I live in Sacramento, CA. When I walk my little dogs around the UC Davis Med Center Sac. Campus I see families of crows sometimes. I bring raw peanuts in a satchel, and often when they see me they will fly close and approach in a tree or land on a fence. I then crack the peanuts and throw them on the ground, and walk away for a bit. They will fly down and work the peanuts open. Sometimes they eat them, other times they stash them in the ground, or grass. I haven't seen anyone mistreating the crows, though I new a guy who told me his neighbor was shooting them with a bb gun and he told the guy to cut it out or he'd get the cops or city involved. My neighbors see me feeding them with peanuts and have expressed a desire to feed them too.

What's the recipe for crow food brownies? Haha. Curious, were the eggs of suburban crows smaller than those of rural crows?

I live in Queens, NY, and mostly I see crows flying over.  I've seen them harassing a raven twice.  Once, I was able to give peanuts to crows in a large park by putting them on a wooden guardrail, cawing, then backing away about 30'.  The crows were very cautious of me, but did get the peanuts.  They seem to be very wary of people here.  During certain times of the year, in the morning, I always see them flying over, heading east.  I am not sure where they sleep not where they're going but I'm always curious.  I think people in the area are too busy with their own lives to care much about the occasional crow, to be honest.  There aren't enough around to cause any complaints I'm aware of.

I live in a rural, foothills area, but must go into town once a week or so.  When inside City limits, I generally see crows in parking lots scavenging for food in trash cans and drinking from puddles.  I've noticed them in or near parks, too, or school grounds where there are large grass play fields.   I haven't recently observed crows in that setting to have been able to see where or if they were feeding.  Just had enough awareness to know they were flying around.  Most people I know have neutral or negative feelings about crows, focusing on the "mess" they make when roosting in urban settings. I try to come back with an interesting fact or two to show the up side of crows in our world, but those comments often fall on deaf ears.

I see crows around parking lots or street curbs.  I've looked for nests high in nearby trees but not seen a nest so far.  I've seen some near a dumpster but not sure that's where they're getting their food.  Most people I bring up bringing peanuts out for the crows think I'm a little crazy.  I do not find others expressing favorably but not necessarily negative either.  I try to let them know about how they stay together in families, etc and bring a little positive for the crow.    I'm looking forward to winter because I feel like I see them more that time of year.  Parkville, MO (suburb of Chief's Kingdom)!

If you recall simple mice experiements from grade school.  Mice fed junk food vs those fed nutritious diet were smaller, had hair that fell out and other deficiencies compared to the food provided to the other group.  I believe it is solely the diet nutritional value.  Foods may impact growth hormone or other hormones impacting size, etc.  Not sure what is essential vitamins, etc. for a crow.  Is there research showing the essential nutrients "minimum daily allowance" of a crow?  I feed mine peanuts!

Crows fly around my neighborhood and mostly eat things off the lawns and yards. I assume bugs and such. Of course, they are in trash too but I see that less often.

Crows and ravens are frequently on the college campus where I work. People seem to be pretty neutral toward them. I most commonly see them on grassy open area and nearby trees, and enjoy seeing them.

Recently, I saw a few crows in the parking lot( might be called a urban) feeding on some leftover pizzas(I am not sure if they were actually leftovers) and they weren't scared of people, they only moved when a car gets to close.  Generally, I think crows have adapted to living near people and people don't really despise them, but once a friend of mines recalled crows and birds in general as being stupid.

One of the crows frequently seen in my community. This one flew from a tree with natural food.

In the planned community where I live, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, we have many crows. We might be described as a managed environment for the bird community. The surrounding county is rural and there is no urban area close by so we have a managed/rural kind of environment. We have a permanent population of crows that I count on eBird almost daily. As this is a very well managed community of property owners, there isn't much opportunity for the crows to get into trash or find human food, yet they can be seen or heard all about the area.  There is a lake and open areas such as the golf course and recreational areas. The crows can be seen in these areas daily. So, my guess is that the crows are getting natural food or else they are flying to areas where non-natural food can be found. There are plenty of nesting opportunities in the many tall pines in the general area. People in the community rarely comment on or complain about the crows. People in the rural surrounding area my have problems with crows raiding their crops and gardens. Thus the "scarecrow" use in the rural areas.

Lately most of the birds I see are around hotels and restaurants. While my area (Lafayette,la) south Louisiana, is still very rural and surrounded by wild life I find it very concerning that I'm able to identify not only common crows but fish crows as well that seem to stick to a diet of fast food cast offs.

It's been awhile since I lived in an urban environment and I wasn't much into birds.  But what I do remember is seeing and laughing at the crows and ravens eating at dumpsters around eating establishments.  I saw them with the little plastic ketchup cups, picking at pizza boxes and left over food containers.   People seemed to just ignore them.

