Years ago I did some extensive testing with my neighbourhood crows (hooded crows in Berlin). With nuts their preference is (everything without shell, from best to worst): cashews, then nothing for a long time, walnuts and Brazil nuts, almonds, hazelnuts, peanuts. I did not include pistachio in the test (because they are quite expensive and it is quite some work to take them all out of the shell so I rarely offer them) but they are closer to the top of the list. My spoilt brats have stopped taking peanuts from me a long time ago. Exception: peanuts in their shell (because they are so suitable for storage I guess; quite similar they get much more excited with walnuts in shell; but if I just offer walnuts without shell I get some snarky looks. During the breeding season (when I get visited by the breeding adult crows only because they wage war against each other on my balcony then and this would be very very bad for the young crows...) the adult crows clearly prefer meat (and even fish fingers/sticks) over cashews. Probably because they know they must not feed nuts to the nestlings (might kill them). But during winter the majority of my crows prefers cashews even over meat (even fried minced meat). I didn't try mice against cashews, though 😆 In theory superworms and house crickets are the best food for them (i.e. the nestlings) during breeding season. But it is a lot of effort to feed the superworms or insects correctly before feeding them to the crows. And the crows are not particularly fond of this high-maintenance food. And I get it. Crows love lumps of food. The insects weigh nearly nothing. The whole box of crickets may be as much (or as little) as a single piece of goulash... So I make sure that they get a lot of meat, fish, and egg yolk (quantity is probably even more important for the nestlings than quality). Being fed by me the crows do not have to waste time for looking for food. So they have the rest of the day to find some insects on their own. And all "my" fledgelings look great. No feather damage. And some of them look like an adult crow half a year later. A daily meat-fish-egg-only diet makes it possible... (after several years of such a diet my two killer crows are such chunks that they even take on adult cats together; not teasing or harassing the cats - threatening them, successfully!!) 😆🖤 I love them.
The dried cranberries in my current trail mix are eliciting the crow equivalent of an eye roll. I feed a young single crow who calls her parents to join. She has very nice manners. Her father, not so much.
They do like peanuts but they crack them open only to reject them lol. They look at the expensive organic walnuts I get for them like it is beneath them. so I have stopped buying walnuts.
As someone pointed out, this could be a case of "size matters". It would be interesting to break up the cashews into small pieces and see what happens... or put a pile of slugs next to the nuts - I hope that works!
Peanuts aren't really a nut, I believe they are a bean and they aren't native to North America. Peanuts are grown from bushes, and cashews from trees. I doubt crows have had them in their diet much in history so the results aren't surprising to me.
What I mean 'worked on the sound' is I worked on getting a high quality digital recorder next the food and recorded in stereo at 48 Mhz. Then when I edited the video, I turned the sound volumn up a bit so as to hear all the quiet little sounds. But no sound effects other than turning the volumn up.@@matthewwilliams3827
Crows like all birds really like peanut butter in my experience, more so than just peanuts. Just make sure you check the ingredients, and be aware of the food standards in your country, specifically be wary of aflatoxin. Also make sure the salt concentration isn't too high, depending on the amount you feed them. If it's a maximum of 1.0 % salt it should be fine unless they eat a large amount of it.
@@crows714 No worries, I don't mean to come across preachy, just obviously you want to help the birds, not hurt them. Aflatoxin won't be listed as an ingredient. It just depends on the food standards I your country what is considered an acceptable level for foods to contain.
@@truthntellingHi, can you cite a study or provide a reference? Most of what I read is that birds need a little salt, just proportionally less than people.
@@CarlosSamuel-ms9eeYou will NEVER see anything is print that says to feed birds salt. There is NO reference for YOUR ill advice. Salt exists in everything, they will get salt from UNsalted foods. "Salted" means MORE salt, not that there was no salt content to begin with. You feed them crumbled plain cake or cookies, even plain bread, all contains salt. You're being a smart-aleck. Challenging me when you don't have a sensible leg to stand on. Admitting you're WRONG would make you less of a jerk. You can find bird diets online from reputable sources. Go fish and learn something on the way. You pulled your 1% out of your hat, to cover your laziness. You'll give them salted peanut butter if on sale, instead of getting the unsalted. Your invented 1% is the amount of sin you give permission. What is really disgusting is your cunning, amateur and stupid. Better you feed the birds NOTHING until you GROW UP. And learn to read. Seriously I doubt you even feed the birds. You're just trolling trying to post the last word to taint good advice.
