Crow Calling Basics

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  • Опубліковано 8 лис 2016
  • In this video, Season, of Poe Movies, gives some tips and tricks for learning how to call and attract some of our favorite birds--crows.
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  • @Plato6969
    @Plato6969 Рік тому +728

    I started practicing every day and immediately I saw improvements: All the people in my life started avoiding me starting with my coworkers, then my friends, then my boss. He fired me. Then my spouse left me and took the kids. My parents stopped talking to me. Now, the crows bring ME peanuts.

  • @Chibz
    @Chibz 5 років тому +2131

    I wonder if birds get as much amusement in hearing people speak bird as we do hearing birds speak human

    • @aarons3653
      @aarons3653 5 років тому +62

      Deep

    • @neggmo_hxtes_you5507
      @neggmo_hxtes_you5507 5 років тому +36

      @@aarons3653 very deep

    • @aarons3653
      @aarons3653 5 років тому +27

      @@neggmo_hxtes_you5507 very very deep

    • @x78340
      @x78340 4 роки тому +27

      @@aarons3653 very very very deep

    • @ZE308AC
      @ZE308AC 4 роки тому +6

      Not really

  • @sushi6823
    @sushi6823 6 років тому +1173

    i really want to be friends of a crow.Many people think they are freaky and the symbol of death but for me they are a symbol of intelligence and socialization

    • @PoeMovies
      @PoeMovies  6 років тому +79

      check out our corvid playlist. you will feel totally justified with your interest. Corvids are truly amazing creatures.

    • @vlhz69420
      @vlhz69420 5 років тому +32

      Exactly, in my neighbourhood around 17-18 crows are familiar with me and even feed from my hand. They are really very social in nature.

    • @miss_plague8042
      @miss_plague8042 5 років тому +7

      Preach, my dude

    • @irenelorenzoh
      @irenelorenzoh 4 роки тому +9

      to me they're the symbol of death but i still want to be friends with them :D

    • @lindamon5101
      @lindamon5101 4 роки тому +3

      Me2😻💜🐦😍

  • @goingtobeok
    @goingtobeok 5 років тому +620

    I might lose friends after starting this as my new hobby.
    (Update: I now only have crow calling friends & I’m totally ok with that).

    • @missartist123
      @missartist123 5 років тому +32

      Blake Hamilton psh they shouldn’t be your friends in the first place. Real friends will think it’s cool

    • @goingtobeok
      @goingtobeok 5 років тому +11

      Oh I was kidding but wasn't being too original that day. I agree, all my friends would accept me and join in.@@missartist123

    • @lindamon5101
      @lindamon5101 4 роки тому +1

      @@missartist123 yep, friends forever birders!

    • @jonnyb.animationstutorials7119
      @jonnyb.animationstutorials7119 3 роки тому +2

      Aw, do your friends not like Birds?

    • @xzarathosx6429
      @xzarathosx6429 2 роки тому +6

      @@jonnyb.animationstutorials7119 a lot of people are not a fan of animals so that sucks a little bit because they dont realise they are living beings full of mysterys

  • @mattf.2142
    @mattf.2142 4 роки тому +51

    Imagine walking in a dark alley at night, a group of thugs appear, and you start making this noise only to have a 12-deep mob of crows appear looking down on you.

  • @nothanks4954
    @nothanks4954 3 роки тому +289

    This is the only video I've found so far that isn't for hunting, I just want a crow friend

    • @Corvid
      @Corvid 2 роки тому +11

      Crow friends!!

    • @gailg1458
      @gailg1458 2 роки тому +15

      this is a good time to befriend a crow. You do it before the babies are born, and especially before they fledge. Get yourself some bread and throw it out when you see them. Then, when they start looking for those treats, if it interests you, switch to fig newtons broken into squares. Every place I've lived, I've had a crow and spouse. Such smart birds. by now, mine have learned to utter a very quiet coo sound to let me know they're there. (they sit on the eves). this allows me to feed them without their alerting the entire crow population.

    • @heathernicole4916
      @heathernicole4916 2 роки тому +7

      @@gailg1458 try unsalted peanuts, they eat them up like crazy. i feed mine boiled eggs and berries on occasion too

    • @JANEEDISTURBED
      @JANEEDISTURBED Рік тому +2

      @@Corvid Yes. Because you will never just have one crow friend. With one comes their entire family.

    • @JANEEDISTURBED
      @JANEEDISTURBED Рік тому +2

      @@heathernicole4916 Berries? What kind?

  • @thirdstarspiritscholar5763
    @thirdstarspiritscholar5763 4 місяці тому +17

    I love crows! I've learned concepts of their social behavior by being around them. Every now and then I'd get a crow that I know is acknowledging my presence. One was calling me from a power line above and I called back to it. It started make clicking sounds that I couldn't mimick. I've learned that crows will allow you to get close to them when you slower your walking pace and look away from them. They also greet each other by perking their beak upward and turn their head. One morning I was walking to work and one tried to feed me a walnut.

