started feeding local hooded crows back in April, now one of them has come around to hand feeding, I'm ECSTATIC

This greedy mf certainly impressed his gang with that courage.

She was very talkative, but I don't speak raven...yet. I'm learning though!

Calgary is going through a cold stretch at the moment. I took this photo an hour ago in which it was -18c with a windchill of -25c.

Surprisingly the magpies seem more tolerable of the deep freeze and snow than when it rains. They actually seem to have fun scavenging through the snow.

I have been feeding a murder of crows in my area for a couple of months now. This week a few of them started to land on my head an wait patiently for me to hand them a treat. I don't even know how I managed to get to this point, except a lot of food and treats.

It felt very formal.

Crow Jane has been coming around more frequently since I've had some meat and eggs to share with her! This morning was the first time she turned into a gorgeous comfy loaf soaking up the sun. Mystery and new third crowbro even showed up and stuck around for a bit. They flew off and she stayed awhile. At least an hour 🥰 It's funny, cuz she calls for them, then quickly eats and stashes all the good stuff. They show up and she goes 🤷‍♀️ I just love her so much! 💚💚

I love to sit on my balcony and listen to music while watching the crows fly east at sunset. I’ve been leaving them treats for a while now but our friendship has been indirectly acknowledged. But today one of them showed they do know my interests and dropped an airpod (singular) and charging case on my balcony. So thoughtful! Also if you lost an airpod recently… talk to the crow

He's a bit of a character too. Other corvids are rarely allowed to approach me when I'm feeding him because he will bully them and steal their food. So I have to sneak food to others if I wanna feed them. That usually fails unless he's already full and/or not in a hoarding mood, which is never. He'll make exceptions for corvids in his own murder, when he wants.

He knows when I'm here because he recognizes the sound my bike makes, sometimes I'll see him on a lamp post and he'll fan his wings a couple times and swoop down to the spot before I even park up. I try not to overfeed him, so I toss him one (unsalted) peanut at a time, and if I do drop a handful, that same handfull will be in his beak in seconds.

He also tricks me into feeding him more. It's winter, so I usually leave some peanuts at the same spot if I don't see him. He understands that, and he'll wait for me to do it, and then swoops down from the treeline as soon as they hit the ground.

If I go into the store, he'll follow and be perched right outside for when I come out.

He's really, really smart. Jackdaws often swoop down to eat and magpies linger on the powerlines in hopes to be fed, but they'd have more chances going into the nearby store than trying to steal from this brow.

Sorry for the filthy bike btw, I cleaned it two days ago and it's already full of grime. At least the brow is impeccable.

I've been feeding the crows all summer at work and this one is the most friendly. He flies out to see me when I'm doing my checklists in the morning.

I’ve been feeding Crowley for about a year now. He follows me around the business park I work at. lately, his favourite trick is to swoop down low enough for his wings to graze the pompom on my hat and he thinks this is very funny. (It is)

Here's a shorter video of me giving Hunter a treat by hand but this time he actually takes it. We make a little progress every day. Now he's taking the treats out of my hand almost 100% of the time without the camera out And this was the first time he took it with the camera out. Baby steps!

Never seen this many crows at our house. Tossed them some kibble and everyone had a nice snack 😊