That's really interesting. I've been feeding the same family of crows here for going on 15 years. The old grandmother is the only one left of the original pair now. She's real easy to identify. She has several wild plumes of grey feathers sticking out from various places, and she's had a cough for the past few years, too. The first batch of kids got exiled down the street, but, the last group of three, the old mother let them stay. I think she recognizes she needs her offspring around now that her mate is dead. Both groups still remain mostly separate, though sometimes they do mob together to swoop at members of the raven family who stray into the neighbourhood.
Anyway, I feed the crows a half cup of Shadows dry dog food almost every day, and scraps of old bread, too. They can see me from very far off. As soon as I come out my door, or I let Shadow out, I hear them give the call, and they come down and perch on the wires in front of my house. I haven't noticed any 'gifts' per se, but I have from time to time seen odd objects on my driveway. I've always just assumed they were tossed onto it by kids passing by, but I never considered it might be the crows. I'll have to keep better track of these occurrences in the future.
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Date: 2015-02-27 03:27 am (UTC)Anyway, I feed the crows a half cup of Shadows dry dog food almost every day, and scraps of old bread, too. They can see me from very far off. As soon as I come out my door, or I let Shadow out, I hear them give the call, and they come down and perch on the wires in front of my house. I haven't noticed any 'gifts' per se, but I have from time to time seen odd objects on my driveway. I've always just assumed they were tossed onto it by kids passing by, but I never considered it might be the crows. I'll have to keep better track of these occurrences in the future.