Howdy Sylvester017
I love all the varied perceptions in BYC!
I note your comment on the Crows keeping the Hawks away and have heard this is the past.
Crows here are not to be trusted .. they will steal eggs, food and chicks! I only have bantam chickens, some of which are about the size of an adult Crow. The Crows have never bothered my adults but I am very wary of them around chicks and adolescents.
I saw a Crow corner a juvenile, fully feathered Dove in my back garden, pin him down and proceed to try and eat him alive. I rescued the Dove.
Granted, just this morning, a Crow attacked a Stork that thought it was going to have one of my goldfish for breakfast and I am grateful but I will never trust them. The Stork was a lot bigger than one of my gals and the Crow had no qualms in attacking it.
Besides fruits, nuts, molluscs, earthworms, seeds, frogs, mice and carrion, other favourites of the Crow are eggs, nestlings and birds.
It is not uncommon to find large, meaty bones in the garden or on the driveway, usually a spinal disc of some large animal, cow etc. I believe the Crows are stealing them from the neighbours dogs and leaving them as a warning .. lol.
Crows apparently remember people and if the person has been good or bad towards them; they tattle to all their crow friends:
http://news.discovery.com/animals/z...s-memory-life-threatening-behavior-110628.htm
Not the best picture but you get the idea .. it is not out of the ordinary to have 15 or more Crows hanging around.
Sometimes I feel like I am living a remake of Birds!
I love all the varied perceptions in BYC!
I note your comment on the Crows keeping the Hawks away and have heard this is the past.
Crows here are not to be trusted .. they will steal eggs, food and chicks! I only have bantam chickens, some of which are about the size of an adult Crow. The Crows have never bothered my adults but I am very wary of them around chicks and adolescents.
I saw a Crow corner a juvenile, fully feathered Dove in my back garden, pin him down and proceed to try and eat him alive. I rescued the Dove.
Granted, just this morning, a Crow attacked a Stork that thought it was going to have one of my goldfish for breakfast and I am grateful but I will never trust them. The Stork was a lot bigger than one of my gals and the Crow had no qualms in attacking it.
Besides fruits, nuts, molluscs, earthworms, seeds, frogs, mice and carrion, other favourites of the Crow are eggs, nestlings and birds.
It is not uncommon to find large, meaty bones in the garden or on the driveway, usually a spinal disc of some large animal, cow etc. I believe the Crows are stealing them from the neighbours dogs and leaving them as a warning .. lol.
Crows apparently remember people and if the person has been good or bad towards them; they tattle to all their crow friends:
http://news.discovery.com/animals/z...s-memory-life-threatening-behavior-110628.htm
Not the best picture but you get the idea .. it is not out of the ordinary to have 15 or more Crows hanging around.
Sometimes I feel like I am living a remake of Birds!
