I enjoy the local murder of crows...

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There is a colony of crows that lives near my apartment, they are rather fun to observe. But loud for sure, just this morning they were making all kinds of noise and I was going to get up and see what they were up to but I dozed back off to sleep. But yeah they are constantly around so I figure they must nest somewhere nearby, earlier in the year I caught sight of one of the older ones feeding a younger one a worm. I guess sometimes siblings of younger birds help the parents take care of them so it cold have been a mom bird feeding its young or it could have been a sibling feeding their younger brother or sister. It was funny though because the younger one kept cawing for food until the bigger one shoved a worm down their throat it was funny to watch and I was even able to get a video.

I really enjoyed watching the crows while waiting for the bus. They really enjoyed harassing squirrels. They seemed to be doing it just for fun. They'd drop a french fry or some other food that they'd nicked from a trash can and drop it for the squirrel. Then, when the squirrel went to pick it up, a crow would dive bomb it and either snatch the food away again, or peck the squirrel and make it jump. Either way, the poor squirrel was never really allowed to have the food.

I also like the crows and put out whole corn for them at the feeder.The other day there were six of them.

Counting crows rhyme.

One for sorrow,
Two for luck; (or mirth)
Three for a wedding,
Four for death; (or birth)
Five for silver,
Six for gold;
Seven for a secret,
Not to be told;
Eight for heaven,
Nine for hell
And ten for the devil's own sell!

Where I live it's crows vs seagulls to see which can be the loudest.

I believe crows are smartest in the avian world. I love this story.

I almost never see crows where I live.

Crows and seagulls are loud

Cockatoos: Hold my seeds

It's strange seeing those as local wild birds instead of as pets.

I've seen the harrass pigeons before, but these ones do not seem to give much mind to the squirrels. Though compared to some other places I have been there are less squirrels around here and many more crows. But sort of seems they don't really conflict with the squirrels, mostly it seems like they try and pick fights with other birds to steal their food. like the other day it sounded like they were fighting a raven, because I heard the raven make a much lower kind of call than crows make. And then the crows were responding with their own squaks IDk who won the fight but I figure the crows because I have not heard that raven since then. But yeah they love to caw endlessly in the early morning so many times that is what wakes me up.

Well as far as I know it is illegal to keep them as pets around here, so that is not really an option. But its not illegal to try and befriend them I just don't really know how. I tried to appease them with some cat treats which seems they may have taken later as they were gone the next day. But that did not make them friendlier toward me, at best they have seen me walking home from work and know I never do anything to harm them so much of the time they just act naturally when I am around and so I get to observe them because they don't see me as a threat so they just keep on about their business. I know they can recognize people so that is another good reason not to be a jerk to them, because they will teach other crows to attack anyone that messes with them.

There are seagulls here as well, and they do compete with crows, that said I live in colorado its an inland state, no ocean on our borders yet we still have many seagulls. I kind of figure they aren't a native species per say but nonetheless we have tons of them here in colorado even though they are supposed to be sea birds. Like there is no sea anywhere around colorado all we got is mountains and plains and prairie.

that is so funny, so they were basically trolling the squirrels.

Food helps to make friends with them.They really like bread and whole corn.My son left some bologna as an offering and they enjoyed it.It was funny seeing the crow fly off with it.A neighbor used to keep pet pigeons and he would leave the crows food since they would run off all the birds of prey that like to snack on his birds.
Sometimes they leave gifts for people.
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The ones here never gifted me but they did perch outside the bedroom window waiting for snacks.

Cockies and other large parrots are wild in Australia and cause major noise/destruction when they travel in large flocks. I have seen the white cockies in the video peeling the sealant in my roof tiles and I periodically have to get corkers (specialist plumbers) to re-seal the roof to prevent water leaks.

Yes crows are clever, I have seen them harass baby rabbits in exactly the same way.

I also enjoy watching birds, especially families of birds like the one that you described.

crows have always been my favorites, oh, ravens/corvids in there too.
If my city did not have ordinances about it, I would be feeding them and making friends. I thought it was funny a couple of years ago when somebody did a study and a TV special about crows and how they recognize people.

If they can recognize their own kind, who are surely less diverse than humans, and recognize each individual in their own families/ colonies and have successful social interactions with each individual, why would humans think they could not recognize us? Most animals have the capability of sorting one individual from another, whether of another species or not.

Have you seen that documentary? I have to say it was not news to me, or to my sister, who has been a member of several crow families, welcomed and greeted by them, interacted with them for many years.