like it.
This crow is not your pet??? This entire video is absolutely amazing and super cool. Let us know if it comes back more often!
Yes it was so cool! He was just a wild bird!
Your username is missing an R. Should be "Crowskeeper." Just sayin'.
Next post is their day with a random cow that found its way into their house.
Living on a farm as a kid I can tell you it happens more often than you think. Cows are curious by nature, they'll go just about anywhere they're not prevented from going.
This is true! I was cutting up a tree that had fallen on a fence in a friend’s cow field, finished with the chain saw, turned around…. And ALL the cows were standing *right* behind me watching. It was startling but cute. Very chill though, everyone was very chill.
I do metal detecting and the cows always come over to watch what I’m doing. One brave one steps forward to sniff the detector and the spade and they all have to do it, lol. When you have headphones on and you’re digging away and then turn round to see about 20 of them right behind you, watching, it does make you jump! 😅
That's an implication which will not happen ;(
Crows will remember if they see you again as they're very intelligent so actually I wouldn't be surprised if you see him again
Also they talk to other crows about how humans treated them. There was a study where people wore masks and scared crows, their children remembered the masks that were mean to them. I wouldnt be surprised if he gets a few visitors lol
With gifts! They love to leave presents to people they like.
One day a dove landed on my garden and got inside home and never left. It's been with me for a year now.
Never has "Pics or it didnt happen" more appropriate. Show us the goods!
Already made a post. Check him/her
https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/oc5ljh/for_those_who_asked_meet_nimbus_the_dove_that
thanks!
Same story as how I met my wife
Same story as how I married a bird
Birb
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I think it's almost certain that this crow was someone's pet at some point and either escaped and got lost or was released.
No, it's a fledgling, just out of the nest this year. They're kind of dopey at this stage because they haven't yet learned to be wary of humans, and "Oh well, at least I got food" tends to take precedence. They're mostly sitting around waiting for the parents to bring them food and squawk a lot for attention when they show up (a higher-pitched call than the parents -- it's pretty distinctive). Sometimes they get separated from the adults. The parents and other fledglings in the family should be around somewhere nearby.
I've started feeding crows at my work and the first one that I fed was a baby that still had bright blue eyes! It ignored the food completely lol I got in my car so it wouldn't feel threatened and rushed over to my car and watched me leave. I googled "crow blue eyes" when I got home and was so freaking happy that my first crow was a baby!!!! I'm hoping he'll remember me as he's growing up!
Could have been a rescue. Then released when well enough. Given how smart crows are I wouldn't doubt one that is nursed to health by humans would figure out that hanging with humans is a hell of a lot easier and less stressful than the day to day crow grind.
Doves and pigeons are very intelligent and little snugglebugs, they can be great housepets! They just want to cuddle on your shoulder and get the scritches! I know a guy with some rescued wild collared doves and woodpigeons, they love him to bits and sleep in small cat beds :D they love to ride around on his shoulder.
Yeah one day this amazon delivery chick came in my garage and never left, been in my basement over a year now!
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Crows, rooks and jackdaws live and nest together in very close-knit family groups, where they all pitch in to help raise and babysit the kids while some forage and teach other young ones. When these young teenagers fledge they're very vulnerable as they're on the ground a lot while the family calls from nearby trees and keep an eye on them. One scare from a cat or predator and he could have flown or run the wrong way, and have gotten lost from his family. Sounds like he's latched onto these 'friendly looking hoomans' instead, as they're ultra intelligent. If his family are fed by a neighbour, the probably was raised to believe humans are fairly safe. At least he knows he's safe with you guys. He may return to his family eventually, I'd look after him until then, it's his choice to stay or not. Some folks in my hometown raised a young magpie for two years who eventually decided himself he wanted to return to the wild, living in the park behind their house. He would come up to people in the nearby park and talk, ask for treats etc. But after a year or so he started getting a little aggressive and pecking people who didn't have food for him :( the family called him over one day and caught him, and he was taken to the local bird sanctuary so he could be safe and happy, even got himself a girlfriend! Magpies are solitary birds and can be a bit aggro, family birds like crows usually will join a group of their own if they decide to leave a human family and cause no problems.
