No, but it usually IS something shiny or colorful. They don't collect flowers and such because those are perishable. But it doesn't have to be a human-made object; crows collect all sorts of pretty stones, bits of mica and such for themselves (and carefully HIDE them from other crows) and will sometimes give those things away.
@@hatfieldrick crows have also been observed to be capable of making associations between objects and entities. Crows were seen bringing specifically pencils and pens into classrooms, presumably because they had seen pencils used a lot by people inside.
They could have brought her dozens of branches or leaves or flowers, but if she didn't actually SEE them delivered, she'd not know that they were gifts. So maybe what she collected was only a small fraction of the tribute. The ones SHE found noteworthy.
"She's really a sweetheart. She puts out food for us, and one day George decided to bring her some shiny thing or another just for laughs. It looked like she liked it, so more of us started doing it. I think she collects them! It's like she's almost as smart as a crow."
I briefly had a pet crow many years ago I named Cruella. As a kid I found/rescued her, injured with a broken wing, on the side of the road near my bus stop being poked by neighbor boys with sticks (how cliche?). I yelled at them then wrapped her in my coat & brought her home. Ended up, obviously, skipping school that day and spent hours in tears trying to find someone to help her. Made a lot of calls (using the phone book, before internet haha) and finally found a vet that was willing to help her at no cost. My parents were a bit pissed that I took it upon me to skip school to rescue a random wild bird... But nonetheless, they caved in at my insistence & drove her to the vet for surgery. She came home with us after her wing was mended. The vet gave me directions for care while she healed. Eventually, after she was freed, she continued to hang out near the house for a long time. We had a few games we would play. Most memorable was when she would squawk or tap her beak the same number of times if I'd squawk or tap my finger loudly... She could count I'm certain of it. (Seriously, they are wicked smart)
Thank you for your great kindness you showed to the injured crow. As Ghandi said, "The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
Jen Downey 💞 Thank you Jen for caring for your special friend! I think it needed you more than Math class did. lol How special that memory and experience must be. So glad I found this video and you took time to share! Jen Downey
I read somewhere that corvids meet up and converse about creatures who hurt them or treated them well, so if you feed a crow it'll probably tell all its friends that you're cool, resulting in affectionate, grateful behavior like this. It's incredible how intelligent birds are.
They also recognize who caused them trouble and will teach the rest of the murder and their offspring who not to like. I think it was at UVIC in Victoria BC they were working with crows and after releasing them; the students who had dealt with them were being harassed and attacked by the whole murder, not just the ones that had been captured. The birds harassed the same students until they left university. In new experiments the students wear masks to avoid the crow reprisals
@@scottk6659 not only that, but they might even tattle on you to a crow from a different murder that will tell THEIR murder about it. It's absolutely wild
Every summer, I try to get the crows to trust me. It's difficult, though, because as soon as I open the patio door to toss them food, then fly off, so I'm never given the chance to show them I'm trying to feed them and not hurt them. But finally this summer, one brave crow very slowly inched up and took the food I tossed out for him. After that, the started sometimes taking the food - but they were so cautious (understandably)...they'd take like 5 minutes to walk 10 steps over to the food, stopping after every step and looking all around them, as if they were suspecting a trap (which just goes to show how smart they are - they understood it could be a trap). Then they started to get less hesitant, and only take, say, 2 minutes to walk up to the food. Then they started to walk straight up to it, no hesitating. Then sometimes they'd actually run to it, which was somehow just really funny to watch them run, all pigeon-toed. Then, this morning, when I opened the patio to see if any of my crows were out there, there was one. It was like a block away. It saw me, stopped poking around in the grass, and stood there like it was pondering coming over... ...so I held up the bag of food I was holding, and said 'Victor, look, bread!' (I have named my crows Orban and Victor), and to my surprise Victor immediatly flew over and stood in front of the patio and looked at me like, 'Well, where's my bread!'. So after like 7 summers of trying, I finally got my crows to trust me a bit. But I live in one of the coldest places in Canada, so what I wonder is this - obviously, we don't have crows here in winter, they migrate to somewhere warmer for the winter....so, next summer, when the crows come back, I can't imagine they'll be the same ones (they don't come back to the same neighbourhood in the same city, do they?), so I'm wondering if I'll wind up with new crows who don't know that they can trust me, or if somehow the new crows will know.
I rehab wild animals. Crows are one of favorite! They are smart, funny, committed and surprisingly very very loyal. They NEVER forget a face or a good or bad deed. Be kind to crows!! Thanks!!❇️☮️☯️✌️🙏💜✳️
Connie Alford 💞 That is amazing...so glad you shared that! Thank you for all the work you do for our wild animals..what a wonderful heart you have! 💞 That love circles back around doesn't it? :O)
Connie Alford I was 5. Playing hopscotch by myself on the sidewalk leading from the back door of the house to the driveway. Dad was in that driveway working on his car when out of nowhere a murder of crows tried to attack me. Dad grabbed a rake out of the garage and chased them off but not before I had several deep gouges on my head, shoulders and arms. I still to this day wonder what caused them to attack me.
I didn't realize it was rare to get gifts from a crow. We have gotten over twenty Christmas lights from the crows that frequent our backyard (not sure were the lights come from). After my grandson started giving the animals peanuts the crows started leaving tiny toys. So amazing to witness crow gifts.
Years ago I was wiring a house. I was wiring up an outside light and this crow landed in the porch railing only a few feet from me. I had a box of cutoffs from all the outlets and switches I had wired. The crow looked at me and then the box several times. I joking said "If you want one, get it." And to my surprised it did just that. It dug though them until it found one it wanted. Looked and me then flew off with the wire. I was like "WTF was that all about?" I only learned later they use wire to make tools. Crows are different to say the least.
Thanks for this wonderful visual! I’m totally seeing the vibe you two had going while he waited for permission. Brilliant 😂 and sadly you were likely alone and tried to explain that wild and honourable experience while your friends and family looked….not as excited as you’d like.
