Crows Loving Eggs - An Easter/Ostara Video
VloĆŸit
- Äas pĆidĂĄn 20. 04. 2024
- To celebrate Easter/Ostara/Spring, I offered my local crows hard-boiled eggs in addition to kitty kibble. That led to some very interesting scenes and interactions. The highlight was the domineering behavior of a one-eyed crow I've nicknamed Odin. Enjoy!
Best viewed on a large screen (iPad or larger) at the highest available resolution.
Cute Odin illustration - iStock / Devina Permata.
Music is "Gold in Them Hills" by Nathan Moore.
đ The Suburban Morrigan đ
#bird #birds #wildlife #urbanwildlife #backyardwildlife #crow #crows #crowsounds #birdfeeder #birdfeedercam #animals #easter #ostara
Very fun Easter/Ostara video! đđ„ I love the one-eyed Crow that you named Odin as well as the different personalities of the Crows, especially the varying degrees of table manners. đ€ Thanks for sharing! đ€â€đŠđŠââŹ
They will love you for ever due to these eggsđ
Nice easter present for the crows! The name Odin fits very well!
I boil up a dozen eggs every week for my black buddiesđđșđž
Precious đđđđ
A mis amigas urracas, les daba un huevo crudo batido en Ă©poca de anidaciĂłn. HacĂa sonar uno de esos silbatos para perros y venĂa la pareja en menos de 1 minutođ . Se ponĂan muy contentas y hacĂan sonidos muy graciosos.
Me ha encantado el videoâ€
Enjoyed your video! Out here in Los Angeles, Ca and Ivr been feeding my Raven/Crow friends (I have both out here). As they get to know you its amazing on their family structure.
This video was fascinating. Now you need to see if they like deviled eggs better lol
Coincidentally, I'm making deviled eggs today! For me and the hubby, though, not the crows. I don't think deviled eggs would be good for them.
Odin may be accompanied by Huginn and Muninn the ravens â€
Oh, I know! Thought and Memory. đ€đ€
am I mistaken or we have here a presense of fish crows?
I honestly did not realize that my area is inside the range of fish crows! I don't live close to any major bodies of water, though, so I wouldn't expect to see them in my backyard. Does something make you think some of the crows in the video are fish crows? Now I'm curious!
â@@thesuburbanmorriganvocalizations at 1:47 and later. I'm no expert on fish crows but I heard they live in DC
@@HoodedCrowsOnly I have spent the last half hour listening to crow call recordings. đ Those calls at 1:47 sound really nasal, so you're very likely right about the ID. Now I have to go back through two years of videos to see which crows are which! I feel so silly for not knowing about fish crows.
@@thesuburbanmorrigan I know very Little about fish crows but what I know is that the only way to tell apart American and Fish crows is vocalizations
Youâre right. They are Fish Crows. đđ My favorite things to do as a kid was to imitate the Fish Crowâs nasal, âUhâ or âUh uhâ caws. I always thought those particular caws if theirs were adorable. đ„° Iâm glad to see Fish Crows get some recognition. đđŠââŹ
Do you know whether crows (or any birds) can lick their beaks, like mammals can lick their lips?
I don't think so, but then, I'm not familiar with all birds. My backyard birds rub their beaks on something solid like the edge of the picnic table or a porch railing. You can see my local crows doing this in several of my videos (I just can't recall which ones off the top of my head).
@@thesuburbanmorrigan OK, thanks. I've seen birds rubbing their beaks, and in videos and docos I've seen that some of them have long tongues when they were cawing/squawking/calling. Just thought I'd ask you, have a little human interaction instead of yet another computer search. If crows can't lick even to get more egg yolk, I doubt other birds can lick, either.
It'd be cool if a researcher made a partly real, partly animated 'training' video of a licking crow to see if they would try to learn. Have you ever played a video of anything for them? I know some birds do watch -- even saw a parrot on line scrolling a phone screen!
@@LynxSouth If you're interested in bird tongues, research woodpeckers. Their tongues are so long, they wrap around their skulls like a water hose around a spool. As for trying to teach crows new skills, I simply can't get close enough to them for that kind of interaction. I don't spend enough time personally outside to build that trust... which is something I should really invest some time in, at this point.
@@thesuburbanmorrigan Right, woodpeckers and hummingbirds have really long tongues. I saw that one crow with boiled-egg egg yolk all over his bill in your video above and wondered if he could lick it off, or if it would disappointingly (to the crow) go to waste.
As for videos for crows, I'd only thought of propping a tablet where they could watch it. They're so smart, maybe they could learn a new skill, especially if it got them more of a favorite food.
I finally did a computer search, but couldn't find the information, as I suspected would be the case. I emailed the American Bird Conservancy: can/do birds lick -- their beaks, feet, or anything else. This seems a fairly basic detail that should be known. This certainly wasn't on my to-do list for today, but what the heck. Why not try to find out more?đ€đŠ
Got a thorough and pleasant reply from the American Bird Conservancy. It included info on woodpeckers and hummingbirds, plus a really interesting bit, and I've extracted the relevant parts to share:
''As far as I know, no birds lick anything. [...] Birdsâ tongues, of course, can be very useful for manipulating food. If youâve ever watched a parrot eating seeds, or maybe even a cardinal or finch eating seeds, you can often see them manipulating the food item, but they donât lick.
Unlike ours, birdsâ tongues have bones. In some cases, itâs a very long, thin, flexible bone, as in the case of woodpeckers or hummingbirds. However, because there are bones in their tongues, their tongues are not as flexible as ours or most mammalsâ, so they donât use them for licking.
So, I would say, no, birds donât lick their bills or other parts of their bodies, or anything else. Their tongues are important to how they get food, but they donât really lick things the way we mammals do.''
Bones in their tongues! Who'd a thunk it? (vague rekindled memory from some long-ago doco...)
Happy Birding to all -- or maybe Happy Crowing!
Wonderful video!
I've seen similar behavior cpl years back among our feeder goldfinches when still visited by one or two who who lost an eye from that virus. They were still able to fend off aggressors due to the position of our finch feeder but I doubt they were selected for next season's breeding.
Q. Are you using your trail cam with reader modifications here? Still trying to convince myself among options.
SlaintŃ
I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I'm not sure what you mean by "reader modifications". The camera is a Campark T180, if that helps.
@@thesuburbanmorrigan oh - I was in an earlier discussion a few months back with another corvid friend and they used a hi-res trail cam with a lens from a pair of reading glasses to get a crisp up-close view. .. but thanks for sharing your gear info.
Just this spring I've been fortunate to start calling in crows to my home and when I walk my dog ( they follow us and we leave piles of peanuts behind).
Between us - I think the two crow pairs who escort our walks think my ink-black chihuahua is just a funny shaped cousin :)
@@wayne00k Oh, actually, I use the reading glasses trick with the Browning at the deck feeder. That environment is smaller and thus better for close-ups. I did a video a while back about the hack that showed before-and-after results. Also, very jealous of your friendship with the crow couples!
@@thesuburbanmorrigan okay - I'm not crazy (yet lol).
Thanks for the clarity.
Our friends on our walks remain in the treetops - but they give calls more like "food is here!" than "watch out!"
Sooner or later I'll figure out a decent setup to home-field. My small backyard is very densely wooded and not the best for crows... I think they prefer a bit more open space... but I'll figure it out eventually and let you know if I have clips to share.
BTW - we're located near the massive roosting area of Hamilton NJ - thousands and thousands in the treetops along the NE Corridor Amtrak line :)
@@wayne00k That roosting area sounds epic! I've never seen a crow roosting site before, much less one like you're describing. I need to see that someday.