The crows in my area of suburbia don't care much for peanuts in or out of the shell. I've not tried cashews as those are really expensive and I eat the few I do treat myself to, so sorry crows. They get meat trimmings. They especially like fat of any kind. I render it down to just above crunchy and soak stale bread in the oil to make a suet like mush which they also love. I'm guessing the crows in this video prefer cashews because, as intelligent birds, they know or sense cashews are nuts and peanuts are legumes and not true nuts. Nuts have more oils and protein.
🤗🤗I just get mesmerized by these little generals! I began using raw cashews last year and now I have a regular following of these beauties! The jays love them too 😊 What an honor and privilege to watch these clever crows. Thanks for this video 😉👍👍
I am very surprised by this. Cashews are not a true nut and their nutritional makeup is quite different from what many animals require. Animals have a sense of what they need most of the time. In my area where I feed wild birds and squirrels, they generally ignore cashews unless they are very hungry in the dead of winter.
I use dry cat food sometime too. I use many different food just to run taste tests. In the long run, I think I would go broke feeding the crow pizza, homemade chicken nuggets, and cashews. They really do seem to like cashews though.
do mind reading tests. to see how they can read our minds. they do it with me often. i arrange to meet them with a picture in my mind of us at a certain spot and they usually wait there for me. also they call me. i get a thought calling me to a place and when i get there the Ravens are waiting for me. once i went camping at a new place and a rook was waiting at my exact tent spot - No13!!
@crows714 Yes. plenty its strange because there is 11 in this area and they usually stay in pairs. These Ravens behaviour is totally new and different to observations done by others. 1st there wer 4, 2 pairs. then each pair had 2 young and they became and 8 and stayed together all year!!! NOW 3 more have joined in lol. its quite mad. i am madly in love with birdies and animals and humans.......even.LOL. i have .any videos they are my best friends and they talk to me and wait for me on the street . Ravens magpies blietits Sparrowhawks and red kites have all followed me on trains up o 15 miles so far!! i am on train now and the ravens and magpies are always following!! i neve expected such amazing things.....ONELOVE
AWESOMELY AWESOME NUTS ARE BUZZZZZING WITH LIGHT AND LIFE FOR OUR BELOVED BiRDiES....I THANK THEE MY FRIEND....i have fed them wrong foods before until i researched. we think they can digest any thing which they can but still we are what we eat. peace
Years ago I did some extensive testing with my neighbourhood crows (hooded crows in Berlin). With nuts their preference is (everything without shell, from best to worst): cashews, then nothing for a long time, walnuts and Brazil nuts, almonds, hazelnuts, peanuts. I did not include pistachio in the test (because they are quite expensive and it is quite some work to take them all out of the shell so I rarely offer them) but they are closer to the top of the list.
My spoilt brats have stopped taking peanuts from me a long time ago. Exception: peanuts in their shell (because they are so suitable for storage I guess; quite similar they get much more excited with walnuts in shell; but if I just offer walnuts without shell I get some snarky looks.
During the breeding season (when I get visited by the breeding adult crows only because they wage war against each other on my balcony then and this would be very very bad for the young crows...) the adult crows clearly prefer meat (and even fish fingers/sticks) over cashews. Probably because they know they must not feed nuts to the nestlings (might kill them). But during winter the majority of my crows prefers cashews even over meat (even fried minced meat). I didn't try mice against cashews, though 😆
In theory superworms and house crickets are the best food for them (i.e. the nestlings) during breeding season. But it is a lot of effort to feed the superworms or insects correctly before feeding them to the crows. And the crows are not particularly fond of this high-maintenance food. And I get it. Crows love lumps of food. The insects weigh nearly nothing. The whole box of crickets may be as much (or as little) as a single piece of goulash... So I make sure that they get a lot of meat, fish, and egg yolk (quantity is probably even more important for the nestlings than quality). Being fed by me the crows do not have to waste time for looking for food. So they have the rest of the day to find some insects on their own. And all "my" fledgelings look great. No feather damage. And some of them look like an adult crow half a year later. A daily meat-fish-egg-only diet makes it possible... (after several years of such a diet my two killer crows are such chunks that they even take on adult cats together; not teasing or harassing the cats - threatening them, successfully!!) 😆🖤 I love them.
Yes, I have noticed that they really like peanuts in the shell! I need to try that again. Great explanation! This is a very informative comment.