I’m actually blessed by the visits of a wild raven , I call Bob . He leaves me little gifts sometimes , and I’m not gonna lie , it brings tears to my eyes . It’s a joy to see him
At my old house we always had a crows nest. Every year, without fail. My entire family hated them and wanted to get rid of them but I wouldn’t let them near the nest. I always fed the adult crows a few times a week so they could be strong for the babies. I would give them things like berries and meats and whatever I thought they would like. I kept the foxes from getting the eggs and made a birdhouse so the eggs were safe from Hawks. Eventually, they started bringing me things like paintbrushes and nails and sometimes even hair ties. One time they brought me a diamond ring. They were always so friendly to me, and would sometimes find stuff I had lost. Anyways, I recently moved to a different county and I missed them horribly. We got a call a few months after we sold the house that a bunch of crows would stand on the porch and squa at the house, and when nobody came out for them they got extremely agitated. I drove by there one time to see what the new people had done with the house and I was swarmed with crows, they recognized my car. There were about 10-15 of them and they all began bringing me things, I realized they had been collecting things for me. It was truly beautiful. I visit them every so often, but I’ve found a new group of crows at my new place and they’re just as lovely
Yeah...I got tears reading this too. This is truly such a beautiful relationship/s you had with them and inspires me to want to make some crow friends now. Thanks so much for sharing this...it really made my day
About 6 weeks ago, I started feeding the crows when I went out on my balcony to have a cigarette. My first gift was a cigarette lighter. This morning, i got 4 [possibly] seeds or beads. They look like round, brown seeds, but they have an orange circle which looks almost too perfect to be natural..
perhaps they think that smooth perfect-looking rocks stand out more and catch their eye, so they think smooth ones are more special and the human will notice them more :)
She's such a lovely person, and I think her mom is pretty awesome for encouraging her kindness. I sure wish there were more parents like this that teach respect for nature. Her natural curiosity and compassion should take her far in life, I hope!
Many years ago, my mom would leave some nuts out for a resident squirrel every day, in a small dish on the porch. One day, after the nuts had been taken, she found a little wild flower in the dish. She was convinced that the squirrel had left the flower as a way of saying "thankyou" for all the nuts. O.k., this is utterly unscientific, but it's a nice story and it is at least plausible. I like to think it's true.
I feed a family of them around 6 to 8 depending on the day. They will yell at me if I am out for walks and sometimes follow me. They even yell at my boyfriend if he is outside and the food is out. Lol they are training him, too. They brighten my day every time I see one outside.
Whenever I see a Crow... I know it's watching, thinking, and calculating. Whenever I see a human... it just wants something - and no gifting. No thinking either.
I've had crows gifting me with colored pebbles and feathers from other birds, then some time later a crow gifted me with three 20 dollar bills, one delivery at a time ...obviously from a neighbor somewhere. ...lol
I'm feeding crows (despite us not being allowed to) and I have a water-bowl for them. So far, they've brought me twigs and feathers. I figure I'm in the pre-stage of the gems xD
Crows are meat eats give them pieces of meat cat/dog meat is cheap and if you already have a cat/dog then it is not costing you anything extra. To much bread is bad for birds it is like junk food for humans a little bit is ok but you will not be very healthy if you only live on it.
ba sillah they eat seamingly anything, I give them usually food I m about to throw away, and since I don’t really eat meat or anything it seems to me that they are omnivorous, or opportunistic omnivores, I dunno. Also I don’t feed them since I don’t know what kills them, but I do leave the food on top of the trash wood basket and the pick out what they like. They only brought me 2 forks and a wierd coin, which is from either Portugal or brazil :P
*_[Starts feeding crows]_* *_[Is quick to teach them that gifts consisting of precious metals, gems and/or fat wallets yields greater rewards]_* Joke aside, it really is a fascinating story.
@@thehellyousay Do you know of any documentaries, interviews, etc about this? I would love to learn more! Funny in a way except that people are getting hurt.
101jir Well, I watched a video on Deep Look that crows kinda hold a funeral if they see a dead crow, and usually escape bc they know that the place is dangerous, but I can’t exactly explain things too well, so just watch the video
The motive of the Crows is to show their appreciation and love for Gabby and her Mom. Its pretty clear that they love them and its mutual. They are sentient beings that are capable of complex and deep emotions just like us humans. Its their way to give Gabby and her Mom attention and not only a thank you but we love you and you are important to us. Another interesting addition to this story is that Gabbys Mom was out and photographing other birds in the wild like and Eagle or something and she lost a part of the lense of her camera out in the wild. When she got home a Crow who was apperently following her into the wild and saw that she lost something took it and brought it back to her home. When they started to get gifts they put cameras into the back of the home where the feeding station and the birds pool is to investigate who put the gifts there. And so the Mom looked into the footage and saw that the Crow washed the part of the lense very carefully in the bird pool and then very carefully and attentively he put it next to it on a safe place. And he positioned it and changed it repeadtely till he got the perfect position and was satisfied that its safe there and that the Mom can find it unharmed. That shows how much the Crows care for them and want to help them and show their love for them. They are friends and family for each other. Its just so incredible and wholesome makes my heart full of love and feel so good =)
Modern Era: "Aww, that's so sweet. The crows are giving her little gifts!" Puritan Era: "She's a witch! BURN HER!" I like to think humanity has come a long way since then.
Thats one hell of a strawman to compare humanity with puritan era english society. That's an all compassing concept or our specie vs a very specific time in history in a very specific place.
@@Lykajoy-diz Your's just as stupid and unnuanced as the original and your pretense for it to not to be because it agrees with your views raises all the necessary red flags to classify as an idiot.
Something of this sort happened with me recently as well! I've a terrace garden where I keep a birdbath and leftovers/nuts/grains for the birds. Crows, pigeons, bulbuls etc are frequent visitors. Only recently I sparked friendship with some crows, coming really close to put out food and they didn't fly away. Yesterday I found a shiny white rock resting where I usually put the food. I like to believe the crows left it there.
I had a flock of crows back in the day. They brought golf balls from a near by golf course. Also, they never cawed like this video depicted. All soft bibble and babble. All very calm during their daily visits. Yes, i fed them daily.
I watched this and when I went out to the cabin, I put food out for the local crows and they left me a orange ear plug as a gift. My first gift from the crows!
I have had my crow for 5 years. He has a cage in the living room an outdoor pen. He has gotten out before and always comes home. I saved him when he was days old. He bonded so quickly with me. Named pretty baby. He is so entertaining,he loves 2 have his ears rubbed takes daily baths. He is so intelligent.
Yay crows. The researcher is mistaken though, cats are known to do this too. But the gifts are usually pretty stomach turning...unless you want to make a mouse fricasee....
