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@@paulmicks7097 thankfully I’m classed as low vision, not blind. But you’re not wrong. If I’m walking about, they’ll fly really close to my head or body, not buzzing me but a gentle swoop and often make a noise, like a gurgle. It’s like they’re saying I’m here!

@@tomnelson3491 I do. Meads, beers and cheese making - this one has served me well.

@@jackbraddell8683 isn’t that the nicest feeling? It was quite clear my return was an event worth noting in crow world. What I loved and isn’t on the video, is after the initial hubbub did down, one of the mated pair sat on the upper deck railing, and while there was food available, it just checked me out for about three minutes, making soft noises. It really felt like they were seeing if I was ok. It sure made my heart light. 🥰

@@somaticspirituality I did zero prep. 🥳 Bought my ticket on a Monday, flew out that Thursday. Not that I thought about weaning them down - ‘cuz I haven’t really. I don’t feed them huge amounts, so I know I’m not a major source of food, just a very handy and easy one. Between the amount of caching and their smarts at foraging for themselves, they seem to be doing fine. Thanks for watching! 🥰

it was a Jay! 🥳

@@davidmarshall7752 that Jay is called Chickenhead, the boldest Jay I know. ua-cam.com/video/zJl3qFIfl54/v-deo.htmlsi=cnSijaIVcMa58JYt

@@shereeroth191. this retired chef loves your utilization of scraps for your friends! 🥰 My speculation, and it is just that, is they’re not intimidated by the other birds as much as they’re content to wait to make sure it isn’t a trap. The fools rush in theory of getting snacks without becoming a snack. With my friends, if they’re sure it’s safe, the crows just fly to the platform and everyone else scatters out of their way.

@@GooseberryHollow clever crows

@@legitimatehuman1220 It might seem that way, but I’m afraid they don’t swallow peanuts whole. Crows, like a lot of avians, have a gular pouch, a loose bit of throat skin that expands a bit so they can store things. If you watch, as a crow tries to carry three or more peanuts, they’ll sometimes ‘shop’ for a peanut that fits better. That’s when you’ll see them spit out the already stored nut for a more suitable peanut. 🤣🥳🥰

@@camino11 gracias! 🥰

@camino11 ¡Son muy fascinantes! Nos encantan los cuervos que nos visitan. Los cuervos saludan a mi esposa en su parada de autobús, a unos cientos de metros de nuestra casa. La siguen cuando va a trabajar y la encuentran cuando llega a casa antes del anochecer. Lleva maní para ese propósito. No tan lejos de su territorio como tú, pero me has inspirado para que me sigan en mis paseos. ¡Muchas gracias por mirar y suscribirte! No tiene relación, pero uno de mis vídeos de cocina es una tarta de queso vasca. Mmmmm me encanta ese postre!

@@cherylmacnutt2686 I like that! Although I’d spell it Carl, but pronounce it your way! Thanks, Cheryl! ❤️ That’s the leading contender so far! 🤣 It’d help if I knew the sex, though. It could be Carla.

@denesespann5099 Another contender!

@HaukeLaging Correct on both counts. 🥳 The previous mated pair, Archie & Sadie, typically had two or three fledglings survive year one. This pair, Hector & Blanche, it’s their first year with young and I’m chalking it up to their rookie season. (heh heh heh - rook!) Still trying to name this one….

@pinkpeachz There was. The egg maker didn’t want to be included so I avoided filming them. 🥰

@@ElSantoLuchador it’s gotta be! I know it was taught to me ! 🤣

@@IX-xj8cy Thanks so much! I like having them around. They sure brighten up a morning. 🥰

@@rondegroot1508 they are some of the best friends you can get, most definitely. Thanks! 🥳 As for the shelled peanuts, it’s a bit more than just energy gain versus effort. If you’ll forgive the correction, peanuts do not take the same energy to open as they provide. Granted it is not massive, but it is a gain. However, it’s more than just energy. It’s every else peanuts bring to the table. They’re very high in protein & fat, antioxidants and a raft of beneficial nutrients. It’s not top on their list, but it’s a good fall back. As you said, unroasted and unsalted are the way to go. And undoubtedly, as you say, for immediate consumption, other nuts and unprocessed cereals & grains are awesome! 🥳 Moreover, the blue jays, another corvid species I love, really like peanuts as do the starlings. It’s a great common denominator food type. 🥰 Secondly, the bulk of what the crows take from me is not consumed immediately. Peanuts in the shell are typically, roughly 85-90% of the time, cached for later use. I routinely watch the crows fly off and hide the peanuts, itself a marvel at their intelligence. They watch to see if they’re watched, they pretend to hide, and then re-hide nuts if they are watched…it’s really neat. I should start filming that behaviour. Anyway, peanuts in the shell last a lot longer than unshelled nuts and cereals. That’s another reason I give shelled peanuts. Now having said that, I do provide a variety of foods they like. In this video, at the end, you’ll see them fetching pieces of beef trim. 🥰 They love that. I try to add foods that are good for them and they enjoy. I’m also not their primary food source. I don’t like to give so much that they rely too much, nor do I want to attract a lot of other critters so I limit each days offering in quantity. I love that you have such concern for their well being! You are a great crow friend! 🥰

@@conniewojahn6445 It looks like they swallow the peanut whole, but they’re not swallowing it. 🥰 Crows have a gular pouch, a storage area for carrying extra food. What looks like swallowing is just putting the peanut in the pouch. Crows are the best! 🥰

@tomnelson3491 Here’s the make video! ua-cam.com/video/Ui2GDEhjwlM/v-deo.htmlsi=vEPtJSPzcoTNrl3a

@@IX-xj8cy thanks! The birds definitely like the platform.