The dried cranberries in my current trail mix are eliciting the crow equivalent of an eye roll. I feed a young single crow who calls her parents to join. She has very nice manners. Her father, not so much.
They do like peanuts but they crack them open only to reject them lol. They look at the expensive organic walnuts I get for them like it is beneath them. so I have stopped buying walnuts.
They love hard boiled eggs too with the shells on the shell helps them to digest the egg. I love .Crows .
As someone pointed out, this could be a case of "size matters". It would be interesting to break up the cashews into small pieces and see what happens... or put a pile of slugs next to the nuts - I hope that works!
Good Point! I will run this experiment in an upcoming video.
@@crows714 Brilliant, love what you are doing here, its really interesting 🙂
Peanuts aren't really a nut, I believe they are a bean and they aren't native to North America. Peanuts are grown from bushes, and cashews from trees. I doubt crows have had them in their diet much in history so the results aren't surprising to me.
Maybe it’s because peanuts are actually legumes
Excellent crow footage. Love it and also the bonus woodpecker sounds.
I love the way they criss cross their feet when approaching.
Crows walk more than most birds. They always look knock-kneed to me, so cute!
@@crows714 A 'fashion forward' prance!
Trust a corvid to find the cool way to handle the mundane.
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The sound when they eat them is so satisfying haha cool footage.
I worked on the sound. The audio on these videos is something you can't get closed enough to to hear in real life.
@@crows714 oh you created the sounds effects? Either way, it’s cool
What I mean 'worked on the sound' is I worked on getting a high quality digital recorder next the food and recorded in stereo at 48 Mhz. Then when I edited the video, I turned the sound volumn up a bit so as to hear all the quiet little sounds. But no sound effects other than turning the volumn up.@@matthewwilliams3827
@@crows714 awesome! Thanks for reply 👍
Yes,the chomping sound of them eating is strangely satisfying!
Of course they prefer Cashews. They ain't stupid birds.
Birds sense of taste is only about 1/10 of a humans so I doubt they kept choosing the cashews because of the taste.
Good point. The Cashews seem softer. I don't know if that makes a difference.
I doubt it. I touch their beaks against the food and it appears they taste it instantly and reject or accept it.
Softer, more digestible.
For anyone who doesn't already know, raw nuts are best -- we shouldn't give animals salted or sweetened snacks.
YES! Say it LOUDER. NO SALT FOR BIRDS!
Preciosas imágenes de unos animales magníficos!
Me suscribo al canal...
Un saludo.
Such a cool footage. The crows know what’s up. Cashews! Makes me wanna buy some lol.
Crow have expensive tastes :)
@@crows714 yeah ahha
They take what is bigger first if it was cold pizza squares they would eat it first I feed them all the time 😂
Crows like all birds really like peanut butter in my experience, more so than just peanuts. Just make sure you check the ingredients, and be aware of the food standards in your country, specifically be wary of aflatoxin. Also make sure the salt concentration isn't too high, depending on the amount you feed them. If it's a maximum of 1.0 % salt it should be fine unless they eat a large amount of it.
Thank you for the advice. I will check the ingredients in my peanut butter.
@@crows714 No worries, I don't mean to come across preachy, just obviously you want to help the birds, not hurt them. Aflatoxin won't be listed as an ingredient. It just depends on the food standards I your country what is considered an acceptable level for foods to contain.
NO SALT - NONE! - on nuts or in nut butter. NO SALT on bird food!!
@@truthntellingHi, can you cite a study or provide a reference? Most of what I read is that birds need a little salt, just proportionally less than people.
@@CarlosSamuel-ms9eeYou will NEVER see anything is print that says to feed birds salt. There is NO reference for YOUR ill advice. Salt exists in everything, they will get salt from UNsalted foods. "Salted" means MORE salt, not that there was no salt content to begin with. You feed them crumbled plain cake or cookies, even plain bread, all contains salt. You're being a smart-aleck. Challenging me when you don't have a sensible leg to stand on. Admitting you're WRONG would make you less of a jerk. You can find bird diets online from reputable sources. Go fish and learn something on the way. You pulled your 1% out of your hat, to cover your laziness. You'll give them salted peanut butter if on sale, instead of getting the unsalted. Your invented 1% is the amount of sin you give permission. What is really disgusting is your cunning, amateur and stupid. Better you feed the birds NOTHING until you GROW UP. And learn to read. Seriously I doubt you even feed the birds. You're just trolling trying to post the last word to taint good advice.
