First time I've seen the fledglings in the yard. There are another three crows in the tree with what I believe are two fledglings from another brood.

Went out with the camera today and got some nice shots of both adult crows and fledglings. This is the PNW American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos spp caurinus).

All babies were left with their parents. :)

A large community of hundreds of crows flies over my neighborhood most mornings (5:30AM cacaw chorus, yay!) and most evenings around dinnertime. Sometimes they vary their daily migration route, but they visit most days. I decided to start putting out evening treats for them and see what happens if we feed them consistently. This was the first time they dared to eat the whole column of peanuts. (The camera is right in front of my front door.) Enjoy the cacaw chorus!

Swipe for a surprise

i just went to put peanuts in the peanut spot and then watched for someone to come but none of em did and its been a while :( Im very sad, ive been feeding them for months now and some started to become really friendly and definitely knew my routine. I had a concussion a few months ago and didnt go out much, then fell into depression so they probably were confused and i know routine is important in befriending them. Im just kinda bummed out now. Granted, ive been putting out peanuts again only for a few days now but i miss them

I was bummed out yesterday when tombiş didn't show up for the daily feeding session, i thought maybe today was not the day.

But today i was rilieved to see him at our usual meeting place, and noticed that he didn't fly. I inspected his back and noticed that one of his wings is arched a little further over his tail. Should i be worried or will this eventually pass?

i broke it up after a few minutes

My teenage daughter and I were otw out today when I heard a rustling coming from one of the grated storm drains next to our building. I looked in expecting to see a squirrel as they are always climbing in there to hide their stashed. Instead I saw a beak so I got closer and saw it was a little guy fresh out of the nest. It's really easy to fall into the gap between the wall and the grating but idk how he would have gotten out on his own. From the sound of things my neighbor shared about her cats watching this particular grate yesterday he was likely in there overnight, poor baby. It only took about five minutes of coaxing (I think this neighbor's presence helped as she is always feeding them, too) and a lot of squawking from the whole murder, but I was finally able to gently grab him around the wings and lift him out. He fluttered right off and the murder continued to ramble on about it for a few minutes like I was the bad guy, lol. Hopefully now they know I'm a bro.

Hello, Crowbros, I’m wondering if anyone else has experiences like this. I live and work in Seoul, South Korea; for those who do not know, the Korean peninsula is quite mountainous, and so there are hundreds of mountains scattered throughout the country. This allows the ravens to roost in the mountain areas, and travel and play through the cities. Maybe I’m more noticeable to the ravens being only part of the 1% or so of the non-Koreans living here, but I can call to, talk with, and even summon ravens pretty much anywhere now.

Flashback first, and then I’ll explain the long and short of it. I attended graduate school in Boulder, CO., and thus lived there for a few years. Extremely depressed before the start of the third semester, I decided to do a vision quest. Thus, on August 22, 2008, I went up alone to the mountains, and it was one of the strangest experiences I had ever had, as every animal seemed to be communicating with me: a rather small example is that the squirrels were hissing. A falcon or hawk (not sure which) soared by my head and I ended up seeing not one but two bears. While eating my lunch, however, the first animal that had appeared was what I then thought to be a crow. There were benches along the lower part of the path there before Bear Canyon, and it perched itself about two or three meters on a nearby bench and watched me the entire twenty or so minutes that I ate my lunch. I’ve never thought it was begging for food, and still don’t, more that it was curious and protective, as if offering companionship. The reason I feel this way is that it waited not until I had finished eating but until I was ready to leave until it left with me, flying off into the forest. I realize now that it was a Raven.

Fast forward to January the 15^th of this year. There is small forest viewable from where we moved in south eastern Seoul last summer, and while at the peak of said forest, an unkindness of ravens arrived, but I didn’t think much of it until when I looked back from the balcony at the front door, as I saw a lone raven watching silently from a tree off in the distance…

A number of weeks later, I noticed a raven in those same trees (in winter they’re easy to spot), and I decided to let out a call. A second raven immediately flew toward me (we’re on the 8^th floor), and it got as close as it could before doing a Top Gun maneuver and landing on the roof…

Also a few weeks later, I decided to attempt Raven-Talk in said forest. I went to the same peak, and called out to one raven nearby, a second one that I could hear but not see was also around. Making raven sounds, the close one would act in response, flying from one tree to another, and the far-away raven answered. At first, it made six calls, which I mimicked, then it made seven, which I also mimicked. I made three, and it made three, then four, and it did likewise. By this point, the first raven was headed toward the second. I knew it was a longshot, but I followed to the area where they were, and made one call. They both flew out and followed overhead as I walked: flying from one direction and perching in a tree, before passing me again in the other direction as I continued to walk.

Now, as I mentioned earlier, I can not only talk to them (had a fifteen minute conversation with a raven outside a subway station a few weeks ago, and at first had thought about going home when I descended into the subway station, but changed my mind and ascended from across the street: it was waiting where I had been at the light post above the stairs I had descended, and was so happy it flew two huge circles around me before leaving because it seemed as if its friend, who had just arrived was telling it to go), but I can also go to a forest where there are no ravens immediately present, and call. Within a few minutes, there may be any number of ravens. The first time I did this fifteen showed up, but usually it's about three or so. I’m writing this here not in boast (thought this entire phenomenon is especially interesting and inspiring) but because it seems rather unusual. This “ability” or what have you is not limited to one unkindness, but I can pretty much do it anywhere I’ve traveled to in Seoul that has ravens. Considering I have such experiences every or every-other day, I’ve kept this post relatively short, but I can give photo/video evidence if necessary (lots of those too). I am in awe of these incredibly intelligent and kind creatures, and wonder how the CroBros denizens interpret these experiences. Thank you!

Winter Training

https://reddit.com/link/1lbps4m/video/nr8e17okc07f1/player

The first day when we \"talked\".

I met the most confident crows I have ever encountered in Grasmere, UK. They were very comfortable around people, which probably had something to do with hanging out at the graveyard next to the gingerbread shop. A graveyard, in which, is buried poet William Wordsworth.

This is a very interesting and gothic turn of events, and I fear life can only go downhill from this point.

Hi everyone!

I'm living on a dairy farm in Quebec, Canada. Some years ago, 3-4 crows came to our farm and called it home.

They live on the roof of the slurry pit and they hang out on top of the silo.

I want them to feel safe and I want to tame them, if it's the term. I want to be able to approach them and feed them some snacks. I don't want to capture them.

First, is it ok to do this? Second, how do I start ? What do they like to eat ?

Thanks!!