Any corvid experts around?? I have a self induced crow problem and I’m a bit scared!

I mean you could stop feeding them. But they know where you live. So I’d advise going away for a while and return with a really good disguise in a few weeks time. Good luck!

Well, not quite. The situation is more like the one that comes up on Mn all the time, about a cheeky fucker who expects to be entertained regularly with a three-course meal, and the people-pleaser who goes along with until they crack and start saying no, and wonder why the ‘guest’ is outraged!

I'm always amazed at how clever they are. I've witnessed them putting food in the path of oncoming cars in order to break it up into manageable pieces.

This is what I thought!

I would stop feeding them, they are highly intelligent and recognise faces, at least they see you as a friend instead of a foe!
If baby crow is getting overly brave then it will get worse when he is reaching adolescence if you don’t break the attachment now.
Ive seen pet crows (that haven’t been able to be released due to health problems) cause injuries to their keepers hands/faces when they’ve reached the teenage stage. It’s why I would never dream of trying to befriend them, they are big birds well equipped with claws and beak 😬

Hi there are a few reasons they might attack - parents can be aggressive when the young start to venture out the nest just because they are protecting their young. But also they can attack because they are attracted to food. Corvids are smart so they would likely remember where and who they can get food. If they have got used to being fed this could explain it.

Great to leave water out, just be cautious about avian flu and regularly clean the bowl so it doesn't start becoming a vector for disease.

I love people who care about birds 💕

I once saw a little group of them, at an M6 service station car park, gather round a bin while one of them pulled a few items out. Obviously profitable as McDonald's fries and other goodies then scattered on the ground,quickly gobbled up.
It was so skilfully done that I couldn't help admiring them.

They didn't put the rubbish back though,so a minus mark there!

They will go for fat balls on those hanging feeders, the ones with huge spaces not mesh. They can empty, with the help of magpies, the whole lot in a day.

But corvids aren’t dependent on anything from underground — there are ample natural sources of food available to them at the moment.

Oh, an old friend in Rome started feeding a couple of pigeons on her balcony. Then was miffed that 50 used to turn up!

I wouldn't stop feeding, it's really hard out there on birds with the rock hard ground, in fact I'd think it was vital. Feed in different spots if worried about diseases and poop not spreading between birds.

I don't think the bird meant you any harm. By all means if you want to stop, then stop but I think I'd rather carry a brolly to protect myself and keep feeding until we get a bit more rain.

this post made me LOL - sorry if its becoming a genuine problem but you had me with the multiple fly bys, I have a vivd imagination and that aspect sounded hilarious

Start feeding them from a table in your garden instead of at the park by hand. He's young and doesn't have manners but they will remember you now. He knows where you live so will tell the others.

Have you considered logging it with 101?

Joking!

OP, are you absolutely sure they are the same crows? 🐦‍⬛

Are you the OP who is the owner of the crows Russell Crowe and Sheryl Crow?

How do I entice them to my garden? There's plenty in the area but never seen them in my garden, though I do have bird food out for all the other little poppets.

Oh dear 😂you'll have to move.

One of my cats has pissed off the local crows, they gather to squawk and dive bomb him when he leaves the house. They have meetings to discuss their hatred of him and plot their next move. They never forget. He's fucked it.

I do follow the Scottish seagull on tiktok though. In real life birds scare me

This means that you're engaged. His family are delighted and thoroughly approve and you're going to have to support them in food for the rest of your life. They may even make you their leader and will expect you to produce powerful offspring.

they are training you to feed them, shiny thing is payment,

Yup! That film gave me the heebie-jeebies about birds.

I want to know what the shiny object the bird dropped for you is. I’m invested 😊

We have a murder of crows that I’ve fed for a number of years. I absolutely love them and they wait on the garden fence in the morning for feeding time. The younger ones can be a bit stupid at times getting too close to me but they’ve never hurt me and the rest normally tell them off. We have one that stands at the kitchen door watching when it’s open but he knows he never steps over the threshold, he’s the tamest one. They’re very intelligent, DH used to whistle on them in the morning before they realised they were welcome to come and get fed. Another farmer told us if they dive bomb without screeching they’re demanding food, if they’re screeching they’re not happy with you.