Cashews are better. Even the crows agree. Well, except for that one weirdo crow that ignored the cashews and gorged on peanuts :D
The crows in my area of suburbia don't care much for peanuts in or out of the shell. I've not tried cashews as those are really expensive and I eat the few I do treat myself to, so sorry crows. They get meat trimmings. They especially like fat of any kind. I render it down to just above crunchy and soak stale bread in the oil to make a suet like mush which they also love. I'm guessing the crows in this video prefer cashews because, as intelligent birds, they know or sense cashews are nuts and peanuts are legumes and not true nuts. Nuts have more oils and protein.
Good information! I did not know that about nuts versus legumes. I learn so much in the comments section.
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Thank you.
The cashews are bigger but they easily break it to pieces.
🤗🤗I just get mesmerized by these little generals! I began using raw cashews last year and now I have a regular following of these beauties! The jays love them too 😊 What an honor and privilege to watch these clever crows. Thanks for this video 😉👍👍
You are so welcome! They really do like the cashews!
I bet pistachios vs cashews would be close
Great footage, nice editing, thanks
Glad you enjoyed it, I am still learning how to get quality footage and sound.
Made me hungry for cashews!
I am very surprised by this. Cashews are not a true nut and their nutritional makeup is quite different from what many animals require. Animals have a sense of what they need most of the time. In my area where I feed wild birds and squirrels, they generally ignore cashews unless they are very hungry in the dead of winter.
Cashews are true nuts…seeds of the cashew tree. Maybe you are thinking of peanuts, which are legumes….?
My crows definitely prefer peanuts!
I think that is a consensus amongst crows far and wide!
You have TWO cameras on this? wow. You're serious. Nicely done. Thanks.
I’m new to this and feed my crows dry cat food
I use dry cat food sometime too. I use many different food just to run taste tests. In the long run, I think I would go broke feeding the crow pizza, homemade chicken nuggets, and cashews. They really do seem to like cashews though.
do mind reading tests. to see how they can read our minds. they do it with me often. i arrange to meet them with a picture in my mind of us at a certain spot and they usually wait there for me. also they call me. i get a thought calling me to a place and when i get there the Ravens are waiting for me. once i went camping at a new place and a rook was waiting at my exact tent spot - No13!!
I definitely the crows are training me. It sounds like you have Ravens in your area?
@crows714 Yes. plenty its strange because there is 11 in this area and they usually stay in pairs. These Ravens behaviour is totally new and different to observations done by others. 1st there wer 4, 2 pairs. then each pair had 2 young and they became and 8 and stayed together all year!!! NOW 3 more have joined in lol. its quite mad. i am madly in love with birdies and animals and humans.......even.LOL. i have .any videos they are my best friends and they talk to me and wait for me on the street . Ravens magpies blietits Sparrowhawks and red kites have all followed me on trains up o 15 miles so far!! i am on train now and the ravens and magpies are always following!! i neve expected such amazing things.....ONELOVE
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AWESOMELY AWESOME
NUTS ARE BUZZZZZING WITH LIGHT AND LIFE FOR OUR BELOVED BiRDiES....I THANK THEE MY FRIEND....i have fed them wrong foods before until i researched. we think they can digest any thing which they can but still we are what we eat. peace
Thank you @goldmanwalking.
One factor that could affect things is that cashews may be a nice delicious change, but not necessarily what they would prefer over time.
I have changed my pov on this…..crows LOVE cashews and other softer nuts. Keep them sodium free, please!
Haha they just see bigger and choose bigger
I think that is true, however, I am testing this by chopping the cashews into smaller pieces on today's video.
Have you tried the same test with peanuts in the shell?
Good idea! I haven't tried that for quite a while.
@@crows714 The crows that I feed in our back alley, seem to prefer peanuts in the shell over anything else I’ve fed them.
@@jeffreypaulross9767 My wife just picked up peanuts in the shell at the grocery store. Stay tuned for a peanuts in the shell video.
@crows714 Thank you!
They love the ones with shells! They take those and fly away. It's like getting takeout.
They love pistachios
I tried to feed the crows pistachios this morning, but my spouse wouldn't let me :(
The ones I feed seem to love pecans.
I will add pecans to the list of foods to try. Do you shell the pecans first?
@@crows714 I've only given them shelled pecans.
Good video.
Thanks!