How to Make Friends with Crows

#Crows
Crows are familiar over much of the continent: large, intelligent, all-black birds with hoarse, cawing voices. They are common sights in treetops, fields, and roadsides, and in habitats ranging from open woods and empty beaches to town centers. They usually feed on the ground and eat almost anything – typically earthworms, insects and other small animals, seeds, and fruit but also garbage, carrion, and chicks they rob from nests. Their flight style is unique, a patient, methodical flapping that is rarely broken up with glides. But, a little-known fact is that these birds are so intelligent, humans can befriend them in a very unique way throughout the animal kingdom.

[amonra]

I found an elderly crow dying in front of my apartment. I took it in and it spent the night in a bed in my bathtub I made for it. In the morning I could tell it was about to pass away, so I took it up to the roof and held it up to see the sky for the last time. Other crows noticed this and began circling overhead, crying, calling out to it. Till there had to be 50, 60 or more overhead whirling around like a great tornado. It was really quite incredible. I laid it to rest in the flower garden under some rose bushes after.

[brendashaw]

one day my cat Bella went missing. My son and I searched the neighborhood with no luck. A couple days passed and still no Bella. My pet crow Clyde was on my back porch so I asked Clyde - "where is Bella?" I kept repeating this over and over. Clyde flew to the fence post and cawed. I followed. He flew to the next property and stopped waiting for me and cawed each time. He led me 2 blocks away and landed on this big bush and started cawing a whole lot. I looked under the bush and there was little Bella wet and dirty and scared. I scooped her up and brought her home. Clyde got salmon for dinner that night. :)

[leannezezeski-sass]

I was feeding a crow and instead of eating it himself, he made a call and a bunch of crows flew out of nowhere so he could share it with his buddies. It was a truly magical moment.

[jeremygrant]

I oncehad a 20 minute conversation with a crow. He taught me every different call he knew. He was patient, waiting for me get each call right before switching to the next. When we were done. He flew up close. Gave me a wink and flew away. My neighbor, a rather reserved old man, who was on the other side of the fence watching in great excitement" That was friggin awesome!!"

[M.C.Blackwell]

I always carry peanuts to feed squirrels and began to give peanuts to the crows when they showed interest. They started to follow me on the dog walks, flying ahead of us and landing close by in order for me to toss some peanuts. Well, now a couple of them have gotten so comfortable with me and my dog, they fly by and brush my head with their wing as they zoom by! Twice now, one of them has full-on hit me on my head, flying up from behind and surprising me. I laugh and talk to them, even when they touch my head and startle me. I love them

[Minotaur-eylg]

They’ve also been known to adopt wolf pups. They play with them and when they grow up the wolves remember them. The crows then lead the wolves to prey and allow the crows to pick at what’s left. So, in one way they may have domesticated wolves first.

[Randor]

My wife worked at a lifeguard station. In the back storage area a baby crow had fallen and injured itself. She left water and food for it for several days until it could fly away. The crows were always there watching her. There was a walking path at the front of the station where the public walked. During nesting season the crows would dive bomb lots of people to try and keep them away. However, they never bothered my wife. She walked through there dozens of times during a shift and none of them ever bothered her.

[John.Flower.Productions]

Two days ago, a crow came flying by my house clutching a large piece of cornbread.
It landed across the street, began dragging the cornbread until it was at the edge of a large rain puddle and flew away.
After investigating, we began walking back towards my house.
That is when the crow returned and grabbed what he was having for lunch; a crawfish that had emerged to eat the cornbread bait.

[juliee.]

I have a crow friend. It sits in the tree and calls to me. Theres also a stray cat which i feed and the crow will tell me when the cat has arrived. Then i feed them both at the same time. He is the only cat my crow friend will tolerate. My crow friend has brought me a couple of trinkets such as a broken christmas bauble and a piece of tinfoil. But mostly it leaves me its feathers.

[kuehnmo]

at my workplace we have a crow named albert, he knows and likes us all and lands on hands, shoulders and heads of employees. everyone feeds him and he often meets us when we go on a smokebreak. he also lets us pet him also he sleeps in the garden there and when you wake him up (by petting him) he looks at you and just goes back to sleep. some ppl suggested he already had encounters with humans beforehand, because he seems so chill around us. shoutout to birdbro

[ukulele_cheri]

I gave a drink to a desperately thirsty crow. The entire murder saw this and adopted me immediately. I was a member of that murder until we moved away years later.

