Corvids

Photographer and OC by @anon6789@lemmy.world

We've picked up a third crow in our outdoor pen, but the one biggie still acts like a little one.

I couldn't get it to make the baby begging dance while I had my phone out, but it will open its mouth and flap rapidly and beg me for snacks still.

These are the closest pics I could get. It was still talking to me and took some veggies and a mouse from me while I was there.

Crows are a lot of fun!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/32925899

Videographer @Mechanismatic@lemmy.ml

These two had a lookout on the wires above them.

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This one was watching his fledglings on a fence below.

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When it's hot, crows open their beaks to exhaust heat, sort of like a dog panting. You can also see the wing drifting a bit in the wind. They hold the wings a little away from the body to allow airflow.

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OC by @phpinjected@lemmy.sdf.org

this started happening a few years back i remember looking outside of my window and i saw a crow circling my house. at the time my grandpa was very sick and eventually died. but he was still alive then. anyway ever since that day no matter where i go or what time it is if i am outside i see crows flying around me literally following me. usually its a single crow. sometimes a pair. today it was several they just sit there in my line of sight or follow me. as far as i can tell nothing bad ever happens after i see them. they’re just there......

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I did a puzzle hunt at Teardown 2025 last night. The whole hunt was crowded themed. This was one of the way markers for clues.

Videographer bonjour[at]mander.xyz

Although it's those pigeons turf as well. They are a heartbreakingly cute couple, one has no more toes on one foot at all, just a stump, the other one has severely damaged toes on one foot from an old case of stringfoot. Pigeons in this town are in very bad shape.

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This guy followed me around today. He was waiting like this when I exited the building.

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This fledgling was mostly walking around in the grass, but every so often tested his wings.

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It's fledgling season, so the parents are on high alert. This one had at least two fledglings hopping around in the grass nearby, squawking up a fuss for food.

Photographer and OC text by @bonjour@mander.xyz

There is this little crow at Piazetta Savoia in Cagliari who left its nest a bit early two weeks ago. The staff of the surrounding gastronomy fed it and now it is absolutely not scared of people and hangs around there. Doing all kinds of dorky baby crow stuff. Really crazy to see, never seen this before. It made me jump just now, as it nibbled on my sandals as I am writing this.

I passed by here earlier in the morning and was glad to not see it here, so it does seem to have a bit of a life outside of the Piazetta.

I am no crow expert, but I know that it quite often happens that crows leave their nest too early and then keep sitting on the ground. That does not mean the parents don't care for it anymore, but they may still be feeding it. So I would not just pick up a sitting baby crow before observing if the parents are still there for it. It could take a couple hours though.

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