this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2023
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Bring stories and images of your encounters with crows, ravens, and other corvids. Link articles and anecdotes. Note here your literary references. Art welcome.

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He always recognises me and flies down to see me and retrieve his peanuts. I’ve seen he and Elena raise two lots of children now, and about to be a third 🐦‍⬛

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[–] Chocrates 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Where are you getting your peanuts? I was gonna buy a random bag of raw unshelled peanuts on Amazon but I wasn't sure if those were "safe"

[–] MCRN 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

A big 10KG bag of unsalted peanuts (or monkey nuts as they were called) in the shells on Amazon.

He loves them. I’ve seen him carrying four at once a few times

[–] Chocrates 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks got my bag in the mail. Have a crow call as well and there is a crow(s) that lands on my balcony occasionally. Hopefully I can make a friend!

[–] Chocrates 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Also, your name an Expanse reference!?

[–] MCRN 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Chocrates 2 points 2 years ago

haha nice, love the expanse. Starting my first rereard, though I am struggling to get myself to read per usual.

[–] MCRN 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There he is demonstrating the peanuts in question

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What kind of books does he enjoy?

[–] MCRN 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He’s a fan of that famous Tolstoy novel Caw and Peace, and the Jack London adventure Caw of the Wild. I’ve seen him reading books about owls too. Know your enemy I guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Wow what a seasoned taste in literature

[–] Zehzin 1 points 2 years ago

Most crows actually do like Edgar Allan Poe, but they don't admit it cause they don't want to look like posers.