David B. 1d ago
#CrowUpdate While Mr and Ms Crow have been very friendly to me lately (probably very hungry as they have little time foraging for food) it's not all fun and games. the "south crows" having been wreaking havoc in the neighborhood lately. A few weeks ago, they created trouble "by the sea" but in our territory too. A few days ago, I saw Ms Crow chasing one of them, but 5 minutes ago, it was three crows that tried to mess with her. On the one hand, she's really impressive, on the other hand, ⤵️
David B. 2d ago

#CrowUpdate This, ladies and gentlemen, is a baby crow looking at me from the top of a tree! So, where was it last night? Why did it get me so worried??? (do parent crows tuck the babies to bed early, like humans?)

On the other hand, I'm pretty sure there is only one and that the second one died just one or two days after leaving the nest.

On a side note, I love the utterly confused face baby crows have their first month or so outside of the nest. We have to understand them, ⤵️

#crows #birds

Show threadDavid B. 3d ago
#CrowUpdate I didn't see the crows much the past few days, but they came more often than usual on the balcony to get peanuts. This afternoon, they were being pretty loud "talking" (not the usual calls, it really sounded like long conversations) but the park was busy, I was being driven nuts by my PC, I didn't go check. This evening however, Ms Crow came right away, and she was way less shy than usual, Mr Crow came too, they both stayed around quite a long time, then Ms Crow left to a pole, ⤵️
David B. 3d ago
When it rains, it pours. So yesterday I was in bed most of the day because of whatever infection I caught this week. Today, I spent my day being driven nuts by my computer, so I decided to spend some time outside before night fall. I wanted to go to the seaside but I ran into a coworker and her husband. They are lovely people, but neither them nor I wanted to go see the sunset with the other one(s) so I turned around and went to the park (yes, this is a #CrowUpdate) ⤵️
David B. 4d ago
#CrowUpdate Mr and Ms Crow have been coming a lot to beg for peanuts this week (I guess they're too busy to properly look for food for themselves at the moment). However, I'm not sure what the baby situation is. I didn't spend time in the park much as Mr Crow didn't want me to approach the babies this year. This morning I saw one practicing flying (or rather landing on a tree, not that easy) but ⤵️
David B. May 20
#CrowUpdate Some baby crows... Disclaimer: it may or may not be the same fledgling. Both pictures were taken a dozen of minutes apart, and I haven't seen two babies at the same time in a while. I couldn't stay long in the park, lots of kids were playing there.
David B. May 19
#CrowUpdate
Good morning Mr Crow. This morning, both Mr and Ms Crow came to get their morning peanuts like a regular morning (it hadn't happened in a while). I went for a walk. When I returned, I saw one baby. When I entered the park, Mr Crow emitted one single call, I assume it meant "safe." But shortly after while I was still in the park, both Mr and Ms Crow became agitated, as the garbage truck arrived (maybe second baby was too close?). I left, I don't want to stress them more than they are.
David B. May 17
As both a teacher and a parent, I should know better, but remember that when you try to teach something, you will teach something. Just make sure you teach what you intended to. Trying to teach some gestures to the #crows to communicate with them, I tried to teach them that "empty open hand" meant "I'm out of peanuts." But Ms Crow has definitely learned "Hold on, I'm getting more." Today she even followed me home. She never follows me home usually.
Yes, this was a mini #CrowUpdate
Show threadDavid B. May 17

I guess it's a mix of him not being able to fly much, and also, it was evening, and I think (seeing how the parents flew) they were trying to coral the babies to a safe place for the night, and it was not working yet (I eventually left to not stress them out).

Stay tuned for more in the coming days.

(follow the hashtag #CrowUpdate if you're not yet)

David B. May 17
One more #CrowUpdate for today.
During the afternoon, I could only see one baby, and I wondered if the other one was okay, but this evening both were visiting the park under the watchful eye of both parents. Actually the parents were pretty tense. Mr Crow even yelled at me. I think it's the first time ever that Mr Crow yells at me. ⤵️