No, cats do it to show that they are protecting your property by giving you the dead bodies if cats were bigger they would give you the bodies of people that jump over your fence or break into your house.
www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/cat-baloo-brings-owner-leaf-every-morning I'd say not necessarily. You just have to be good at indicating what you like, or pretend to prefer. @@joaobatistaperinjunior953
My Siamese left me a dead mouse on my nightstand. At eye level, about five inches from my face. It was the first thing I saw when I woke. Another time she somehow brought her entire litter of eight kittens into my bed, placing them between my legs at my feet. Without waking me. I sleep with my sheets tucked in, so she had to have snuck each one past my head all the way down to the bottom. How I didn't crush them during the night I'll never know. Maybe subconsciously I knew they were there and was careful not to squash them.
ive been feeding two crow for about twos years they are slow to trust but when they do they are very loyal they follow me when I go outside calling me to let me known they are there I give mine cat biscuits and cat food they love it they argue with the gulls make a awful din it sounds just like f/// off the male will come right up to me he is so handsome I have bird baths and they love to have a wash .but the water must be clean the rest of my small bird still come they give me so much joy they now bring there young .
We rescued a very young mynah bird a year ago when its nest fell out of a tree. We hand fed it indoors for several weeks then released it once its flight feathers grew in. “Morris Mynah” still visits us often when we’re sitting outside on the patio, and often brings a little gift, usually a large seed of a particular plant variety. He leave them on the patio table, even when we’re not home. We love him :)
I used to sit outside and have a few cigarettes while I read on a regular basis and I had a magpie show interest in me. I never fed it but it started by sitting on the table and over quite a short period of time moved to sit on the back of the chair I was sitting on. I can't say I felt that comfortable have a beak that large near my face but it was interesting that it was determined to interact even without being fed. Then I gave up smoking and stopped going outside for a long time.
I often get reminded by robins that fly to the outside bench and look through the living room window at me, it’s to let me know the bird bath is almost empty again. As soon as I fill it, they’re in having a good long splash
It's a shame there was no footage of the crows actually leaving her gifts. I'm not alleging it's not happening, but it would have been nice to see one "gifting".
I thought the video was cut a bit short also but i have a bit of experience with the bird and they are annoying and wonderful just like any human can be . smart birds .
Growing up we had a family of crows my dad would feed. One had a messed up wing so it was easy to see if it was our crow boys as dad called them. Family members would drive and they would sometimes follow us. I went to work a couple miles from home once and there they were, waiting in a field by the parking lot. So funny!
Yes, I have two that come when I call. Certainly a pair, always together. Have left me gifts on several occasions. Two figs several times. Always perfect ones! Impossible for them to blow into my courtyard. Their last gift a shiny sweet wrapper, again impossible for it to get where it was by any other means, but being dropped from above. I am convinced it is their way of saying thank you. I am grateful for their intelligence and friendship.
I’m currently trying to befriend (or at least establish a mutual relationship) with my neighbourhood crows. After doing some research and watching a few videos I’ve been encouraged to pursue this and decided this’ll be my 2018 goal. I absolutely love this video! It’s so cute and inspirational!
At my old house, I taught the crows to come when I brought food. After a while they would walk right up to the screen door and call for me if I didn’t show up. 😄👍
Jackalope Animations Exactly. The *crows* are the ones that deserve a series. Crows scouring the land on great journeys for beautiful relics to gift their god. I'd watch the shit out of that.
Crow and Emily, a show about a girl and her bird friends. But her closet partner is Crow, a crow that she saved from a forest fire 5 years back. Together they go on adventures along the way
I'm not sure if they were crows but, there were some black birds that lived in some mountain that has a Wendy's nearby that my bf and I used to frequent. They don't only recognise faces but also cars because they used to swarm on us when we would park at the Wendy's because I always gave them some of my fries. Lol
I feed the crows that congregate in my neighborhood in the winter. I fed them at exactly 8am and you could set your clock by the time the first one landed in the tree in the front of the house. Although I only feed in the winter because most leave after that, there is still always at least one crow cawing in the tree at exactly 8am.
I had a cat that would bring us gifts. A lot of rocks and sticks, bottle caps, bits of broken plastic, stuff like that, but pretty regularly... the best one was a mc Donald’s happy meal toy that played music. Where he got it from... who knows? He was kind of a klepto.
I've been working on this for about a year with a family of crows (initially a mated pair and now with a youngster after reproducing). The adults are still flighty and apprehensive, but the adolescent has grown up knowing that I am the source of its favorite fruits and will come within a few feet of me, staying until the parents say it's time to go. Yesterday, the youngster found the remnants of a bright blue pen lodged in our dock and pried it out of there to bring over to me as I was feeding it grapes. It's simply amazing how they can recognize things they perceive might be valuable to us in reciprocity.
I've been feeding the crows for about ten years. In the winter there's a flock and they split up in the spring with only two or three sticking around. This year they they finally started leaving items where I feed them on my driveway. Usually little pieces of crinkled up metal. This year is going to be great for my tires. I should've seen this coming.
I once befriended a wild Crow at my job. Every break I would run outside to call him and he wouldn’t disappoint. Eventually he flew to a low tree branch just ten feet from me but I couldn’t get any closer. We had a wonderful three year relationship as he would always welcome me every morning at work. I don’t understand why he liked me because I never did give him food, perhaps curiously.
I wish i had crow friends! I put out bird food, and get everything from woodpeckers to pigeons (and a few invasive squirrels) but the crows never touch it. Than again there was a large crow (possibly a raven) who used to walk me to school and back everyday as a kid. When i left my house he would be waiting and would circle above me all the way to school, and when school was over he would wait to walk/fly me back home. I named him Darth and loved him dearly. A bittersweet memory as some sadistic assholes murdered him just to upset me. First time i truly beat the shit out of anyone in my life. I'm not a violent person but those evil people deserved it. 15 years ago and i still miss my friend!!!
I have a band of California Scrub Jays and Stellar's Jays that I have been feeding unsalted shelled peanuts. They have been depositing a lot of rocks in front of the window that I watch them from.