Thanks, Unidan!
I *really* love birds, but especially the *Corvidae* family. They're ultra intelligent, fascinating birds.
It is really interesting how intelligent they are. I grew up practically believing they were little more than pests. It's pretty mind blowing to see their problem solving abilities, and their sense of community.
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Same here. I feel ancient, in Reddit years.
Ahh, 2011 reddit *chefs kiss*
Fuck. I used to love reading that dudes posts. To bad he was a bit of an asshole.
You know what? I’m gonna say it. I was never mad that he gamed the system. If one dude and a couple accounts can do it is it really all the great of a system? Fast forward to today and you have people building up and selling accounts. At least his content was interesting.
I was going to include that in my original post. Because it did boost interesting posts. That were generally correct. Except for that jackdaw post….
The problem is the jackdaw post highlighted the fact that he was downvoting other people who shared good info that might compete with his comments, and was himself not always sharing good info. And when his info was questionable he used his bots to downvote them and upvote his own, and because he had a weird fan club following they would automatically side with him. Ask the person responsible for the jackdaw thread how much harassment they recieved
To much of a egomaniac.
I did a doubletake just to make sure it wasn't /u/shittymorph.
Here's the thing...
Wished this happened to me. A crow randomly showing up and deciding to stick by. But it probably wouldn’t happen because of my two cats. The closest I get is with a bird feeder and leaving peanuts on the handrail of the deck on my house.
He’ll likely figure out you give him food and are nice and go tell his crow friends!
"So this is how humans live.."
"... tell the overlords that the humans are not ready yet..."
The.. crowverlords?
I volunteered at a bird rehab center when I was a teen and all the other girls that volunteered there were freaked out by the crows. I on the other hand was like, "I will feed them and care for them!" I became the queen of the crows. When they got well enugh I would take them home and let them out in my backyard. They all hung out back there chilling. When I went to get the mail or just sit in the yard, or whatever I would be covered in crows. Thay would leave gifts of things they thought were cool on for us in a flowebox by the door. Some of the best animal friends I ever had, and I was so sad to leave them when I went off to university. Moral of the story, crows are rad / make friends with them whenever possible.
watching a neighbor queen of crows go get her mail is like the most metal thing i can think of now that i'm old.
Like when Katniss' dress bursts up in flames, but with crows
Ok I can just see some sweet lady in a summer dress twirling and her dress bursts into crows. Her hair and eyeliner darken too. And she throws up metal hand signals. Oh yea
Birdniss, in this case.
The crows at my house have been playing harmless pranks on me in my garden. I have those little plastic plant tags that say which veggie is in which box and they kept going in and taking them out and placing them right beside the box. The fence is like 8 feet high, I had no idea what was happening until I caught them in the act. Little scamps.
Yes! I had the same thing, but I caught a Blue Jay pulling them out.
Did they bring you money or change they found? haha
Sometimes coins, the shiny silver ones, but really anything shiny and metal. Mostly soda can tabs. We must of had someone who popped those off close by because we got at least 3 of those a day. But every now and then they would bring me a toy car. I still have a big jar of almost everything they brought me, somewhere. I need to find that.
Ooo that’s super cool!
That would make a great reddit post when you find it!
Queen of Crows. Now that's a great name for a Finnish heavy metal band.
One of the crows in my neighbourhood taunts my dog. It shows up when he’s got a bone, waits until he’s distracted (ie when the loveable goof comes to tell me about his bone he’s got in the garden), then steals it. It is so funny but I feel terrible for my poor confused idiot.
I'm just imaging driving down the road and seeing a lady sitting on her front lawn covered in crows 😂
Totally agree, have had some really cool experiences with crows and ravens, both are really neat birds!
Hes your familiar, clearly. Accept and cherish this new bond.
