The 'North' Crow pair now control fully half of territorial park. Their territory is HUGE. The 'Rooster' family to the south have been driven off completely and also another pair who were to the northeast. Now they're pressing into the rest of the park to the northwest which contains five/six Crow families in their own territories bordering on each other. Only two of these families currently have a border with the 'North' pair who have already pushed into their territories by about thirty metres, and that's where we are today. The trouble is, the 'North' pair male is large, aggressive and extremely good at fighting, and his mate always joins the fight. Also when he fights he always immediately tries to kill the other Crow with savage strikes to the head and belly and his mate does the same. If you play the fight in this video on x25 speed and/or keep pausing you'll see what i mean; He's the Crow on the left in the upper position (as in thumbnail) - the other Crow doesn't want any of a 'fight to the death' and seems terrified as it tries to escape. Oddly enough despite how dominant the 'North' pair are they seem to be rubbish at breeding, in the last five years i've only seen them with one Fledgling.
🙂Nice one mate, great to see thumbs coming in while I´m watching. So vicious when they go all Mohawk and show off. Nice video I was thumb 10 and it´s still growing. 👍😊
😂I was a bit too fast to comment after reading description I watched again in 0.25 speed wow . very interesting video, I did not know they were this territorial 😊 seems not to care to be very close to you, noticed your shadow so they must have been real close. I know when they trust you they almost eat from the hand, am looking forward to that maybe next summer, see if I can get them to eat from my hand- Thanks for Sharing
I had kind of the opposite situation. This year either a new group of crows moved into the neighbourhood or (I am really bad at telling most of them apart) they are the ones from last year but have radically changed their behaviour. The local boss crow who has been a crow friend of mine for several years lived a bit further away from my balcony (where I feed them). The boss crow has been on a nearly daily diet of nuts usually plus either meat of fish. He looks accordingly. 💪 He once threatened an adult cat into retreat, ON THE GROUND, face to face... 😲 At the start of summer the a*hole crows from the other side of the street declared war on everyone else. They were the only ones who did not dare come on my balcony, though (so I guess they are new). The boss crow is much stronger than each of them but the boss crow was always alone (his mate being in the nest), in addition his beak was full with food when he returned, and the a*hole crows were always two, waiting in the tree in front of my balcony, hunting all the other crows. After a particularly violent incident I imposed sanctions on them. I did not throw any more food for them on the ground. Food was only on my balcony, and only the friendly crows came to my balcony. Three or four day later (I guess their strength hat weakened severely) the boss crow appeared an got a lot of (raw) goulash from me. After he had taken away 200g and snacked several small pieces he noticed on of the a*hole crows on the street (on the ground), which was quite unusual. It got the beating of its life. While its mate/friend was just watching and shouting from the tree in terror. That was the first time ever I did not mind watching a crow being hurt. The situation got a lot better after that. The boss crow has started taking food from my hand this year (only if I cover it with a handkerchief, though). Mice and egg yolk at first but now also cashews on a daily basis. And after having to watch that for five weeks, the second crow just started to feed from my hand a few days ago. 🖤
Epic tale! Thank you for sharing 😀 Aye, it's great to see how healthy and strong they become from regular feeding on a healthy diet. Especially if you start feeding a new Crow or Crow group and see the transformation from bedraggled to tip-top condition. Bit jealous of the hand feeding as i've never managed to get to that stage. But i have held and stroked (behind the head) an adult Crow, after she had nearly been knocked out in a horrible fight - could barely walk, couldn't fly and had pushed herself under a bush. I knew she might pass away of shock so i fished her out and cuddled her for half an hour until she recovered. She didn't struggle once and her relatives sat nearby to watch quietly, instead of going nuts like they normally do if you even touch a Crows discarded feather or a deceased Crow. The thing which amazed me the most was how soft her feathers were. She didn't even poop on me 😀
So I just saw that in Minnesota, United States they are doing lethal crow abatement this week. How horrible. 😔 This is why I need to be careful when someone asked me to stop. I don't want to ruin it for the crows. I think my plan is to do a drop and run🤣. I mean there are cameras and I won't be able to enjoy their presence, but at least they will be fed. The worst that can happen is... some things I dare not mention. I will just pray and hope for the best.
