For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Hi everyone! Well, here we are with our bird today, the “American crow”. Crows are often mistaken for ravens, plus the other way around, but crows are much smaller, about half the size. The western crow is smaller than the eastern but it’s still the same species. There is also the fish crow and the northwestern crow, but they are different species with limited range. The American crow can be found over most of the continent from northern Canada to the southern US, though they avoid the southwestern area. In winter they will form huge roosting colonies of many thousands of birds. For most of their range they are year-round residents, even up here we have a lot of crows that spend the winter now, though even 30 years ago they were rare here in winter. They eat just about anything and during nesting season they young are fed a diet of 80% insects and even the adults eat a large portion of the diet in insects, many are harmful. They are easily attracted to feeders, something most people don’t like since they scare other birds. They are highly intelligent birds as well, can work together and solve problems. They will often help one another, nesting crows will help another pair when their nest is in danger. Ravens often get at their nests. Like ravens, crows are terrible nest robbers. They can also be quite noisy which a lot of people don’t like. They are very susceptible to West Nile virus and usually die within a week. Well, I hope you all have a wonderful day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
Β©2021 Steve McLeod.
Nice post Steve! I liked the way you showed the differences. Good Job!
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Thanks Dusty!π I need some new pics fast or this series will end fast! I was trying today but missed that one sparrow…again.πππ·
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You can only capture what’s there to be seen and photographed..
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Yep, there was a sparrow I have been trying to get, this is the 3rd spring. They only stay around a day or two so it’s tough.π³π·
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Perhaps tomorrow? You never can tell..π
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Going to be cloudy with flurries again tomorrow, no good for pics with my camera.ππ·
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Hey!! That’s no way to be!! It could all come together at just the perfect second and you get the picture of a lifetime!!πππ
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I’ll freeze out there.π₯Άπ·
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Thats why you should get a game camera! Then it would take the picture automatically using a motion senser!πππ You’re welcome btw!πππ
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I have seen pics from those things. Not exactly terrific.
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True but you can just delete the bad ones!ππ
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That would be all of them. That poor thing would burn itself out in the first half hour with my 400 birds hopping around out there!
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It could be.. but if you invest in batteries π you would be supporting yourselfπππ€π€
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I would rather support myself with a chair.π€£π€£π€£
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That’s better than falling down!ππ
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I’m not so sure about that. I fall into bed every night.ππππ
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Me too… especially lately!!π΄π΄
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Telling me about it. I’m asleep before I fall even.π΄π΄
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Well, you do work harder than me.. so you win..π
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Actually, it’s no work at all falling asleep. And that is what I must do again. Good night Dusty, talk tomorrow!πππ΄π€―
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Okie Dokie!! Good Night!ππ
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I have heard of that one, crows are highly intelligent, just like Ravens… they could work as a team and do stuff they wanted. it’s amazing to have an intelligent frinds around everyday, not sure why they don’t like me π€ they always try to fly above my head to hit me ππ³π§or is it just my imagination πΌ
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Yes indeed, they are. Well, I wish they weren’t around every day, they scare the other birds. Oh well. Try using an umbrella, that way they can’t “bomb” you!πββ
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it doesn’t look like that, they wanted to hit my head π not sure why ππ€ strange bird ππΌ.
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An umbrella is still good protection, they might start dropping rocks on you.π³βππΉ
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they do π€ um, maybe if you say that would be right, they also drop.french fries π€πΌ maybe I can train them to drop one for you π
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Around here crows don’t like French fries,π only gulls do and they never drop them, they swallow them too fast!ππΉ
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so you made it tested π π that’s good. Let me test my birds with π€ ah… egg yolk..π they love itπ
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Yes, I’m sure they would love it!ππΉ
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they love it? they come like they’ll never see this again πΉπΉπΉ
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There you go!π Now they will love you.π But you’ll have to keep feeding them or they might start pecking on your head!π³ππΉ
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πΈβΊοΈ that will happen like forever, I eat two boiled eggs every single day. they sure got plenty of supplies πΉπΉ unless I eat mutton or fishπΌπ
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Wow, that’s a lot of eggs! I used to eat 2 poached eggs nearly every day, but I have slowed down a lot. I should start again, I like boiled eggs too.ππ₯π₯π₯π₯
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Boiled eggs are healthy.. βΊοΈ now you knew how I cut fat from my diet π no more yellow on my egg ππ. Poached one Is also nice, my fav too, but I need to lose fat π
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You only eat the white, no yellow????!!!π²π²π€―π€― I think Steve is going to faint again, I better lie down first.πππΉπΉ
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why is so π€ππ€ you eat yellow ? that round yellow ball called yolk π³ I’m going to faint, wait let me lie down first π ππΉπΉ
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The yolk is where all the nutrition is located.π Muffin agrees, she likes the yolk too!ππΉ
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Asian crows also have gray shades from head to chest. Loquacious and naughty they are π€ͺ
Right now two of them are sitting in my window and enjoying white meat. They come early in the morning and at evening; before dusk. Only my mother can deal with themπΈπ
Once we gave them bread which they dropped immediately πΉπ€£
Non veg crows πΉπ€£π
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Sounds like they are the same as our crows!ππΉ Ours like bread though, and peanuts and more peanuts!π₯π₯π₯π€£ It is snowing heavily again right now turning the ground white once more.π³π₯Άββ
Crows do like their meat though!ππΉ
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They’d once been seen dipping bread in water kept for birds, but they don’t like ours the *fresh oneπΉπ€£
It rained here too the day before yesterday. With rain we got some complementary hails tooπ§π¨
Got them almost two decades back. Weather is nice in these days, Alhamdulillah!
Have a blessed day with sweet Muffin πΈπΊπ»ππ
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The ground here is all white again but it’s not snowing as much right now.π³ Hopefully it warms up this week and stays that way.ππΈπ
Hey, that’s nice, our crows dip bread in water as well! I put a large pan out with water for the birds in summer and the crows use it for dipping their bread in!ππΉ
Have a wonderful day Saba!ππΊπΈπ»
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Have a warm and sunny week Sir Steve ππΈβοΈππ
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Perhaps it will start on Thursday!ππΊππΉThank you!
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Blessed crows ππ»here Malaysia seldom only can see crows πnice pictures ππ·
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Thank you so much. Here crows are very common.ππΊππ·
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How nice πΉππΉ
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Crows are not numerous where I live…I see them mainly in winter…they go after what is in the garbage bags on garbage day…good pics again ! βοΈβοΈπ©π©ππΊ
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I’m surprised you don’t have more crows there. Yep, they do like garbage! Thanks so much!ππΊπ·
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Crows are the smaller??? I thought it was the Ravens. I will have to look this up
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Western crows are only about half the size of ravens, eastern crows are a bit bigger than the western crows but still a lot smaller than ravens.
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Now I wonder if I’v got crows or ravens. They’re about twelve ti sixteen inches tall.
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I would say you have crows, the eastern variety.
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Are ravens that much bigger??
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Ravens are a huge bird, massive looking compared to a sleeker type crow. Ravens would be rare sighting where you live I think. They live mostly in the western mountains of the US, northern MN, WI and Michigan, plus the new England states. The eastern crow would stand 12 inches tall, a raven about 16 to 18 inches, but if you saw the 2 side by side, the raven would look huge. It has ruffled feathers on its head and neck all the time and a huge beak.
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You’re right I get crows Thew are real sleek. Wow I learned something new
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That’s great!
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