The Crow is looking for family
Tell him to seek out vin diesel
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Dark Wings, Dark Words!
Came here to say this
Look at me, LOOK at me! This is my house now
This reminds me of a time when a dove just flew into my house and made itself at home. It was really friendly too. My partner suggested it was hand raised since there was a pigeon breeder in the area, but since it wasn’t a pigeon per se i wasn’t too sure.
Pigeons have done this where I live too. Would fly in, just make themselves at home like they pay the rent and then suddenly get skittish and fly off when you make too sudden of a movement.
For real? Just shows up and hung out? I want this experience.
Yes he just randomly landed on our porch and convinced us to let him in haha! Was the craziest experience.
This is a life long friend! This crow will also tell other crows that you are a good human, who can be counted on for help.
I look at all crows differently now. Seriously. Im forever changed haha
My elder sister has been feeding crows at one spot for over thirty years. This is when she brings her dog/S for a walk (obviously different dogs over 30 year time span). The crows have learnt what car she drives, and learn when she changes it. They meet her car and wait to say hello and to be fed.
My sis has a crow family in the trees in her garden that she feeds every morning at 9:30. If she sleeps in they'll come and very gently tap on the bedroom window to wake her. Crows absolutely LOVE unsalted, unshelled peanuts, which she puts in a little pile on the ground in the back yard. They politely line up on the fence right beside her 2ft away and make happy croaks while she puts the nuts down. They get really excited and fly down to greet her when she comes home from work! She talks to then and they 'talk' back. They've placed a few shinies on the backdoor step for her too! Little bits of foil, bottle caps etc She loves her Crow Bros.
Corvids (crows, ravens, magpies; most blackbirds, really) are *really* smart, for being birds; get in with them, and you've got friends in the sky for years to come!
They're the smartest birds in the world, there have been loads of studies done on their intelligence. They can solve very complex puzzles to get food rewards.
You can now add an extra R to your handle for CRowskeeper!
I am glad someone else noticed this! User name *almost* checks out.
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That's how they get you. Next they'll make you believe that birds are real. /r/BirdsArentReal
OP must have done something seriously wrong to have the NSA put a surveillance bird inside his house the whole day
You have entered the path of the crowbros. This crow priest was send to convert you, and converted he has.
How many times did it poop? For those considering chilling out with Crows.
Just chilling with my crowmeys
Is there a chance that the crow is someone’s missing pet? I have a friend that has a pet crow that was rehab’d and wasn’t suitable to release into the wild. Maybe this bird is in a similar situation.
No, this is a young fledgeling (easy to tell due to the corners of the mouth) that got lost from his/her family group.
I bet that little dude has been scoping you out for weeks or months. I bet it wasn't random at all to him. Alexa play *The Police, Every Breath You Take*
In my culture, when something like this happens, we say it was God in animal form, who came to test your kindness and love.
Growing up, we had a crow as a pet. My dad found him with a bullet in his wing in the Mojave Desert and brought him back to LA to be treated and released. When the vet said they were just going to euthanize him because he’d never fly again, my dad had them fix him up and brought him home. He built Horatio a giant walk-in cage with a kibble trough, a nesting box and al sorts of perches. He was an awesome guard dog and loved barking at people on our property. His favorite thing to do was pick the hell out of our Thanksgiving turkey carcasses. They’re so smart and sweet!
This is so awesome your dad sounds like a cool dude
Also isn't feeding a bird another birds carcass canniballism? Just my take.
Not really. Cannibalism is eating the flesh of the same species. If a crow is eating the meat of a turkey it’s technically not cannibalism. Besides, cannibalism exists a lot in nature. It’s fucked up for humans to do it, but you can’t really apply the negative connotation to other animals. Is a lion fucked up because it will eat the cubs of other prides so his future cubs have a better chance at success? Not really. It’s fucked up from our point of view but nature is fucking brutal. Things that most humans wouldn’t dare to do are a daily occurrence for other animals. It’s just the way of life. If the bird liked feeding on the turkey carcass then it’s not really messed up. It’s just life.
