10 Fun Facts About the American Crow

American Crows are familiar over much of the continent: large, intelligent, all-black birds with hoarse, cawing voices.

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[loisalanoa]

I like watching crows, they're smart animals. Once saw a crow trying to crack open a walnut. After pecking at it without success, it decided to try picking it up, flying up and dropping it on an asphalt road below. After that failed attempt it sat looking at the nut for a minute. After several cars had passed, it picked up the walnut and placed it in the road. After more cars had passed, the crow would adjust the location of the nut until finally a truck managed to break it open enough for the crow to peck out the nut inside. What an amazing animal. Since then I've grown to like crows. I know why they harass the hawks, but I like hawks as well.

[BirdWhisperer]

I had a pet crow as a Kid. He would dip pieces of his morning donut in coffee. Best pet I ever had. He would ride on my shoulder down to catch the morning school bus and be waiting in a tree right over the stop when I got dropped off.

[davidsapir]

Male crow to female crow: "Honest baby, I swear it, I'm 100% faithful 80% of the time."

[grantcritchfieldstexastrai]

All corvids are fascinating but crows hold a special place in my heart. Growing up we had a "rescued" baby crow that lived free flying around our house for twenty years. I could write a book on his antics, but on trick he taught himself was to ring our doorbell whenever he got hungry. Obligingly, we would bring him something tasty to eat.

[monoped]

we have a murder of crows that hang in the yard. they know the feeding schedule and respond accordingly. they greet us noisily if we falter from that timeline.

[johnleggatt]

Love Crows. Always feed them when they come over, especially if it's a long rough winter. Some times when I walk to the grocery store, if one of my crow friends see me... I'll have a crow escorting me home, flying tree to tree. This has been happening for 3 years. Trust and friendship. The crow family gets bigger, and I love it.

[DarlingJubilee]

Not gonna lie, I wanna befriend a crow or raven :’)

[katherineumberhind]

My favorite bird. I think crows have a sense of humor,

[sheilakirby]

I TRULY LOVED MR. PIEWACKET !!! HE WAS A GOOD FRIEND FOR A BIRD

[FrederickDunn]

Hello Lesley! I love your videos, but you already know that. Crows are my friends here in rural PA. I invite them to roost and nest around my property as they are the BEST defenders of my chickens against Hawks. Since the crows don't tolerate hawks, they drive them off and my free-ranging chickens don't have to fear the skies :) The Feathered Ape... aptly named :) I am happy to see your channel continue to grow! Finally... will they eat mice? Your information about them being song-birds is VERY interesting! Thank you again and again...

[robinscreativespace]

Hi Lesley! I am 59 years old and have crow encounters throughout my entire life. They do recognize people and tend to show up at important times in my family's lives. My kids have grown up watching how the crows interact with each other and with us. I am passing this down to my granddaughter now. Just as crows have strong family bonds, they also have recognized my children throughout the years. They are so smart and loving. I really appreciate your corvid videos. Thank you so much for sharing the good side of them!

[williamgray]

In Australia crows wait by water holes for animals to get a drink and the crows proceed to groom and remove ticks from the animal drinking water. That's a very necessary service they provide and it's super smart. Instead of looking for food they wait for it to come to them

[hikewithmike]

I used to hate crows..but now I know how intelligent they are i respect them..The north American Native American tribes called crows.."the hawk that hunts walking"

[lopezelba]

I love crows they are beautiful and they are smart. Befriending one is a wonderful gift.

[Staalhjerte]

I feed a bunch of birds in my back yard including scrub jays, blue jays, Stellar's Jays, magpies as well as crows and ravens (occasionally!). The crows don't necessarily come to my feeder they just stay back at the tree line then watch where the busy busy Jays cache their nuts. LOL I love those crows, they are body guards for the rest of the birds at the feeder for most of the year. I've watched them chase off raptors and keep the neighborhood cats on their toes. It's a bird eat egg world during breeding season but for the rest of the year things seem to be so peaceful.

[mizdragonfly]

I am absolutely fascinated by all of the sounds that I am hearing "my" crows make. I would love for you to do another video about their sounds. Some of them say "hello" to me when I come outside.

[foodforthesoul]

Thank you for this. I live in Chatham, Ontario and every autumn we have hundreds of thousands of these beauties come to our city. Many people are distressed about this and kill hundreds of them every year, but this does not deter my friends, they still keep coming back. I have started taking food with me when I go for my walks so that I can feed some of them. I have made friends with some of them and can even tell them apart when they come for food.
I am an artist, a sculptor actually, and I have just finished a piece of a crows head, using a small blue sapphire for the pupil. My best work yet. I wear it around my neck quite often.

[agnesstrzykowska]

I started feeding 2 pairs of crows last autumn near my house. Late spring they brought their fledglings- 4 of them for each pair! Later I learned that is unusual for them to be able to keep all their babies alive. I like to think that those scraps of meat and seed I kept giving them helped at least a few crows in my neighborhood. They aren't afraid of me landing just in front of me or walking very close to me waiting for some food. 😊

[Charles-xvxh]

I remember once I fed a crow a chip, he picked it up and put it in a water hole just to soften it. That sparked my curiosity about crows and how interesting they are.

[dennsue]

This Spring, a crow took one of four fledgling Robins... my wife was devastated. Your videos gave her a love for crows that very day. Awesome stuff. Thank you.