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As an AuDHD person, patience is not one of my strongest virtues, but I am capable of it, when I really want to gain the trust of a human or another animal. Beagle Lumi, a rescue, who spent the first year of his life in a laboratory for animal testing before I adopted him, has been a good teacher for me concerning that. These moments when he shows me that he feels safe with me still do something to my heart, I can't put into words. About two years ago I decided that I want a crow friend, so I started to put pieces of a walnut on the balustrade of my balcony every morning. It was difficult, but I resisted the urge to watch the crow eating them, because they don't like it. Last year it happened for the first time, that the crow not only ate the walnut pieces while I was sitting with my coffee on the balcony, but they even stayed, looking at me afterwards. Since then the whole crow family visited me every day, but only one of them was brave enough to come closer. A few weeks ago the pigeons started to steal the food (the early bird gets the walnut) and I thought that my crow friend has abandoned me, which made me a bit sad. Today I overslept a little bit and when I had my coffee on the balcony I saw them having a "discussion" with a group of magpies in the tree, so I put the walnut pieces on the balustrade and waited, sitting calmly on my balcony while listening to music. Not only did my crow friend eat the walnut, they also stayed for a few more minutes, looking at me. It was such a beautiful moment of connection to an animal. It made me feel happy and peaceful. 🐦‍⬛ #pets #Nature