'Wherever within the Union the laws encourage the destruction of this species, it is shot in great numbers for the sake of the premium offered for each Crow's head. You will perhaps be surprised, reader, when I tell you that in one single State, in the course of a season, 40,000 were shot, besides the multitudes of young birds killed in their nests. Must I add to this slaughter other thousands destroyed by the base artifice of laying poisoned grain along the fields to tempt these poor birds?' 'The Crow devours myriads of grubs every day of the year, that might lay waste the farmer's fields; it destroys quadrupeds innumerable, every one of which is an enemy to his poultry and his flocks. Why then should the farmer be so ungrateful, when he sees such services rendered to him by a providential friend, as to persecute that friend even to the death? Unless he plead ignorance, surely he ought to be found guilty at the bar of common sense. Were the soil of the United States, like that of some other countries, nearly exhausted by long continued cultivation, human selfishness in such a matter might be excused, and our people might look on our Crows, as other people look on theirs; but every individual in the land is aware of the superabundance of food that exists among us, and of which a portion may well be spared for the feathered beings, that tend to enhance our pleasures by the sweetness of their song, the innocence of their lives, or their curious habits. Did not every American open his door and his heart to the wearied traveller, and afford him food, comfort and rest, I would at once give up the argument; but when I know by experience the generosity of the people, I cannot but wish that they would reflect a little, and become more indulgent toward our poor, humble, harmless, and even most serviceable bird, the Crow. ' Source; www.audubon.org/birds-of-america/american-crow
The 'North' Crow pair now control fully half of territorial park. Their territory is HUGE. The 'Rooster' family to the south have been driven off completely and also another pair who were to the northeast.
Now they're pressing into the rest of the park to the northwest which contains five/six Crow families in their own territories bordering on each other. Only two
of these families currently have a border with the 'North' pair who have already pushed into their territories by about thirty metres, and that's where we are today.
The trouble is, the 'North' pair male is large, aggressive and extremely good at fighting, and his mate always joins the fight. Also when he fights he always immediately tries to kill the other Crow with savage strikes to the head and belly and his mate does the same.
If you play the fight in this video on x25 speed and/or keep pausing you'll see what i mean; He's the Crow on the left in the upper position (as in thumbnail) - the other Crow doesn't want any of a 'fight to the death' and seems terrified as it tries to escape.
Oddly enough despite how dominant the 'North' pair are they seem to be rubbish at breeding, in the last five years i've only seen them with one Fledgling.
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🙂Nice one mate, great to see thumbs coming in while I´m watching. So vicious when they go all Mohawk and show off. Nice video I was thumb 10 and it´s still growing. 👍😊
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Great footage. Loots of action.
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😂I was a bit too fast to comment after reading description I watched again in 0.25 speed wow . very interesting video, I did not know they were this territorial 😊 seems not to care to be very close to you, noticed your shadow so they must have been real close. I know when they trust you they almost eat from the hand, am looking forward to that maybe next summer, see if I can get them to eat from my hand- Thanks for Sharing
Glad you enjoyed it! Yes, the park Crows aren't scared of me, especially if i keep my legs still. All Crow pairs are extremely territorial.
I had kind of the opposite situation. This year either a new group of crows moved into the neighbourhood or (I am really bad at telling most of them apart) they are the ones from last year but have radically changed their behaviour.
