karhleen

I feed crows mornings in my back yard.  If I’m late they gather on the roof and call until I come out with peanuts and kibbles.  One crow sits on top of the bird feeder post and observes.  Since I started this coarse I found a nest in a tall river birch in our yard.  At first they would only come for food if I went inside but now they come if I’m sitting or walking around.  I talk to them when I put the food out so they become familiar with my voice.  Yesterday they drove off two hawks. If I put out stale bread they take it to the nearby pond and soften it up

1 Statiscally, snakes and squirrels are the prime predators for song bird nestlings 2 I feed American crows in my backyard in southeastern NC  I will look for nests on my walks in the future 3I don’t believe there are any ravens here and I have never seen one 4/crows warn of predators. I have seen the crows in my backyard chase hawks away.