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I had a similar thought today when feeding some crows. Usually they don’t like it when other people show up, and they leave or hide for a bit in a tree or some such. So by proxy I don’t like having people around since we all have to wait. It’s a nice bit of converged purpose I guess where I adapt my behavior as well. Most people who go there are usually oblivious of any birds. They just don’t see it.

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What do you feed to crows? I feed other birds, but crows never eat the same type of bird food.

I have found that they like dry, unsalted popcorn. They also like small kibbled dog food, and really go nuts over dried cranberries and unsalted almonds. If there are sunflower seeds in the mix, they are always the last to be eaten.

Them be some fancy crows. I go nuts for everything above, save for the dog food (never tried, TBH). Thanks, I'll try cranberries and almonds.

The dog food is often the first to go. I tried it just out of curiosity and found that they quite like it.

They also like vol-au-vent or other canapé.

I think (with apologies to Gerald Samper) that they might actually prefer vole-au-vents.

An expert recommended it above most things. They like some insects above all, but sunflower seeds mostly. They pretend to like bread, but they usually hide it in a stash and don’t eat it unless they really hungry.

You've never had dog food! You gotta live, man!

I tried some as a kid, it wasn’t great. Dry and kind of sandy, it wasn’t a good flavor but it wasn’t actively vile.

My crow friends really liked egg yellows, cooked to a jelly like consistency. I would poach them a little extra long, so they weren't runny.

They also liked dog food, but they would always dip it in water first.

What is this crow feeding subculture I seem to have wandered into?

Other bird feeders just dump out some seed, you are chefs!

There's just something absolutely enchanting and quaint about being friends with crows, and learning what your local murder's favorite foods are absolutely let's you get in their good graces faster.

crows love peanuts (unsalted, unshelled) and suet

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