The local boss crow who has been a crow friend of mine for several years lived a bit further away from my balcony (where I feed them). The boss crow has been on a nearly daily diet of nuts usually plus either meat of fish. He looks accordingly. 💪 He once threatened an adult cat into retreat, ON THE GROUND, face to face... 😲
At the start of summer the a*hole crows from the other side of the street declared war on everyone else. They were the only ones who did not dare come on my balcony, though (so I guess they are new). The boss crow is much stronger than each of them but the boss crow was always alone (his mate being in the nest), in addition his beak was full with food when he returned, and the a*hole crows were always two, waiting in the tree in front of my balcony, hunting all the other crows.
After a particularly violent incident I imposed sanctions on them. I did not throw any more food for them on the ground. Food was only on my balcony, and only the friendly crows came to my balcony. Three or four day later (I guess their strength hat weakened severely) the boss crow appeared an got a lot of (raw) goulash from me. After he had taken away 200g and snacked several small pieces he noticed on of the a*hole crows on the street (on the ground), which was quite unusual. It got the beating of its life. While its mate/friend was just watching and shouting from the tree in terror. That was the first time ever I did not mind watching a crow being hurt.
The situation got a lot better after that. The boss crow has started taking food from my hand this year (only if I cover it with a handkerchief, though). Mice and egg yolk at first but now also cashews on a daily basis. And after having to watch that for five weeks, the second crow just started to feed from my hand a few days ago. 🖤
Epic tale! Thank you for sharing 😀
Aye, it's great to see how healthy and strong they become from regular feeding on a healthy diet. Especially if you start feeding a new Crow or Crow group and see the transformation from bedraggled to tip-top condition.
Bit jealous of the hand feeding as i've never managed to get to that stage. But i have held and stroked (behind the head) an adult Crow, after she had nearly been knocked out in a horrible fight - could barely walk, couldn't fly and had pushed herself under a bush. I knew she might pass away of shock so i fished her out and cuddled her for half an hour until she recovered. She didn't struggle once and her relatives sat nearby to watch quietly, instead of going nuts like they normally do if you even touch a Crows discarded feather or a deceased Crow.
The thing which amazed me the most was how soft her feathers were. She didn't even poop on me 😀
the way to drive off other pairs is a non stop harassing and even attacking a female to scare her. these North guys know how it works)
Ultra vicious! :)
So I just saw that in Minnesota, United States they are doing lethal crow abatement this week. How horrible. 😔 This is why I need to be careful when someone asked me to stop. I don't want to ruin it for the crows. I think my plan is to do a drop and run🤣. I mean there are cameras and I won't be able to enjoy their presence, but at least they will be fed. The worst that can happen is... some things I dare not mention. I will just pray and hope for the best.
'Wherever within the Union the laws encourage the destruction of this species, it is shot in great numbers for the sake of the premium offered for each Crow's head. You will perhaps be surprised, reader, when I tell you that in one single State, in the course of a season, 40,000 were shot, besides the multitudes of young birds killed in their nests. Must I add to this slaughter other thousands destroyed by the base artifice of laying poisoned grain along the fields to tempt these poor birds?'
'The Crow devours myriads of grubs every day of the year, that might lay waste the farmer's fields; it destroys quadrupeds innumerable, every one of which is an enemy to his poultry and his flocks. Why then should the farmer be so ungrateful, when he sees such services rendered to him by a providential friend, as to persecute that friend even to the death? Unless he plead ignorance, surely he ought to be found guilty at the bar of common sense. Were the soil of the United States, like that of some other countries, nearly exhausted by long continued cultivation, human selfishness in such a matter might be excused, and our people might look on our Crows, as other people look on theirs; but every individual in the land is aware of the superabundance of food that exists among us, and of which a portion may well be spared for the feathered beings, that tend to enhance our pleasures by the sweetness of their song, the innocence of their lives, or their curious habits. Did not every American open his door and his heart to the wearied traveller, and afford him food, comfort and rest, I would at once give up the argument; but when I know by experience the generosity of the people, I cannot but wish that they would reflect a little, and become more indulgent toward our poor, humble, harmless, and even most serviceable bird, the Crow. '
Source; www.audubon.org/birds-of-america/american-crow