Fun facts: Crows are as smart as a human 4 year old AND they actually have a visual and auditory memory far superior to that of humans. They can see you once, then see you for the second time years later, and remember you. They also possess keen time keeping capabilities. They’re among the most incredible animals on the planet. Not only do I love crows, and most animals, but I have a crow where I work who I saw one day on a lamp pole and threw him a crust of bread from my lunch. He quickly ate it. And everyday at my lunchtime he would appear at the same time, on the same lamp pole, to correspond with my lunch break time, because he knew he’d get a bit of something. I named him Crowley 😂 and I love him❤️
I have been making friends with the crows in my neighborhood and there is one who comes and leaves a big shiny magnolia leaf on my doorstep regularly if it blows away or is removed another one is put in its place ☺️
would be interesting to know if they choose these objects because they've seen other humans handling them and therefore concluded that humans like these objects... seems probable considering other behaviour
I have noticed many people sharing their crow companion stories in this comment section, so let me share mine with you~ I haven't had a friendship with just one spesific crow, I'm companions with a whole murder. At school, we'd always get bread for breakfast (you see, bulgarian schools are a bit different than American ones. We get bread and treats in plastic bags instead of trays of food.) And I'd never eat it because it wasn't apetizing. So I'd grab the bread and enter the yard and go in the corner where all of the crows are. There are usually 1 or 2 and when they saw me and I gave them food, they called out to their murder and we'd have a feast. They would eat the bread I threw them and I would eat mine as well. We always have these feasting gatherings. After a few weeks, somewhere close to a month, they'd all fly over, really intrigued simply by my presence, as in to say "Hey guys, the next door neighbor Willow is here again!" And we'd have these conversations in crow language. Through these many conversations with them, they taught me how to mimic their sounds and how to properly move my body. We all gather around every day, feast together and talk as if they were humans. I know they understand me, and I know they love me. To this day, we are still friends. I'm so used to the company of crows. We feel as if I'm part of the murder.~ Thanks for reading about my relationship with crows. You guys know about the pigeon lady in the movie Home Alone? That's me, but with crows.~
As cool, smart and nice as crows are, if you mistreat them they will go after you. And get their friends to as well. So remember to always be nice to them.
it was only about 12 years ago or so that i started to realize how smart other animals can be, i never would have though birds to be capable of these things i have been seeing these last few years. there is a video here on youtube where a couple of birds lure two cats together and tricked them into fighting. it was clear that the birds planned this and worked as a team to make that happen, then they sat back and watched the cats fight.
I have this going on at my house. I have received a button, a marble, paper clip, a purple shell and a pin from a fire extinguisher. I feed them almost daily. Crows are cool.
They had centuries to figure out that humans use "shiny things" to trade with each other. It is known that there are animals that are actually capable teaching other animals. Also a "city crow" can probably see it on a daily basis if you have an open air market or something like that.
I dunno, most animals just assume the food will keep coming regardless. Crows have complex social lives so I don't see why they could not be thankful and wanting to give back in a way humans are.
Here’s why it’s so amazing: a kid does something nice for a crow. The crow give a gift in return. It has no way of knowing giving a gift will result in food, so it’s truly done of kindness.
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this also proves a bit that crows can see how human objects are unique and thus worthy of gifting, bc its not just a branch or a leave or flower
No, but it usually IS something shiny or colorful. They don't collect flowers and such because those are perishable. But it doesn't have to be a human-made object; crows collect all sorts of pretty stones, bits of mica and such for themselves (and carefully HIDE them from other crows) and will sometimes give those things away.
@@hatfieldrick crows have also been observed to be capable of making associations between objects and entities. Crows were seen bringing specifically pencils and pens into classrooms, presumably because they had seen pencils used a lot by people inside.
That is interesting, seeing what they consider valuable, or mutually valuable.
Pixl Rainbow that is sooo freaking COOOOLLLL
They could have brought her dozens of branches or leaves or flowers, but if she didn't actually SEE them delivered, she'd not know that they were gifts. So maybe what she collected was only a small fraction of the tribute. The ones SHE found noteworthy.
Plot twist: the crows are doing a documentary on odd human behavior, like the girl keeping whatever random bits of junk they give her.
LOL 😂
Cute.
lol
"She's really a sweetheart. She puts out food for us, and one day George decided to bring her some shiny thing or another just for laughs. It looked like she liked it, so more of us started doing it. I think she collects them! It's like she's almost as smart as a crow."
Writes down
“ Hmmm I gave her a rock and yet I still revived food I shall try something else tomorrow “
I briefly had a pet crow many years ago I named Cruella. As a kid I found/rescued her, injured with a broken wing, on the side of the road near my bus stop being poked by neighbor boys with sticks (how cliche?).
I yelled at them then wrapped her in my coat & brought her home. Ended up, obviously, skipping school that day and spent hours in tears trying to find someone to help her. Made a lot of calls (using the phone book, before internet haha) and finally found a vet that was willing to help her at no cost. My parents were a bit pissed that I took it upon me to skip school to rescue a random wild bird... But nonetheless, they caved in at my insistence & drove her to the vet for surgery. She came home with us after her wing was mended. The vet gave me directions for care while she healed. Eventually, after she was freed, she continued to hang out near the house for a long time. We had a few games we would play. Most memorable was when she would squawk or tap her beak the same number of times if I'd squawk or tap my finger loudly... She could count I'm certain of it.
(Seriously, they are wicked smart)
Thank you for your great kindness you showed to the injured crow. As Ghandi said, "The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
you are an angel
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Jen Downey 💞 Thank you Jen for caring for your special friend! I think it needed you more than Math class did. lol How special that memory and experience must be. So glad I found this video and you took time to share! Jen Downey
I read somewhere that corvids meet up and converse about creatures who hurt them or treated them well, so if you feed a crow it'll probably tell all its friends that you're cool, resulting in affectionate, grateful behavior like this. It's incredible how intelligent birds are.
They also recognize who caused them trouble and will teach the rest of the murder and their offspring who not to like.
I think it was at UVIC in Victoria BC they were working with crows and after releasing them; the students who had dealt with them were being harassed and attacked by the whole murder, not just the ones that had been captured.
The birds harassed the same students until they left university.
In new experiments the students wear masks to avoid the crow reprisals
They really do! It’s been studied
very interesting
@@scottk6659 not only that, but they might even tattle on you to a crow from a different murder that will tell THEIR murder about it. It's absolutely wild
Every summer, I try to get the crows to trust me. It's difficult, though, because as soon as I open the patio door to toss them food, then fly off, so I'm never given the chance to show them I'm trying to feed them and not hurt them. But finally this summer, one brave crow very slowly inched up and took the food I tossed out for him. After that, the started sometimes taking the food - but they were so cautious (understandably)...they'd take like 5 minutes to walk 10 steps over to the food, stopping after every step and looking all around them, as if they were suspecting a trap (which just goes to show how smart they are - they understood it could be a trap).
Then they started to get less hesitant, and only take, say, 2 minutes to walk up to the food. Then they started to walk straight up to it, no hesitating. Then sometimes they'd actually run to it, which was somehow just really funny to watch them run, all pigeon-toed. Then, this morning, when I opened the patio to see if any of my crows were out there, there was one. It was like a block away. It saw me, stopped poking around in the grass, and stood there like it was pondering coming over...