[sunnybuffy]

I am friends with two magpies and a crow and I thought I have seen it all. But some weeks ago I witnessed crows saving a kitten. It was sitting on very busy train tracks and the crows shouted and tried to scare it away from the tracks. No nest nearby or any other reason for that shouting, but to save the cat itself. The kitten finally moved and that flock of crows get extra walnuts: Happy ending.

[drandana]

Taking the time to understand and a member of another species is one of the most fulfilling experiences you can have.

[muzzlevelocity]

I reminded of a story that I read about a mother and her daughter who noticed crows using a birdbath they had set up in their back yard. They gave different kinds of nuts as treats to see what the crows liked, and started providing them. The crows would call to them and even follow them around at times. One day while at a park, the woman lost the the lens cap to a camera. After hunting around for it for a while, they finally left for home. By the time they got home, the lens cap had been left on their front porch for them.

[mrdonetx]

Growing up we had pet crows on and off. They were extremely intelligent. You could walk outside and call their name and from trees full of wild crows on the other side of the field here they'd come swooping in. They also knew their individual names. If you called one and not the other only the one would come who you called. They weren't so good with names similar sounding but different sounding names they were very good at recognizing. They would sit around and try to talk with us. They were really good at laughing. If you were outside with others and you started to laugh they would laugh also and it sounded just like a kid laughing. They would also torcher the neighbors dog by swooping down and pecking them on top of the head. The dog would chase them and not catching them they would land in a tree nearby and sit there and laugh. They never did that to our dogs because our dogs never chased them or tried to hurt them. They would also poop on people's vehicles or steal there keys if the windows were left down of people we didn't necessarily like. But they never pooped or took the keys of my parents cars or people we were friends with. If they pooped in your car well you were definitely on the "shit' list so to speak. They were so much fun.

[sphinxtheeminx]

Several years ago I noticed one of the crows I fed in the park had a droopy, damaged wing and a bit of a limp. Naturally, I took pity on him/her and made sure they got their chance of a snack. They wouldn't join the scrum to get the food but stayed at a short distance knowing I would throw them their share. Slowly the wing healed. One day, about 2 miles from the park, a crow landed near me and walked about looking like any crow in the neighbourhood, but then, they stuck out a wing and began to limp. I did the decent thing and popped into a shop to get them a muffin.

[neilthewheelio]

I have a family of crows I feed at my work, I am trying very hard for them to trust me and I value your words of wisdom, thank you.

[ellen]

The first year I lived in this house, a crow brought me a dead baby bird. The other crows were watching but stayed back. I wasn't sure if it was a crow baby that died, or a gift. It was very small though. I don't know if I made the right choice but I took it to a nice place in the yard by some plants and buried it and put some leaves around it. They watched.The next day there was an earring with three beads on it right where the crow landed before. I still have the earring. I love crows but I don't know their different calls or what they mean. I talk too them sometimes when they're in the yard or the tree.

[MaryDunford]

Corvids are my favourite birds. They're ridiculously clever, loyal, family-oriented, graceful, good-natured, and have a fantastic sense of humour.
Not sure how they got such a bad rep. 😔

[ZjosvanHoenlo]

I love Crows. When i was 6 years old i had a crowfriend who waited for me exactly at 4 when school was out. Stayed around me for years, only annoying habit was him always interupted our ballgames by jumping and picking on the ball. Since then I never been without a crowfriend (and dogs too) funny enough it looks that when one dies the next summer it almost seems that one falls out of a nest close to me to fill up the void.Supersmart, superloyal creatures who i love just as dearly as my dogs. The last summer however i was diagnoses with a terminal lung disease and I cant have birds anymore. Fortunately a few months before the bad news my crow took of to form a family. Till I had to move for medical respons he passes by my boat to get some food and say hello, clockwork 8 and 5. He also came to see me on a regular basis to show his 2 little ones and the misses!!
Being very stick is horrible but even more horrible is that I cant enjoy the Kompany love and friendship of my feathered buddy's.
If jou never had (well jou don't owe a crow but jou catch my drift) such a magical creature😮 jou cant imagine the inner and outher beauty of these birds
How I miss them....