We've been putting dog food out for crows for a few years now. They also
learned to eat suet from a feeder on the back deck. A pair have been coming
regularly but mostly in the winter. When spring arrives they don't come
around so often. This year things are different. Apparently, the adults had
young and introduced them to the "free lunch". Now the youngsters are here
every day - sometimes more than once a day. Check out the photo at :
http://www.moumn.org/cgi-bin/recent.pl?op=showcase
The adults never feed with the two youngsters. In fact, I don't think I've
seen the adults since May.
This morning we were awaken by a noise - a tapping at the window next to the
suet feeder. It was one of the juvenile crows on the window ledge. He was
tapping at the window and doing the juvenile bird "begging" display. The
suet feeder was empty and he was demanding that it be filled. Amazing. I'd
often wondered if the crows realized that the humans inside the house were
the ones furnishing the goodies. Apparently they do.
Larry S
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