...so I held up the bag of food I was holding, and said 'Victor, look, bread!' (I have named my crows Orban and Victor), and to my surprise Victor immediatly flew over and stood in front of the patio and looked at me like, 'Well, where's my bread!'.
So after like 7 summers of trying, I finally got my crows to trust me a bit. But I live in one of the coldest places in Canada, so what I wonder is this - obviously, we don't have crows here in winter, they migrate to somewhere warmer for the winter....so, next summer, when the crows come back, I can't imagine they'll be the same ones (they don't come back to the same neighbourhood in the same city, do they?), so I'm wondering if I'll wind up with new crows who don't know that they can trust me, or if somehow the new crows will know.
I rehab wild animals. Crows are one of favorite! They are smart, funny, committed and surprisingly very very loyal. They NEVER forget a face or a good or bad deed. Be kind to crows!! Thanks!!❇️☮️☯️✌️🙏💜✳️
Connie Alford 💞 That is amazing...so glad you shared that! Thank you for all the work you do for our wild animals..what a wonderful heart you have! 💞 That love circles back around doesn't it? :O)
Connie Alford I was 5. Playing hopscotch by myself on the sidewalk leading from the back door of the house to the driveway. Dad was in that driveway working on his car when out of nowhere a murder of crows tried to attack me. Dad grabbed a rake out of the garage and chased them off but not before I had several deep gouges on my head, shoulders and arms. I still to this day wonder what caused them to attack me.
@@annaroseannadanna1 Mistaken identity?
101jir LOL. Ya...mistook me for a piece of meat. 😇
I always wanted a crow as a pet, but not to have it locked, he can be free and come back when he wants!
I didn't realize it was rare to get gifts from a crow. We have gotten over twenty Christmas lights from the crows that frequent our backyard (not sure were the lights come from). After my grandson started giving the animals peanuts the crows started leaving tiny toys. So amazing to witness crow gifts.
No its not rare when they love or like you then they will gift you
buglar crows
I had a crow for ten years- loved him to bits. He took great pleasure in killing rats and bringing me pieces.
Nothing says "I love you" like...rat body parts.
His way of saying "I really do give a rats ass."
You sure it wasn't a cat? XD
Hooman for your kindness I shall give you the head of a rat! It shall sustain you for days!
Oh gosh! I don't know if I should gasp or laugh. Sounds like a cat. Lol
I've always had a fondness for crows. This just cements it even more.
They are best birbs. :3
Years ago I was wiring a house. I was wiring up an outside light and this crow landed in the porch railing only a few feet from me. I had a box of cutoffs from all the outlets and switches I had wired. The crow looked at me and then the box several times. I joking said "If you want one, get it." And to my surprised it did just that. It dug though them until it found one it wanted. Looked and me then flew off with the wire. I was like "WTF was that all about?" I only learned later they use wire to make tools. Crows are different to say the least.
SMART BIRDS
Haha he was waiting for permission
Thanks for this wonderful visual! I’m totally seeing the vibe you two had going while he waited for permission. Brilliant 😂 and sadly you were likely alone and tried to explain that wild and honourable experience while your friends and family looked….not as excited as you’d like.
He was stealing it to bring to his new fren.
I’m actually blessed by the visits of a wild raven , I call Bob . He leaves me little gifts sometimes , and I’m not gonna lie , it brings tears to my eyes . It’s a joy to see him
I love crows, intelligent, beatifull, great call and really fun attitude. I love birds and crows are one of the best
tr3nta I just now started liking them I think they are cool birds
At my old house we always had a crows nest. Every year, without fail. My entire family hated them and wanted to get rid of them but I wouldn’t let them near the nest. I always fed the adult crows a few times a week so they could be strong for the babies. I would give them things like berries and meats and whatever I thought they would like. I kept the foxes from getting the eggs and made a birdhouse so the eggs were safe from
Hawks. Eventually, they started bringing me things like paintbrushes and nails and sometimes even hair ties. One time they brought me a diamond ring. They were always so friendly to me, and would sometimes find stuff I had lost. Anyways, I recently moved to a different county and I missed them horribly. We got a call a few months after we sold the house that a bunch of crows would stand on the porch and squa at the house, and when nobody came out for them they got extremely agitated. I drove by there one time to see what the new people had done with the house and I was swarmed with crows, they recognized my car. There were about 10-15 of them and they all began bringing me things, I realized they had been collecting things for me. It was truly beautiful. I visit them every so often, but I’ve found a new group of crows at my new place and they’re just as lovely
Wow❤
idk why this made me want to cry lol how sweet, thanks for sharing
Yeah, I totally 100% understand. Similar things have started happening to me.
Yeah...I got tears reading this too.
This is truly such a beautiful relationship/s you had with them and inspires me to want to make some crow friends now.
Thanks so much for sharing this...it really made my day
Damn, that's heartwarming.
Obvious, isn't it? She's running a crow restaurant. They like her food, so they pay her. Crow Capitalism lol
don't you mean crowmunist
Grubbo Yes, the crows don't force her to do it and she doesn't force the crows to do it
This is AHHHnarchy.
crowny capitalism
well, at least it isn't crony capitalism
About 6 weeks ago, I started feeding the crows when I went out on my balcony to have a cigarette. My first gift was a cigarette lighter. This morning, i got 4 [possibly] seeds or beads. They look like round, brown seeds, but they have an orange circle which looks almost too perfect to be natural..
I like how they noticed you need a cigarette lighter lol
My raccoons also give me gifts, they leave little smooth rocks in the water bowl and in the food dish I put out.
MistofRain752 cool
:o wow
I wonder what is going through their minds to think humans want smooth rocks?
perhaps they think that smooth perfect-looking rocks stand out more and catch their eye, so they think smooth ones are more special and the human will notice them more :)
Bambo Lee they also wash their food
A magpie used too leave jewelry on my mums doorsill. And it was always her style.
Tragic, unrecrowted love.
Was her style literal trash? Because that would make a lot of sense lol
@@seanmatthewking rude!!
@@seanmatthewking No, I assume the magpie first stole it from her, so of course it was her style!
My style is also ‘burgled’
Crows are absolutely wonderful birds. I'm going to see if I can feed my local murder and make some friends.
Hahahaha I'll never get over the fact that their collective term is "murder!" I wonder who came up with it, it's great!
I've been feeding the magpies on my college campus for the same reason.
@@kickchick1974 lol
@@kickchick1974 I mean, crows were associated with death for most of ancient times, so maybe that's why...
The video and comment may be old, but I'm calling you out Drunkey.
This little girl is SO COOL. I hope she becomes a biologist some day.
