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

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AliceNotInChains · 19/05/2026 13:07

I have been feeding a group of crows near my house and we’re just getting to the point where they wait for me now in a morning and come very close. My sister has decided she wants in on it but I’ve told her to go and find her own murder as I’ve put in all the hard work with these ones. I told her there is a murder across the way on the field she could do and feed.

this morning I was coming home from shop and there she was feeding Russel from my murder. I shouted at her and she shouted that they’re not my fucking crows, at the point a woman walking a dog walked past and tutted so sister shouted that they’re not my crows and I was shouting at her. The woman just carried on walking but this was right near my house!!

AIBU to think she should just go and feed the others???

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Abra1t · 19/05/2026 15:09

AliceNotInChains · 19/05/2026 13:24

I’m going to pet shop on Friday for wild bird seed but apart from that some fruit, nuts and dog food

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Watch out for rats. We had to relocate a lot of bird tables because they came in numbers for the food.

redboxerclub · 19/05/2026 15:08

YANBU how is Sheryl

EmeraldShamrock000 · 19/05/2026 15:08

@AliceNotInChains You need to write a book on your relationship with your sister, it’s hilariously unbelievable and would make a fantastic comedy show. I love your quick whit and ability to keep people going. I genuinely cannot tell whether you are serious or not. 😅
I hope Russell finds his way back to you.

Andouillette · 19/05/2026 15:07

NameChangeMay2026 · 19/05/2026 13:56

Bring you shiny things? That's magpies, you wally! 🤣🤣🤣

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It is possible with all Corvids, you double wally!
PS OP, rooks also have black beaks. They do have pale nostrils though which crows don't. I rescued a young rook when I was a small child, he'd fallen out of the nest and damaged a leg and a wing. He lived with us for several months while he healed, then we set him free. he moved back into the local rookery and visited us for years.

CDTC · 19/05/2026 15:05

You and your sister have such a weird dynamic in general that I'm almost convinced she's made up.

hotsoap · 19/05/2026 15:05

Hoping for a thread in classics

ADAB33 · 19/05/2026 15:04

BotterMon · 19/05/2026 14:26

I can't believe Russel has cheated on you with your own sister! LTB.

(are you both 12?)

I can't believe it's taken me to page 4 to click "Russell Crow"

Blorengia · 19/05/2026 15:04

NameChangeMay2026 · 19/05/2026 13:56

Bring you shiny things? That's magpies, you wally! 🤣🤣🤣

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Crows do it too... probably any corvid is gifting-inclined.

Neuronimo · 19/05/2026 15:03

Crows imprint on humans and remember their faces don't they. Surely they would not be for turning 😆

AlbieJiggered · 19/05/2026 15:02

Seriously @AliceNotInChains , crows are very intelligent and Russeland Cheryl probably won't forgive you for the unconventional spelling.

Blorengia · 19/05/2026 15:02

38thparallel · 19/05/2026 13:55

You need to walk away from Russel, op. I’m seeing red flags all over the place.
Let your sister have him and she’ll find out the hard way.

😆

NameChangeMay2026 · 19/05/2026 15:01

@DuckbilledSplatterPuff Actually, don't answer that. I found something that says crows have the intelligence of a human seven-year-old, definitely old enough to know if it's being laughed at! Creepy indeed...

AIBU to want my sister to leave my local crows alone?
KatyAnnwillsaveus · 19/05/2026 15:01

ChocolateAddictAlways · 19/05/2026 14:57

Isn't that magpies??? 🤣

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Yes, magpies hoard shiny things. I keep hoping mine bring me a few Roman gold coins, like in the Detectorists.

Blorengia · 19/05/2026 14:59

Arlanymor · 19/05/2026 13:14

You don't own wild animals. And by the way, shouting at one another is really not good for the peace of wild animals. And you can't spell Russell properly.

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Double L is the usual British spelling for Russell but a quick search of (first) names on facebook shows there are plenty of Russels around.
I doubt Russel cares about only having one L.

NameChangeMay2026 · 19/05/2026 14:58

ChocolateAddictAlways · 19/05/2026 14:57

Isn't that magpies??? 🤣

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That's what I said!

NameChangeMay2026 · 19/05/2026 14:58

DuckbilledSplatterPuff · 19/05/2026 14:53

We were sitting in a car chatting when we saw a crow doing a funny walk across the road, We started laughing at it, really laughing. The next thing we knew it landed on the bonnet of the car. looking right at us and then suddening hammered its beak at the windscreen with real intention, twice.. making us jump and start the engine.
It was an eye opener to realise that it knew we were laughing at it and really didn't like it. Creepy

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Is this really real???

If so, crows must be very intelligent!

ChocolateAddictAlways · 19/05/2026 14:57

Thingsthatgo · 19/05/2026 13:13

I love this! I also feed my local crows - they are mine now. I hoping that they will bring me shiny things in exchange for peanuts.
YANBU.

Isn't that magpies??? 🤣

KatyAnnwillsaveus · 19/05/2026 14:55

I have about 20 starling fledglings and their parents in my garden right now. They’ve been here all morning using my trees for flying practice. Gorgeous little hooligans! My crows are most put out that their favourite silver birch perch has been invaded. Your sister sounds like a right cow. She needs to get her own birds 😂😂😂(Seriously, this is a very silly thing to fight about.)

Samysungy · 19/05/2026 14:54

Report your sister for attempted murder.

MyPurpleHeart · 19/05/2026 14:53

Is this post a joke that I don't understand..

DuckbilledSplatterPuff · 19/05/2026 14:53

TorroFerney · 19/05/2026 14:38

Cheapeau.

However, being very serious do not piss off crows!

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We were sitting in a car chatting when we saw a crow doing a funny walk across the road, We started laughing at it, really laughing. The next thing we knew it landed on the bonnet of the car. looking right at us and then suddening hammered its beak at the windscreen with real intention, twice.. making us jump and start the engine.
It was an eye opener to realise that it knew we were laughing at it and really didn't like it. Creepy

ThejoyofNC · 19/05/2026 14:52

FeelingSadToday1 · 19/05/2026 14:36

Is this one you too OP? https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5512919-aibu-for-blowing-out-my-nephews-birthday-candles-as-a-joke?page=1

You sound VERY childish and entitled.

I had forgotten this one!! God, it's like a cheap BBC drama. Can't wait for the next episode.

IBlinkedAndBecameMiddleAged · 19/05/2026 14:50

Russell needs to crow up and stop behaving like this.

DuckbilledSplatterPuff · 19/05/2026 14:49

outerspacepotato · 19/05/2026 14:39

Did you ever pick up your bike?

I think it was going to be sold. Did someone buy it in the end?

godmum56 · 19/05/2026 14:49

They are out there and breeding and I don't mean the crows

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