I saved a baby crow when I lived in Texas. I had a giant tree in my backyard, and I heard this LOUD screeching and cawing. Walked out- filled with crows. A baby had fallen out of the nest and landed on my side of the fence- but the neighbors evil dog was trying to dig under to get the baby crow. I grabbed a box and scooped the crow up & placed it safey in my yard under forsythia bushes. I had crows guarding my house for the rest of the years I lived there.
@QueenOfEverything thats beautiful! 🖤
Trying to embrace their seasonal arrival. I had an "incident" several years ago. They didn't like my scaregirl. We are over that dive-bombing period.
Crows Remember Everything.
My "rescue" happened so fast. The cool part was that they made a nest in the shoe box I left the baby crow in... and it lived there with mom or other adult crows for a couple of weeks while it grew until they could teach it to fly.
I was so sad... I missed the fly away. But I always had 3 or 4 crows hanging out in my tree ever after. I had a rescue cat that would come out in the yard with me while I gardened. The crows would keep us company.
@damselfly59 @QueenOfEverything this is one of my favorite stories ever.
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That's amazing... the flock "communication" ! I'm in Tacoma, in an old neighborhood, and flocks will fly overhead, but right near me there's usually 12-20 crows "hanging out" in the hood.
This was the event that completely changed how I thought/felt about crows. I always enjoy birds... but never felt connected to robins, blue jays, woodpeckers.
But corvids are intelligent, not only do they learn but they TEACH humans.
I put out kibble, and the crow would put it in his beak and fly up to the roof and dunk it in the water in the gutters. So I put out another bowl with water so he could dunk his kibble.
I'll attache that video here.
@matuzalem @damselfly59 @QueenOfEverything
Corvids are so intelligent!
We're dubbed the dawn and dusk flying-to-roost time "Crowing Time." Here in Portland they flock to the trees near the downtown Park Blocks to roost together for the night. They really cram into those trees! 🐦⬛🐦⬛
Downtown Portland crows :
https://youtube.com/shorts/RGdGK8g4XfA?si=nQyGDNzpvljJXW-L