Post #2626016
2022-12-25 23:30 UTC
The first is key: crows are acutely aware of human gaze. They watch you, know which direction you are looking, and use this to predict your behavior.
As you are getting to them, don't watch them or the food you've offered. Drop or place a peanut and then walk on like Lot fleeing the doomed city of Sodom, never looking back. This reassures them that it's not a trap and that you don't mean them harm.
Later, when they have become more comfortable with you, you can interact more directly.
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@ct_bergstrom@fediscience.org 2022-12-25 23:38
Second, baby crows often leave the nest a couple of days before they can fly. This strikes me as an exceptionally bad idea, but it's what they do. During that first week or two out of the nest, all bets are off. Crow parents are a giant bundle of stress hormones. Crows you don't know will attack; even your best crow friends may be untrustworthy. Just imagine what they are going through, give them time, and when the fledglings are flying readily they'll be back to their old selves.