AIBU to want my sister to leave my local crows alone?

Sorry but this whole thing sounds mad!

Russell the crow (get it)? Although in this case it's actually Russel. The OP named him and she can spell it how she likes, so there. Now let me tell you about Steven the Seagull......

😂😂😂

I was going to start feeding crows and then I saw them stalking a baby rabbit at my gym. I go there weekly.
I was sat in my car panicking because I wanted to save the baby rabbit but also knew the crows would remember me if I stopped them getting their prey.
i decided to get out my car and slam the door shut loudly to scare the rabbit away.
it was a very stressful few minutes trying not to let the crowd see me watching.

Who is Russell? I'm so confused by this thread

Our trees have names too - most of them coined by DC. John (persimmon), Fred (prunus), Ollie (ash), Janis (Holly), Bob (silver birch, a singularly inelgant name for such a thing of beauty) and Simon (another silver birch). Hecate is a tall, conical yew and the eucalyptus is Sheila. There's also a sequoia (MT, massive tree), my favourite thing in the world.

There's a noisy rookery in the old beech just down the way. (They don't have names, I should fix this).

I bloody want a bloody squirrel army! (Jealous).

Recently stayed in the mountainous peninsula of northern Wales. There were ravens everywhere.

Joy!

I love an owl, too.

If it isn't, this is one Crazy Crow lady who'll be distraught.

PS. Crazy cat lady, too. I'll get me coat.

Please - empty out your bird tables until October as per RSPB advice.

I really did feel the absence of greenfinches after the spread of disease decimated their numbers. I love watching themselves so much, but in the end I care more about conserving the species or there will be none left for anyone to enjoy.

I've seen first hand the impact of disease on bird numbers. Enough species are in enough trouble as it is. Better still, get out and enjoy your local nature reserves. There are some wonderful ones near us.

I have just learnt a group of crows is called a murder. Your post wasn’t making any sense till I googled it. Every days a school day.

Are Jackdaws as intelligent? Are they also a Murder? They're so Dickensian, I love them

Brilliant!

You have a murder, and you have not only become attached to its individual members but have named them too? I thought it was just me did who crazy things like this (I have also spent hours drawing mine). Kudos, OP, Kudos. ❤❤❤

And yes, crows are spectacularly intelligent birds with incredible cognitive abilities. They can absolutely recognise the people who feed them.

(Unfortunately I have no constructive advice to offer about your usurping interloper of a sister. But that aside, you rock).

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Is this the chat for the crazy bird ladies - Great.
I too, am quite possessive of my garden bird friends. There’s a nest of blue tits in a bird box I put on side of garden shed, I leave some mealworm out for the parents and they pop in and out feeding their chicks the mealworm.
DP decided the other day to get in on the action and was leaving out seeds and peanuts, I told him to go away and get his own blue tits and also to not engage with the robin who comes and talks to me daily in the front garden. I hope Russel with 1 L and Cheryl
(Sheryl )enjoy the buffet.

What on earth is a political prostitute?

His name is probably Bert and he's probably sick of being called Russel(l).

Tell that to the building companies and garden lovers who pave over the lands with cement.
The birds need our support.

Crows are disloyal buggars. They never reveal their true feelings, and just follow the food. 🙄

You shouldnt be feeding them this time of year anyway.

You have a Russel problem. LTB.

You are both unreasonable, we have loads of fucking crows and they are greedy bastards that don’t give the smaller birds a look in. I bang on the window to shoo them away and then put lots of very small crumbs under the low apple tree where the big black bastard crows and nasty magpies can’t get.

Changing wild birds behaviour to be semi reliant on you for food and disrupting how they forage/what nutrition they get/how they teach their young survival skills and the necessary human avoidance skills, yeah you're both being unreasonable all day long OP.

Why can't people just let wild animals exist?

I feel like I entered a parallel universe here.

Posters who have named all their garden creatures, one who's training a squirrel army to attack anyone who displeases her, others that say the OP and everyone else is batshit crazy...

I didn't have reading about sisters arguing over a murder of crows on my scorecard for today, but this thread has been the gift that keeps on giving.

@AliceNotInChains please don't ever settle down into a boring life of sisterly love and agreement on everything. 🙏

I love this post!! Great dry humour and also relatable to batshit crazy people like me,

Got to admit, I've named all of the local birds that come into my garden - mind you, nobody else on our street feeds them and one anti-animal and anti-wildlife neighbour had gone as far as nailing plastic hawks to his garage.

I have noticed though that "my" pigeons get all territorial and bolshy, especially Gunther.
I also have crows (love them) and sparrows and blackbirds and Eurasian Collared Doves and yes, I would also be v. angry if anyone tried to feed "my" extended family of birds and squirrels.

I seem to have stumbled into an alternate universe. I am still to ascertain whether or not it's a good or a bad one.