One time I heard crows making a racket in the woods and I was wondering what got them worked up. This went on for a few minutes and suddenly a bobcat burst out of the bushes running as fast as it could across the street while getting chased by about 5 crows.
A crow got caught in a mousetrap on our roof and died. We heard a great commotion but did not check. Later we went up as usual ( my grand daughter and I) to play and a large number of crows were sitting on the trees around and they started to caw and fly in circles, come back to sit and again fly. They did not eat the food that we left for them ( they and the squirrels were eating daily). I could not make out why they would not stop and went to look down to see if anything unusual was there on the ground below and I saw this crow lying curled up with its beak in the mousetrap, dead. My husband removed it to a covered area and buried it at night because we thought that the crows would attack if we carried the dead crow. The next morning when I went up on the roof for morning exercise, suddenly they appeared in hoards and started cawing, circling, sitting again and cawing and again flying together in circles etc. I watched them, then talked to them and then ignored them and went on doing my walk. They calmed down and when l went with my granddaughter in the evening they were quiet. Neither the crows nor squirrels ate food. Next day a few crows came and stuck to some areas. Squirrels took food and went up to trees to eat. A crow used to sit on a coconut palm near the kitchen . It would be cawing all day and coming near the kitchen and I would throw out some food. It did not come for two days and I thought may be it had died. Today it was back again but it’s mate was absent. It did not eat the food I threw out. My husband usually removes the mousetrap in the morning, but that day he had forgotten. The crow had seen the mousetrap earlier and used to caw caw sitting above safely.
Very sad! That's a heartbreaking story. You posted this 1 month+ ago, I'm just curious if your crow friends ever came back to eat since then? I once found a strew of crow feathers in my yard, like one had been attacked, but the crows I feed everyday kept eating. Today is the first time I left food for them and none ate, but there was a huge amount of trash (today was the first trash day since before Christmas) so I'm sure they were feasting on everyone's garbage instead of eating my plain ol' peanuts. 🙂
@@kittypurr11 , they are back. For a time they avoided the area where the trap was. Now they hop about everywhere. Only one crow comes near the kitchen now
Hmm, I can't imagine you would do anything to upset him, and his tone was not harsh or aggressive. I imagine it was something like territorial warning. Just a guess. Edit: Nice to see an upload from you! Hope all is well.
So glad I saw this comment thread! I've been feeding my local crows that hang out around my place of work, and they were coming in droves to eat my offerings. But lately, they haven't been eating like they used to. Only one pair (I call what I think is the male "patches" because he's got this gray stripe around his chest) came down to eat, out of the 7-8 that had been before. The crows will start doing the usual conversational caws once I show up, but then they'll make those noises and quickly fly away. They still appear in the trees nearby, and on the street light, and will circle above my head for a few moments (but never dive-bomb me). I just wanted to make sure I didn't do something wrong to make them hate me, so this is reassuring. I have noticed an increase in hawks around the area as well, so maybe that's why they're more skittish. Any thoughts? I know I'm really late haha.
@@rachelhardy2957 Hi! Could be any number of things, including the hawks. Not enough to go on, sorry. If you've been feeding them for a while, and not doing anything threatening or disturbing to them, they should consider you a friend. Either way, they will remember you and treat you accordingly. They also have long memories and will even teach their chicks about you, so the next generation will remember you, too. If they really like you, they will bring you gifts. If they don't like you, they will let you know it every time they see you.
...maybe... We want some very, very meticulously slow camera work to convince us. The kind of subtle position change that is often difficult to notice, but reveals a changed world and an equally transformed viewer. Cheers!
One time I heard crows making a racket in the woods and I was wondering what got them worked up. This went on for a few minutes and suddenly a bobcat burst out of the bushes running as fast as it could across the street while getting chased by about 5 crows.
A crow got caught in a mousetrap on our roof and died. We heard a great commotion but did not check. Later we went up as usual ( my grand daughter and I) to play and a large number of crows were sitting on the trees around and they started to caw and fly in circles, come back to sit and again fly. They did not eat the food that we left for them ( they and the squirrels were eating daily). I could not make out why they would not stop and went to look down to see if anything unusual was there on the ground below and I saw this crow lying curled up with its beak in the mousetrap, dead. My husband removed it to a covered area and buried it at night because we thought that the crows would attack if we carried the dead crow.
The next morning when I went up on the roof for morning exercise, suddenly they appeared in hoards and started cawing, circling, sitting again and cawing and again flying together in circles etc. I watched them, then talked to them and then ignored them and went on doing my walk. They calmed down and when l went with my granddaughter in the evening they were quiet. Neither the crows nor squirrels ate food. Next day a few crows came and stuck to some areas. Squirrels took food and went up to trees to eat.
A crow used to sit on a coconut palm near the kitchen . It would be cawing all day and coming near the kitchen and I would throw out some food. It did not come for two days and I thought may be it had died. Today it was back again but it’s mate was absent. It did not eat the food I threw out.
My husband usually removes the mousetrap in the morning, but that day he had forgotten.
The crow had seen the mousetrap earlier and used to caw caw sitting above safely.
Very sad! That's a heartbreaking story. You posted this 1 month+ ago, I'm just curious if your crow friends ever came back to eat since then? I once found a strew of crow feathers in my yard, like one had been attacked, but the crows I feed everyday kept eating. Today is the first time I left food for them and none ate, but there was a huge amount of trash (today was the first trash day since before Christmas) so I'm sure they were feasting on everyone's garbage instead of eating my plain ol' peanuts. 🙂
@@kittypurr11 , they are back. For a time they avoided the area where the trap was. Now they hop about everywhere.
Only one crow comes near the kitchen now
@@world-of-susan. That's so good to hear and very reassuring. Thank you for replying!
My god... This crow sounds like a broken synth ;)
sure has a lot to say!
Hmm, I can't imagine you would do anything to upset him, and his tone was not harsh or aggressive.
I imagine it was something like territorial warning. Just a guess.
Edit: Nice to see an upload from you! Hope all is well.
He's not mad at me. He's actually being protective with me as a friend. He's warning me about a cat moving into the neighborhood.
@@RobertRichMusic
Wow! Sounds like you've spent some time with him.
Thanks for the reply. : )
So glad I saw this comment thread!
I've been feeding my local crows that hang out around my place of work, and they were coming in droves to eat my offerings.
But lately, they haven't been eating like they used to. Only one pair (I call what I think is the male "patches" because he's got this gray stripe around his chest) came down to eat, out of the 7-8 that had been before.
The crows will start doing the usual conversational caws once I show up, but then they'll make those noises and quickly fly away.
They still appear in the trees nearby, and on the street light, and will circle above my head for a few moments (but never dive-bomb me).
I just wanted to make sure I didn't do something wrong to make them hate me, so this is reassuring.
I have noticed an increase in hawks around the area as well, so maybe that's why they're more skittish.
Any thoughts?
I know I'm really late haha.
@@rachelhardy2957
Hi!
Could be any number of things, including the hawks. Not enough to go on, sorry.
If you've been feeding them for a while, and not doing anything threatening or disturbing to them, they should consider you a friend. Either way, they will remember you and treat you accordingly. They also have long memories and will even teach their chicks about you, so the next generation will remember you, too.
If they really like you, they will bring you gifts. If they don't like you, they will let you know it every time they see you.
by Andrey Tarkovsky
...maybe... We want some very, very meticulously slow camera work to convince us. The kind of subtle position change that is often difficult to notice, but reveals a changed world and an equally transformed viewer. Cheers!