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[–] toast@retrolemmy.com 38 points 5 days ago (1 children)

make one shit last several teslas and make one tesla last several shits.

[–] kindenough@kbin.earth 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Crows are attentive parents and there is no indication or support of what you so slanderously insinuate.

[–] kindenough@kbin.earth 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Well I got bird house nests with blue tit juveniles on my balcony every year. They are very attentive at any chance eating them.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Oh yeah, they'll eat other birds and chicks.

[–] kindenough@kbin.earth 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It is cawcaw season on my roof.

They eat road-pizza squirrels as well. Although they're scared shitless by the still-living ones.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 3 points 4 days ago

Oh, other bird's. Was wondering what you were talking about. Crows are good parents.

[–] woodenghost@hexbear.net 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Crows are so shy, it's too cute! They're like cats, if you stare at them or lock eyes, they get really nervous. So slowly close your eyes and look away to put then at ease. If you pull out food they like, like peanuts in their shell, you can almost see a little exclamation mark appearing above their heads, like 🥜 ❗ 🐦‍⬛

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 12 points 5 days ago

All Corvids Are Beautiful

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago

"There's been a murder!"

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Hold on iron-tight to every grudge.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

- Gang up on hawks
- Get chased away by solitary bluejays and squirrels

  • reward your slowly growing army of loyal followers with random trinkets of arbitrary and sentimental value
[–] variants_of_concern@lemmy.one 5 points 4 days ago

I saw a crow this morning carry a French fry up to the roof then look at it for a bit and hopefully around listening for it's buddies then it just flew off and let the fry roll into the gutter

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Turn up on mass when one is in trouble

[–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] sirico@feddit.uk 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Happend in my street last year, chick didn't quite have flying down and fell out, local cat going for a stroll got suppressed under a car from the crow mafia that had turned up.

Meanwhile my local crows just sit there looking aggrieved while a single squirrel eats all the peanuts I put out for them. I don't understand it at all, but squirrels must be seriously badass, at least as far as crows are concerned.

[–] a_party_german@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago

This spring alone I have seen crows harrass buzzards and even a heron.

They all fled of course, the heron looked like it was in some trouble as it could barely avoid the buildings in its way.

I like watching the grackles go about their morning routine, but I rarely see true crows where I'm at.

[–] comador@lemmy.world -5 points 5 days ago (1 children)
  • Destroy the eggs of every bird nest you can find so your crow family can be the only species of bird for miles.
[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's not quite as bad as you make it seem. Yes, crows prey on nests with eggs and young. They also prey on adult birds. As do most predators you can name: snakes, opossums, cats, etc etc.

They themselves are prey, with only sbout half of all crows making it to adulthood. Rarely are they responsible for "wiping out" other species. They do it sometimes, rarely, but it is not more so than other predators