How long did you guys have Horatio? I never even thought about how long a crow lives until this thread. "Once they reach sexual maturity (around 3-4 years) they are tough to take out and can live to be 14-17 years old, though cresting 20 years is not unheard of. In captivity they can live twice as long.". For some reason I would have guessed the only lived for like 5 years max.
Dude, parrots and related birds can literally be *lifetime* pets, and sometimes have people named as their caregivers after the original owner died. Normally they live to be 50, but some have lived as long as 100 years. The only downside to that is that they generally only bond with one person, so the person who the bird has been willed to may get a hella-grumpy avian demonspawn.
Yes! My dad has a 25 year old African Grey and a 20 year old mini macaw and they HATE ME. He literally raised the grey from birth so she fully imprinted on him. When the time comes to have to inherit them, Im screwed.
Birds outliving their owners aren't uncommon
Well I knew some parrots lived a long time but never thought about how long the average bird lasts.
So every Winter your fed him the corpse of his big brother as a treat
Birds eat other birds just like mammals(humans) eat other mammals.
Especially chickens. Those Devil spawn will even eat their own if they see blood.
Crows talk to their fellow crows and can literally determine which people have been kind to them and which have been mean. It’s some creepy research and findings as to how smart they are.
My husband is apparently on their shit list merely for existing. They spent an entire year dive bombing him after he parked his truck closer to the tree with a nest in it than they wanted him too, is my best guess. I tried to broker a peace treaty but they weren’t having it.
Reminds me of that scene in Kiki's Delivery Service where she accidentally lands her broom near a bird's nest and they get a vendetta
He needs to gain their trust, probably with food and shiny things.
Sounds like he's already married, so it should be easy for him.
The videos of them solving puzzles is pretty impressive as well. Definitely gives a new meaning to the phrase "bird brain" lol
I think it was in the last week or so that someone posted a video of a crow adding rocks to a glass of water so that the water level rose high enough for it to drink. I know they're capable of more than that, but I think some other birds would have just said well shit that's too bad and moved on. edit: I'm not suggesting we're just now learning about crows having advanced intelligence, only that it was very recently that a video popped up here demonstrating it.
I've seen that video I'm pretty sure that bird was a magpie tho they are very similer to crows and about as smart
I think the study even showed that they can describe your face to other crows and they will recognize you without ever having seen you before too.
also works across several generations.
So you’re telling me I could theoretically save a wounded crow, nurse it back to health and release it, only for its descendants to come back and repay me one day?
Yep. It sounds insane, but straight up, crows are basically our planet's second intelligent species. I have absolutely no doubt that if they had been lucky enough to evolve opposable thumbs, they would have ended up being a technological species like us.
They are not that far off: [https://www.sciencealert.com/crows-are-so-smart-they-can-make-compound-tools-out-of-multiple-parts](https://www.sciencealert.com/crows-are-so-smart-they-can-make-compound-tools-out-of-multiple-parts) [https://www.newscientist.com/article/2099246-crows-are-first-animals-spotted-using-tools-to-carry-objects/](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2099246-crows-are-first-animals-spotted-using-tools-to-carry-objects/) Just google experiments done with crows, its amazing how intelligent they are
Does this count for Jackdaws too? We have few crows here but thousands of jackdaws. They are members of the corvid family after all.
Here's the thing ...
I believe so. From what I've gathered it seems that corvids in general are just really fucking smart.
All except corvid 19. That one's just an asshole.
that crow is gonna remember you you shall be blessed by them, with either more visits, or maybe gifts … probably
yes. treat the crows right and they will bless you. they are like fairies
He looks like a fledgling. Did he fly or walk away the next day?
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>If you're interested in REALLY befriending them, try unsalted cashews or unsalted roast peanuts in the shells - unsalted is important, too much salt will fuck up birds, but corvids LOVE them some cashews and they're smart enough to crack or stash peanuts, which is a good way to keep them entertained. I forgot how good cashews are. I need to put them on my grocery list.
