Comment on How do I re-establish peaceful relations with a family of crows?

Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If I were a young parent I wouldn’t want something shiny, I’d want diapers.

  I’d put out an array of snacks and see which one they pick first, then add more of that the next day.

  If someone feeds my babies reliably and conveniently I’ll forgive them pretty quick.

  They say it takes ten seconds to break trust but ten years to rebuild it, so OP is gonna have to play the long game.

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, but… You’re not a crow.

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    • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I like to imagine crows as lazy.

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      • devdoggy@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You would think that… But they are very NOT lazy!

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    • neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Source?

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  • reef@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t want them to become too dependent on me, in case it hurts their ability to find food on their own.

    How much food would be reasonable but not excessive?

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    • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I wish I was a crow biologist so I could help you. But I know crows like peanuts, so maybe a peanut, an almond, and a pecan and go from there.

      Interspecies communication has to start slowly.

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      • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I can confirm with firsthand experience that crows fucking love unsalted cashews. I don’t know if it’s the flavor, distinctive shape, or the texture, but there was a family of crows at my old house that used to go bugfuck wild when I gave them cashews.

        I used to buy them in bulk as a snack, so I always had a lot on hand. I’d usually put them in a little plastic cup if I was going outside. One time I spilled some on the patio and didn’t bother cleaning them up. The next time I was outside and had a cup of them, that family of crows was extremely interested. I left a few on the patio as an experiment and went back inside. As soon as I was inside, they were on those cashews like flies on shit.

        From then on, whenever I happened to take that plastic cup outside, I’d have a family of crows waiting for the traditional offering of cashews.

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    • tyler@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You can give them a lot. Birds are like humans they aren’t going to eat too much of the same thing. Even feeding birds in your backyard will only make up about 25% of their consumption. The rest they get from live bugs, berries, etc.

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    • Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If you limit it to like a few seeds a day, I don’t think you’ll become their primary food source

      Disclaimer : I’m not a biologist. But I remember reading somewhere that birds need to eat almost as much if not more than their body weight per day.

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• just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fact

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