I think my neighborhood is best described as urban-suburban.  It's too close to the city and too densely populated to be considered truly suburban, I think.  But there is plenty of developed green space ( I think it is 30% of the building footprint.).  The crows here build nests in the tops of tall trees, nearer the middle, as American crows do.  And they are resourceful, making use of our food waste by foraging at dumpsters and trash cans.  They seem to know certain bags and containers are likely to have food.  Some do feed birds.  Too often, however, it's a pile of dried out bread, which people are loathe to throw out. Because I live in an Islamic country, I thought it would be interesting to share how Islam might influence middle eastern attitudes toward crows.  There are a couple of mentions in the literature.  In the Koran, the crow is associated with death and mankind's first murder.  And, in the collected sayings of Muhammad, crows are listed among the five animals "for which there is no blame on the one who kills them," along with scorpions and mad dogs.  (!)  It would be hard to measure how interpretation of and regard for these sayings might actually affect attitudes -- and corvid-icide -- but there is general antipathy toward crows for more practical reasons at least, such as their territorial behavior during the breeding season, and their shenanigans at outdoor dining venues.  I, however, find even these crow behaviors interesting and endearing.  And, befriending my neighborhood crows has been a delightful project!

Many of my coworkers and friends are either indifferent to crows, or find them a nuisance, or lastly (a small percentage) see them as a bad omen of some kind. Another small percentage of friends like them, with one or two really loving them like me. As far as the public at large, they seem ambivalent except for the odd person i see feeding them, as i like to do. I am in an urban area, but am within short distance of a very rural area .  The urban birds here definitely seem to eat many poorly nutritious foods. In fact, many groups commute daily from their roosts directy to commercial plazas where they linger alll day near parking lots, dumpsters, and drive throughs. the rural area crows gather in both large and small groups as they forage in farm fields, forests, and other green lands. They are less inclined to come up when i offer almonds or cashews than their urban counterparts. ultimately, i dont concern myself too much with what others think of them, although i do try to educate people gently about how magnificent crows are, when i can. I love crows and thats good enough for me.

I feed crows in my area, peanuts hard boiled eggs, cat food, water as well. I won't be giving the crows junk food. I haven't figured out where the nest. If I come near them when they are eating they fly off, which I expected. A neighbor a few years back was shooting at the crows in a pine tree, I know this because I came outside and saw who with the pellet rifle. He knows darn well it is a crime to kill a crow. That day there was a big flock of crows in the pine tree talking, which he didn't like. I am trying to see if I can get the crows here to work a food puzzle, out to get peanuts, so far no takers. I have gotten a response with a jar full of seeds topped off with peanuts, I put a lid on top of the jar and the crow took it off and got his/her reward.

The urban crows do seem to be eating discarded food. We urban areas with established green spaces and forests, so I would guess they are nesting near those wooded areas. So far, people mostly ignore them as they have not become a nuisance in our area. Pigeons are the nuiscance birds in our area, and I wonder if that is what keeps the crows from forming large flocks in area.

I have never heard anyone except birders say something nice about crows. Most people seem unaware of them. I sometimes have seen them doing acrbatics in the air. Fascinating birds and beautiful when the sun shines on their feathers.

We live in a classic suburban area bordered by industrial area followed by farmland. There is a pair of crows that seem to call our neighbourhood home, as well as a group of three farther down by a small plaza. I sometimes will spot five flying and I imagine it is the two groups hanging out together. We see the pair basically every day and sometimes some random others. They come to the yard, fly overhead and perch in the trees in the neighbourhood. They definitely eat roadkill and take peanuts from the feeders. I do put out meat cuttings for them, scraps from chicken and beef, which they love. There is a small pond not too far, so maybe they drink there? We have a birdbath, but I have never seen them in it, though it is well used by the other birds. The pair I am most familiar with nest right in the neighbourhood. Only twice have I been able to figure out where, both times just because I'm outside a lot with my dogs and I pay attention to where they are flying. Once it was in a tall pine in someone's backyard, they successfully fledged 3 chicks that year, and this year I was very excited to track their nest (just visually!) to another back yard tree, a very large maple, just down the street from me. Unfortunately it was hit by a grey squirrel, (an incredibly chaotic scene early one morning) but they fledged one baby successfully. By and large they do not interact with people and avoid them. They don't seem afraid, but if you get too close, they'll take off, which is probably smart. I honestly don't think anyone but me even notices them, they are just part of the landscape, though extremely unpopular with farmers. I just love them, to watch them, hear them and try to figure out what they're doing and their relationships with each other. When they brought their 3 babies to the backyard one morning during covid, I honestly got tears in my eyes, it felt like such an honour. This course has been great, I've enjoyed it very much.

There are plenty of neighborhood trees in the area of Chicago in which I live. These trees, along with those in our very large city parks and cemeteries, I imagine would be good places to live and nest. I have observed crows eating both natural food sources and from partially empty fast food containers on the streets. In a previous lesson, we were discouraged from referring to flocks of crows as a murder because of the negative association this brings to them. But part of the appeal of crows for me, was this historical association with death, spirits, magic, Edgar Allan Poe, gothic connections, etc...I love their black feathers and strong bills. I would much rather watch crows than the numerous sparrows that are found in town. Crows are super cool.

I see crows in my front yard a lot. They are almost always in a small group (a family?). Before this course, I have not paid much attention to them. I will now.

I feel like we are missing a really good meme here about country boy crows and metro crows... hehe

We have never heard people talk negatively about crows.