She's soooo adorable. Just the way she talks and her facial expressions.
Or opens a restaurant for animals
She's such a lovely person, and I think her mom is pretty awesome for encouraging her kindness. I sure wish there were more parents like this that teach respect for nature. Her natural curiosity and compassion should take her far in life, I hope!
@@jasmijnariel Or a pawnshop for crows.
I hope she founds a Society of the Crow Frens.
Many years ago, my mom would leave some nuts out for a resident squirrel every day, in a small dish on the porch. One day, after the nuts had been taken, she found a little wild flower in the dish. She was convinced that the squirrel had left the flower as a way of saying "thankyou" for all the nuts. O.k., this is utterly unscientific, but it's a nice story and it is at least plausible. I like to think it's true.
Crows also like nuts.
Maybe some crow was raiding the nuts meant for the squirrels?
That's such a lovely story. I guess the world is not entirely a lousy place.
Forest Pepper whether the truth is i like this version of the story.
Forest Pepper i think it was a rat that did it....
Forest Pepper Or it you know fell into the dish.
I feed a family of them around 6 to 8 depending on the day. They will yell at me if I am out for walks and sometimes follow me. They even yell at my boyfriend if he is outside and the food is out. Lol they are training him, too. They brighten my day every time I see one outside.
Laurie Sorenson 🖤
Whenever I see a Crow... I know it's watching, thinking, and calculating.
Whenever I see a human... it just wants something - and no gifting.
No thinking either.
Lmaooo
James Pollman You need to meet some new humans :)
And if you feed a crow they reward you and if you give something to a human they dont care
And what species do you belong to
I think the crows watch Gabby, and have decided she is a nice girl...she certainly appreciates and treasures their gifts...
Im very late but the extended story was as a toddler she would often drop food on accident which developed into this
I wanna build a relationship with at least 1 crow. That is my goal until I reach it.
Did u made it?
y bro did u?
@@WhitePerson- ah.. never got around to it.
did you accomplish your goal?
Same
Odin is pleased.
@@CharlesNauck no. Huginn and muninn.
@@CharlesNauck I think the Norse gods are an evolution of the Saxon god's such as Woden
Ravens not crows
@@RaimundN52 then this guy comes in and corrects us all
@@Alistplay Germanic gods and paganism was based on norse religion, not the other way around.
I've had crows gifting me with colored pebbles and feathers from other birds, then some time later a crow gifted me with three 20 dollar bills, one delivery at a time ...obviously from a neighbor somewhere. ...lol
The Crows I've fed for a couple years have left me pretty stones over the years. I'm indeed grateful ♡♡♡
I'm feeding crows (despite us not being allowed to) and I have a water-bowl for them.
So far, they've brought me twigs and feathers. I figure I'm in the pre-stage of the gems xD
Don't give up.
That’s a barbaric restriction! I don’t blame you for doing it anyway!
Crows are meat eats give them pieces of meat cat/dog meat is cheap and if you already have a cat/dog then it is not costing you anything extra. To much bread is bad for birds it is like junk food for humans a little bit is ok but you will not be very healthy if you only live on it.
Widdekuu91 yup lol :O) The shiny objects will follow soon.
ba sillah they eat seamingly anything, I give them usually food I m about to throw away, and since I don’t really eat meat or anything it seems to me that they are omnivorous, or opportunistic omnivores, I dunno.
Also I don’t feed them since I don’t know what kills them, but I do leave the food on top of the trash wood basket and the pick out what they like.
They only brought me 2 forks and a wierd coin, which is from either Portugal or brazil :P
A girl after my own heart ♡ Beautiful crows. . Beautiful girl.
Truly a blessing don't ever let anyone talk you out of it
A tear of happiness flows down Odin's face.
I love watching them they are more grateful than a lot of humans.
Crow is one of my animal spirits's. I have alway's loved them.
*_[Starts feeding crows]_*
*_[Is quick to teach them that gifts consisting of precious metals, gems and/or fat wallets yields greater rewards]_*
Joke aside, it really is a fascinating story.
WOW
The best jokes are always true, and crows have been trained by enterprising thieves in the past to do exactly that: steal jewelry, coins, and wallets.
@@thehellyousay Do you know of any documentaries, interviews, etc about this? I would love to learn more! Funny in a way except that people are getting hurt.
101jir Well, I watched a video on Deep Look that crows kinda hold a funeral if they see a dead crow, and usually escape bc they know that the place is dangerous, but I can’t exactly explain things too well, so just watch the video
@@brieason Thanks for letting me know, I will check it out!
The motive of the Crows is to show their appreciation and love for Gabby and her Mom. Its pretty clear that they love them and its mutual. They are sentient beings that are capable of complex and deep emotions just like us humans. Its their way to give Gabby and her Mom attention and not only a thank you but we love you and you are important to us.
Another interesting addition to this story is that Gabbys Mom was out and photographing other birds in the wild like and Eagle or something and she lost a part of the lense of her camera out in the wild. When she got home a Crow who was apperently following her into the wild and saw that she lost something took it and brought it back to her home. When they started to get gifts they put cameras into the back of the home where the feeding station and the birds pool is to investigate who put the gifts there. And so the Mom looked into the footage and saw that the Crow washed the part of the lense very carefully in the bird pool and then very carefully and attentively he put it next to it on a safe place. And he positioned it and changed it repeadtely till he got the perfect position and was satisfied that its safe there and that the Mom can find it unharmed. That shows how much the Crows care for them and want to help them and show their love for them. They are friends and family for each other. Its just so incredible and wholesome makes my heart full of love and feel so good =)
crows and parrots have the intelligence to make tools or solve different foraging puzzles and such. Amazing.
Modern Era: "Aww, that's so sweet. The crows are giving her little gifts!"
Puritan Era: "She's a witch! BURN HER!"
I like to think humanity has come a long way since then.
Yup
Thats one hell of a strawman to compare humanity with puritan era english society. That's an all compassing concept or our specie vs a very specific time in history in a very specific place.
You know that people still shoot them for "fun", right?
Ignore those other replies, they're just stupid. I agree Gaile.
@@Lykajoy-diz Your's just as stupid and unnuanced as the original and your pretense for it to not to be because it agrees with your views raises all the necessary red flags to classify as an idiot.
Beautiful story, Crows are also very intuitive and they know their dedicated gift giving friendship is really good for a young girl!
Something of this sort happened with me recently as well! I've a terrace garden where I keep a birdbath and leftovers/nuts/grains for the birds. Crows, pigeons, bulbuls etc are frequent visitors. Only recently I sparked friendship with some crows, coming really close to put out food and they didn't fly away. Yesterday I found a shiny white rock resting where I usually put the food. I like to believe the crows left it there.