@quantumcat7673 It sure seems like it, doesn’t it? 🥳 In fact, it’s saved for later. Crows have a small gular pouch under the chin to help carry food, to cache or take back to the nest. Thanks so much for watching!

@misterdedlift4879 Yes, they are. Chickenhead is not shy about voicing an opinion he holds. 🤣

They do have different behaviours! 🥳

@CharlotteIssyvoo, you're not wrong about location. These videos are coming from Halifax, NS. I was born in BC, though! In my older videos, you can see my old deck, which was replaced two summers ago and having a feeding platform for the crows & jays was not an added feature, it was one of the defining purposes of the new deck. I mean, to me and undoubtedly you, entertaining friends is one of the best reasons and these guys are most definitely my friends.

@@GooseberryHollow My husband is from Halifax. I'm originally from Massachusetts and New York. Yeah, we just had a proper deck added to our house and we had four important elements: a catio, a place to feed the songbirds, a feeding platform for the crows, and a lift (elevator platform) because I'm disabled. We also put a bubbling rock fountain in the yard for the warmer months. The crows are definitely our friends. They even invite their own friends and relations to join them when we feed them, so we sometimes get 20 at at time. Occasionally we feed them as all the city's crows are flying to their night roost. Then we'll get like 50 crows! (As I wrote this response, one of my cats went nuts because a crow was on the platform.)

@@GooseberryHollow Oh, I wanted to say that my husband and I both thought your crow's caws sound different from the ones out here. Are we imagining that? Do you remember?

@@CharlotteIssyvoo oh my gosh, I hope we don’t attract our local crows as they fly to their communal roost. 🤣 Look up the Mount Saint Vincent Sisters of Charity Motherhouse murder. It’s been estimated at being over 5,000 crows. I live about 2km from their roost and the small percentage, a hundred or two, that overfly my house on a daily basis, to and from, is pretty cool. I’d sure have trouble feeding them all, but I’d try! 🥰 Jan 2024, one of the original to me mated pair that I’d befriended passed. As evidenced by their ‘funeral’ for her. It wasn’t until I realized she wasn’t around that I clued in to what this was. Sadie was pretty sharp. Only crow I saw get five peanuts in one trip. Three was easy, four the usual and periodically, with the right peanuts, she’d hit cinco. Here’s the video ua-cam.com/video/bgv1hchBb_I/v-deo.html As to your query, it’s been 35 years since I’ve lived in BC and I can’t recall the caw sound there. Maybe if you recorded yours we could compare…

@@GooseberryHollow The Vancouver roosting spot is thought to be about 10,000 crows, though I'd guess it's even more. Most of the city can see them flying to and from it each day. Only some drop down to join us sometimes, not all of them! But we often get the crow family whose territory begins just down the alley from us. When we go down the alley, they follow us because they know us well. We too have witnessed a crow funeral. It was at our old place and we did find the body too (and bury it). It went on for three days. It's just heart breaking and amazing. Interestingly, they don't have funerals when their very young die though. I guess because it's so normal. They lost one of their four last year and didn't seem bothered by it. We buried it. I think I have a few videos of crows posted on my youtube here if you check.

@MuhammadIsMuslim Merci! Profitez des vidéos! Je parle un petit. La famille de ma femme était Bretonne et elle est Acadienne.

@@GooseberryHollow Merci ! Thanks for the vids. Excellent french sir ! You just forgot a little word right after "petit". We say "Je parle un petit peu (le français). Nice to meet you sir, please keep it up !

@@MuhammadIsMuslim D’oh! I even know that, just had a brain fart. An affliction that happens on the regular in my dotage. 🤣 I appreciate the praise and will keep on filming my flying friends!

@@aldente2011 Hello Eire! This murder’s since passed matriarch, Sadie, was even better. She could do four on the regular if there were two smaller peanuts to put into her caw. On the odd occasion, she’d stack a small three peanut pyramid after the two in her caw for a total of five. I haven’t seen any of her progeny replicate that so far.

@phillygirl52jax44 oh my gosh, isn’t that the best? You might like this video, the kid is pretty persistent and it’s early December, anything for an easy meal. 🥰🥳🤣 ua-cam.com/video/FUWsHYeXIYE/v-deo.html

@@MKrištínWildness thank you so much. I’m glad you got pleasure out of it. They’re a lot of fun to watch.

@@jamiefoley6250 true that, a lot of species seems to tolerate others, if not actually working together.

@HaukeLaging It’s the mated pair, the offspring was off roaming that day.

@@allanegleston4931 thank you very much!

@@krakraakraaa... greetings from Canada! 🥳

Oh, I love German food! Jägerschnitzel is soooo yummy. Made this a few years back. ua-cam.com/video/DMl8p12ZQBk/v-deo.htmlsi=0jodxZyE1pugkFEy

@@GooseberryHollow Wow, sieht super lecker aus. Ich für meinen Teil kann nicht kochen, bei einem ungeduldigen Menschen wir mir muss immer alles schnell gehen, wenn ich Hunger verspüre. Was ich noch empfehlen kann ist "Bauernfrühstück" und "Cordon Bleu"🤤🤤🤤

I like watching them trying to maximize their loot.

gulp, gulp, gulp. mmmmmm , goood .

Lolol

@@jasonday4658 it is! 🤣 Always looking for an easy meal.

​@@GooseberryHollowhahaha always