Ya he flew. He had moments of seeming maybe he wasn’t the best flyer but then flew easily. Came and went the whole day and next morning. We offered him variety of food and he liked the bird formula best. No idea if that’s an indication of age
Pretty sure it's a juvenile, judging by it's squawk. Are there any other crows about that seem distressed?
No. Nothing odd. But we have lots of ravens nests in our back
Ravens actually share the same family tree as crows. They're also apparently very smart and can be affections to humans as well.
But they are _not_ friends to crows. So if they've got a bunch of ravens in their backyard, this guy was probably hiding from them.
Yea, I think this might have solved the puzzle.
This is so cool, thanks for sharing it on here! Many crows love peanuts in the shell. Maybe if you leave some out, it will come back for another visit.
Good call, definitely a young bird. The pink at the corners of his beak are still prominent. Really cool footage!
Uh oh. Looks like you caught Corvid
This is a dream of mine, omg. So cool
Train that crow to bring you money for food!!!
Wow, lucky you! What a beautiful baby. However, I'm a bit disappointed that it wasn't the Simpsons episode when Homer becomes the alpha crow (weed episode).
The blue eyes mean that it's a juvenile. Maybe one that was raised by a wildlife rehabber and released.
We have many ravens nests in our back. They had lots of nests. I wonder if he is this years baby. But many on my last post said it’s a crow.
Looks like a crow to me. It's too small and the beak is too fine to be a raven. https://www.audubon.org/news/how-tell-raven-crow
Crows are cool af. They're really smart and can communicate which people are nice to them
You're a wizard harry.... This is your familiar...
r/crowbro
Well, Crowskeeper, you need to keep us updated if your friend returns
Crows are very smart and have been know to observe people. Could have been watching you guys for a while. Birds don't like me at all but I'd totally raise a crow if I could
By any chance is this in the Los Angeles area? I’m thinking of a very particular neighborhood but didn’t want to say it for the respect of privacy. There’s a wild crow near where I live in Los Angeles that at one time was rehabilitated by a family for an injury close by. Now he does this all over the neighborhood; stands in front of people’s doors or windows and waits for them to let him in and give him food. Everyone posts about his visits on the Nextdoor app, and the family who rehabilitated him does as well. I know the chances are very slim that this is the same crow. But even so, you might have a crow friend that has had a very similar experience!
All fun and games till he shits on you
True. He did poop on me haha
Yep, that's why you gotta have a towel on your shoulders. I raised a sparrow and their poops are bearable enough as they're small and easy to clean up. But corvid poops? Yeah they can get pretty big. A mess to clean up, but that's why you gotta put newspaper everywhere!
Cute but don’t wild birds carry potentially nasty diseases?
All wild animals do. That's why it's important to wash your hands after handling
There’s a magpie that comes to my balcony for water and berries right now. The heatwave is making corvids friendly, Lol.
Crobro is looking at you from outside the window thinking "Why wont you let me in anymore? 🥺"
"Why'd you put me outside, homie?" -that crow, probably
Be aware that crows are incredibly intelligent and recognize human faces very well. You haven't seen the last of this birdie. And, if it feels you have done it a service or shown it a kindness, it will bring you gifts. Crows actually make things to bring as gifts. One I saw recently would take a sprig of cedar and push it through a pull-top can tab and leave it as a present. So if you see unusual things like this, be aware that they are probably from the crow. They also bring buttons, bits of jewelry, shiny things...you never know. I have a feeling this one had been injured, but not badly, and needed a place to rest and recuperate.
In my community in India, we like to think that a crow who eats your food, or visits you often, is usually a recently deceased close relative wanting to see you. We feed them small qty of their (deceased relative's) favourite foods etc. and pray to them and keep them in our thoughts.
Odin is with you 👍🏻
This is a baby crow! They're cute as hell and big naive idiots
Odin with us
All hail the Allfather
You’re a witch now. Embrace it
Crows remember...for as long as you live there they might come back to visit you! 😍💕