Any update?❤
it warms my heart to see humans and animals having tender relation ships like this.
I had a flock of crows back in the day. They brought golf balls from a near by golf course. Also, they never cawed like this video depicted. All soft bibble and babble.
All very calm during their daily visits. Yes, i fed them daily.
i love crows and ravens
My daughter got 10₹ note as gift by crow.We don't know how it collect?
I watched this and when I went out to the cabin, I put food out for the local crows and they left me a orange ear plug as a gift. My first gift from the crows!
This kid gets it! Definitely gets it! Pure compassion brings pure happiness
I have had my crow for 5 years. He has a cage in the living room an outdoor pen. He has gotten out before and always comes home. I saved him when he was days old. He bonded so quickly with me. Named pretty baby. He is so entertaining,he loves 2 have his ears rubbed takes daily baths. He is so intelligent.
Yay crows. The researcher is mistaken though, cats are known to do this too. But the gifts are usually pretty stomach turning...unless you want to make a mouse fricasee....
But cats do that when they think you are unable to hunt for yourself, so it's more pity than grateful gifts
No, cats do it to show that they are protecting your property by giving you the dead bodies if cats were bigger they would give you the bodies of people that jump over your fence or break into your house.
No that's not the same thing at all cats do that to train you to hunt
www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/cat-baloo-brings-owner-leaf-every-morning I'd say not necessarily. You just have to be good at indicating what you like, or pretend to prefer. @@joaobatistaperinjunior953
My Siamese left me a dead mouse on my nightstand. At eye level, about five inches from my face. It was the first thing I saw when I woke. Another time she somehow brought her entire litter of eight kittens into my bed, placing them between my legs at my feet. Without waking me. I sleep with my sheets tucked in, so she had to have snuck each one past my head all the way down to the bottom. How I didn't crush them during the night I'll never know. Maybe subconsciously I knew they were there and was careful not to squash them.
Crows are highly intelligent and when they feel loved and there's good people providing tasty food they will dedicate themselves to you and honor you
What a sweet gesture on her part and the wonderful relationship she has with her feather friends.
I love these stories of crows, I've always loved them....
How warming :) just when you think you couldn’t love mother nature’s creatures anymore... you watch something like this
This girl is so fricken wholesome! Love to see it
After seeing a few crow videos I've learned how amazing they actually are.
Awwww, how sweet! She has a special quality that the crowd appreciate. Now THAT is really cool!
ive been feeding two crow for about twos years they are slow to trust but when they do they are very loyal they follow me when I go outside calling me to let me known they are there I give mine cat biscuits and cat food they love it they argue with the gulls make a awful din it sounds just like f/// off the male will come right up to me he is so handsome I have bird baths and they love to have a wash .but the water must be clean the rest of my small bird still come they give me so much joy they now bring there young .
Crows and Ravens are so misunderstood as well as Bats and Owls, all very loving and smart creatures who should not be feared.
How cute is this!!! Crows are very smart!! I feed birds and I've gotten gifts before
We rescued a very young mynah bird a year ago when its nest fell out of a tree. We hand fed it indoors for several weeks then released it once its flight feathers grew in. “Morris Mynah” still visits us often when we’re sitting outside on the patio, and often brings a little gift, usually a large seed of a particular plant variety. He leave them on the patio table, even when we’re not home. We love him :)
I used to sit outside and have a few cigarettes while I read on a regular basis and I had a magpie show interest in me. I never fed it but it started by sitting on the table and over quite a short period of time moved to sit on the back of the chair I was sitting on. I can't say I felt that comfortable have a beak that large near my face but it was interesting that it was determined to interact even without being fed. Then I gave up smoking and stopped going outside for a long time.
I often get reminded by robins that fly to the outside bench and look through the living room window at me, it’s to let me know the bird bath is almost empty again. As soon as I fill it, they’re in having a good long splash
It's a shame there was no footage of the crows actually leaving her gifts. I'm not alleging it's not happening, but it would have been nice to see one "gifting".
I thought the video was cut a bit short also but i have a bit of experience with the bird and they are annoying and wonderful just like any human can be . smart birds .
aerialkate this is not America
What do you mean? The girl in the clip is American yes?
aerialkate it's a saying. BBC won't do a show in an American way.
She is from America you moron.
Growing up we had a family of crows my dad would feed. One had a messed up wing so it was easy to see if it was our crow boys as dad called them. Family members would drive and they would sometimes follow us. I went to work a couple miles from home once and there they were, waiting in a field by the parking lot. So funny!
Yes, I have two that come when I call. Certainly a pair, always together. Have left me gifts on several occasions. Two figs several times. Always perfect ones! Impossible for them to blow into my courtyard. Their last gift a shiny sweet wrapper, again impossible for it to get where it was by any other means, but being dropped from above. I am convinced it is their way of saying thank you. I am grateful for their intelligence and friendship.
I’m currently trying to befriend (or at least establish a mutual relationship) with my neighbourhood crows. After doing some research and watching a few videos I’ve been encouraged to pursue this and decided this’ll be my 2018 goal. I absolutely love this video! It’s so cute and inspirational!
Any success?❤
Crows are smart!
now that s an adorable kid with the right priorities
This just proves that Crows are even more intelligent than we think! :D
I love crows(and ravens)..this doesn't surprise me because they are so smart..I think these crows bring that girl gifts is really sweet 😊
Corvids are just freaking amazing, love 'em.
At my old house, I taught the crows to come when I brought food. After a while they would walk right up to the screen door and call for me if I didn’t show up. 😄👍
I love this so much. I've always loved crows.
Aw, how cute! This girl needs her own animated series!
what, why
Jackalope Animations Exactly. The *crows* are the ones that deserve a series. Crows scouring the land on great journeys for beautiful relics to gift their god. I'd watch the shit out of that.
Crow and Emily, a show about a girl and her bird friends. But her closet partner is Crow, a crow that she saved from a forest fire 5 years back. Together they go on adventures along the way
Godzilla
I making one :3
I feed the crows too and thought I was the only one getting odd gifts from them!!! So kool to know this is common!!! Thank you for sharing Gabby!!!
I'm not sure if they were crows but, there were some black birds that lived in some mountain that has a Wendy's nearby that my bf and I used to frequent. They don't only recognise faces but also cars because they used to swarm on us when we would park at the Wendy's because I always gave them some of my fries. Lol
I feed the crows that congregate in my neighborhood in the winter. I fed them at exactly 8am and you could set your clock by the time the first one landed in the tree in the front of the house. Although I only feed in the winter because most leave after that, there is still always at least one crow cawing in the tree at exactly 8am.
