Questions tagged [crows]
Questions about crows
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Do crows ever use calls to gauge distances?
I sometimes hear a crow issue a call (pause) response (pause) call (pause) response before the caller goes down to the ground to forage. Whether they think of it in this way or not, do/can crows use ...
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Behavior of crow pair, larger crow eats the food, not leaving any for smaller buddy
There are a couple of crows that come around regularly, they come as a pair. One is larger than the other. Perhaps a couple? or parent and youth? or adult and older parent?
When providing nuts/seeds ...
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How can I help an injured crow fledgling with a hurt leg?
I found this guy right under my window, huddled in a corner and bleeding a lot (for a crow) from his leg. You can see that the leg is sort of twisted backwards on these two pics, and you can see where ...
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What factors should be considered when helping to feed crows/ravens in the yard?
We've had at least one discussion about what to feed birds in the crow and raven families in our yards. This question is about the most effective way to do so.
When setting up the feeding areas of ...
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How to defend against swooping Torresian Crow
6 weeks ago a pair of Torresian Crows ("also called Australian crow or Papuan crow") began roosting in close proximity to my residence. Their chicks have left the nest and they do not seem to be ...
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How can I tell the difference between an American Crow, and a Common Raven that lives in America?
I live in Massachusetts, which is part of New England, in the Northeast section of the United States. We have a large number of birds I identify as crows, and only crows. I've heard of ravens, but ...
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Is the reappearance of large crow populations 15 years after the West Nile dieback a widespread occurence?
We used to have lots of crows in our area -- Northern Virginia, outside DC. Then West Nile virus struck roughly 15 years ago, and crows disappeared from our area.
According to the Centers for ...
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Are crows more interested in identifying individual humans than vice versa, and if so, why?
I live in Crow City, USA (AKA Monterey, California).
I can't tell one crow from another without their perching right next to me on a bust of Portola. They seem to all be clones of each other, as far ...