I had a cat that would bring us gifts. A lot of rocks and sticks, bottle caps, bits of broken plastic, stuff like that, but pretty regularly... the best one was a mc Donald’s happy meal toy that played music. Where he got it from... who knows? He was kind of a klepto.
Extraordinary and mysterious birds.
I've been working on this for about a year with a family of crows (initially a mated pair and now with a youngster after reproducing). The adults are still flighty and apprehensive, but the adolescent has grown up knowing that I am the source of its favorite fruits and will come within a few feet of me, staying until the parents say it's time to go. Yesterday, the youngster found the remnants of a bright blue pen lodged in our dock and pried it out of there to bring over to me as I was feeding it grapes. It's simply amazing how they can recognize things they perceive might be valuable to us in reciprocity.
I've been feeding the crows for about ten years. In the winter there's a flock and they split up in the spring with only two or three sticking around. This year they they finally started leaving items where I feed them on my driveway. Usually little pieces of crinkled up metal. This year is going to be great for my tires. I should've seen this coming.
Gappy is cool asf, she has a gift, i just hope her parents support her interest
I once befriended a wild Crow at my job. Every break I would run outside to call him and he wouldn’t disappoint. Eventually he flew to a low tree branch just ten feet from me but I couldn’t get any closer. We had a wonderful three year relationship as he would always welcome me every morning at work. I don’t understand why he liked me because I never did give him food, perhaps curiously.
Crows realized that the big creatures are so dumb they can be trained to provide food simply by giving them rewards of random junk
This is so cool! I hope these experiences have inspired Gabi to build a career around animals.
I absolutely cannot understand how a 128 people could dislike this video.
I wish i had crow friends! I put out bird food, and get everything from woodpeckers to pigeons (and a few invasive squirrels) but the crows never touch it. Than again there was a large crow (possibly a raven) who used to walk me to school and back everyday as a kid. When i left my house he would be waiting and would circle above me all the way to school, and when school was over he would wait to walk/fly me back home. I named him Darth and loved him dearly. A bittersweet memory as some sadistic assholes murdered him just to upset me. First time i truly beat the shit out of anyone in my life. I'm not a violent person but those evil people deserved it. 15 years ago and i still miss my friend!!!
NymphetaminexXxGrrrl this is such a bittersweet memory. Glad you beat them up.
I have a band of California Scrub Jays and Stellar's Jays that I have been feeding unsalted shelled peanuts. They have been depositing a lot of rocks in front of the window that I watch them from.
Crows are extremely smart. One of the few animals that actually uses tools.
What a great collection! Crows are still awesome.
I will never look at a crow the same
Fun facts: Crows are as smart as a human 4 year old AND they actually have a visual and auditory memory far superior to that of humans. They can see you once, then see you for the second time years later, and remember you. They also possess keen time keeping capabilities. They’re among the most incredible animals on the planet. Not only do I love crows, and most animals, but I have a crow where I work who I saw one day on a lamp pole and threw him a crust of bread from my lunch. He quickly ate it. And everyday at my lunchtime he would appear at the same time, on the same lamp pole, to correspond with my lunch break time, because he knew he’d get a bit of something. I named him Crowley 😂 and I love him❤️
Dude! Imagine this girl like getting threatened or something and she summons her herd of crows to fight back! That would be amazing!!
mine always sit in the trees above me while I work in the gardens. it must look forboding to those going by ha.
I have been making friends with the crows in my neighborhood and there is one who comes and leaves a big shiny magnolia leaf on my doorstep regularly if it blows away or is removed another one is put in its place ☺️
would be interesting to know if they choose these objects because they've seen other humans handling them and therefore concluded that humans like these objects...
seems probable considering other behaviour
I have noticed many people sharing their crow companion stories in this comment section, so let me share mine with you~
I haven't had a friendship with just one spesific crow, I'm companions with a whole murder. At school, we'd always get bread for breakfast (you see, bulgarian schools are a bit different than American ones. We get bread and treats in plastic bags instead of trays of food.) And I'd never eat it because it wasn't apetizing.
So I'd grab the bread and enter the yard and go in the corner where all of the crows are. There are usually 1 or 2 and when they saw me and I gave them food, they called out to their murder and we'd have a feast. They would eat the bread I threw them and I would eat mine as well. We always have these feasting gatherings. After a few weeks, somewhere close to a month, they'd all fly over, really intrigued simply by my presence, as in to say "Hey guys, the next door neighbor Willow is here again!" And we'd have these conversations in crow language. Through these many conversations with them, they taught me how to mimic their sounds and how to properly move my body. We all gather around every day, feast together and talk as if they were humans. I know they understand me, and I know they love me.
To this day, we are still friends. I'm so used to the company of crows. We feel as if I'm part of the murder.~
Thanks for reading about my relationship with crows. You guys know about the pigeon lady in the movie Home Alone? That's me, but with crows.~
I feed lots of crows, but one of them is special, his name is flip and he has white wings, but all he gives me is poop on my lawn
As cool, smart and nice as crows are, if you mistreat them they will go after you. And get their friends to as well. So remember to always be nice to them.
I see the barter economy between a human and a bird! This is an incredible story.
it was only about 12 years ago or so that i started to realize how smart other animals can be, i never would have though birds to be capable of these things i have been seeing these last few years. there is a video here on youtube where a couple of birds lure two cats together and tricked them into fighting. it was clear that the birds planned this and worked as a team to make that happen, then they sat back and watched the cats fight.
This kid is blessed or something omg...
I have this going on at my house. I have received a button, a marble, paper clip, a purple shell and a pin from a fire extinguisher. I feed them almost daily. Crows are cool.
Their motive is very simple. They want to keep getting fed.
Yes but how do they learn that giving shiny things= food in the first place?
They had centuries to figure out that humans use "shiny things" to trade with each other. It is known that there are animals that are actually capable teaching other animals. Also a "city crow" can probably see it on a daily basis if you have an open air market or something like that.
I dunno, most animals just assume the food will keep coming regardless. Crows have complex social lives so I don't see why they could not be thankful and wanting to give back in a way humans are.
Bradshaw They give gifts to each other as well
Here’s why it’s so amazing: a kid does something nice for a crow. The crow give a gift in return. It has no way of knowing giving a gift will result in food, so it’s truly done of kindness.
That's right. Food is the answer to everything.