  • @jdawg9722
    @jdawg9722 5 років тому +326

    No one:
    This awesome person: 👁O👁 *caw sounds*

  • @VolumeImpact
    @VolumeImpact 6 років тому +611

    Make sure to buy the unsalted peanuts. There was one crow we fed outside our door once and when we went inside and closed the door he knocked on it. Was so cute we gave him another handful

    • @christianmaurer1018
      @christianmaurer1018 3 роки тому +13

      Noted! Whole peanuts, or shelled peanuts?

    • @eveyholmes
      @eveyholmes 3 роки тому +11

      Salt is eventually bad for crows and ravens, as it affects their kidneys.

    • @DebbiSmithDC
      @DebbiSmithDC 2 роки тому +7

      @@christianmaurer1018 I wondered, too! I’m betting they can break into the whole ones, but would love them shelled for them!

    • @dmc5555
      @dmc5555 2 роки тому +15

      @@DebbiSmithDC I feed them cashews and single open peanuts and whole shell peanuts. They like all and they hold the shell with their legs/claws and peck it open with their beak. Sometimes they put it in a puddle to soften

    • @bluemoondoom
      @bluemoondoom 2 роки тому +6

      I was told to give them unsalted peanuts, too. However, not saying it's a fact, but I was also told to roast the peanuts before giving them to birds, as there's something on their shells that while not harmful to us, can be harmful to them.

  • @SJ-ce6rn
    @SJ-ce6rn Рік тому +56

    I have 6, they come when I call. I received my first gift, a rock. I enjoy these interesting birds so much. They caw back and come very fast. 💗

    • @johnearle1
      @johnearle1 9 місяців тому +2

      I got a rock last November. I put it under the tree.

    • @chrisevans8694
      @chrisevans8694 Місяць тому +1

      How is relations?Relations going with crows these days.Are you getting better?Have you some common crows coming around??? Tell us something l o l!!!!!😊

    • @SJ-ce6rn
      @SJ-ce6rn Місяць тому +2

      @chrisevans8694 lol. Yes Big Daddy comes and gathers peanuts and whatever else I give them. Scout is still around. Big Daddy has a female and I believe she is nesting across the lake. They did that last year too. I used to have 6 regulars. Now there seems to be 3. ?? Not sure why or where they go. I think they had a good thing going here. It's hard to tell them apart. Big Daddy is huge. Scout I recognize because of his behavior. Scout even goes to my daughters house, wanting food. She lives a couple houses down from me. Crows recognize faces. My daughter has stayed at my house and fed them before. So Scout knows her and knows where she lives. 😆 🤣 😂 crazy huh!!

    • @analyticalhabitrails9857
      @analyticalhabitrails9857 Місяць тому

      A rock??!! Lolol

    • @SJ-ce6rn
      @SJ-ce6rn Місяць тому

      @analyticalhabitrails9857 rock, piece of pottery,chicken wing bone, string and a very unusual wad of grass with tiny gravel in it. That's the most interesting object. I thought it was a big bud of marjauna.lol..

  • @Sanjiluv
    @Sanjiluv 5 років тому +98

    Man. I followed your steps lol and I made a really accurate crow sound suddenly. Shit was hilarious.

  • @304ssg
    @304ssg 2 роки тому +127

    I live in the country, feed the crows and they have brought me the coolest gifts. Shiny things like butter knives, toy Matchbox cars, smooth stones, empty cans 😄 also beads and craft items. They used to leave them out in “crow field” (the back of my yard where I leave their food) but sometimes they put them right outside my back and front door! They are my sweet pets. I just planted a wild birdseed garden for them 🌱 Thanks for this vid, I plan to learn to “talk” to them 🧡

    • @Yashhaa
      @Yashhaa Рік тому +4

      So cool I hope to befriend crows too:)

    • @whisthpo
      @whisthpo Рік тому +3

      If you can't get out into Nature, get Nature to come to you! My flock is very satisfied with my twice a day service! 🥜

    • @SJ-ce6rn
      @SJ-ce6rn Рік тому +3

      I recieved one rock so far. I just love it. I have 6. They come when I caw. I live on a small lake so when I caw it echos. It so much fun. My neighbors think I'm crazy. Crazy Crow lady. Hahahaha

    • @doloresvally8976
      @doloresvally8976 Місяць тому

      What did you plant in your wild birdseed garden? That's a great idea. (What qualifies as wild bird seed?)

    • @304ssg
      @304ssg Місяць тому

      @@doloresvally8976 Literally “wild birdseed” mix from Walmart, like what you put in bird feeders. It’s a mixture of sunflower seeds, barley, rye and other common seeds. 😊

  • @willardvandelft
    @willardvandelft 2 роки тому +11

    "you will annoy people around you..." + smile 😂 priceless!

  • @musicauthority674
    @musicauthority674 8 місяців тому +11

    Just remember that people are going to think that you are crazy. but if you really like Crows and want to have interaction with them? it won't matter if they think you're crazy, because in all likelihood the Crows are smarter than they are.

  • @knightforlorn6731
    @knightforlorn6731 6 років тому +265

    I'm self taught and looks like we both use the same method. Corvids of any kind are wonderful creatures. I will be sure to start leaving peanuts out, good tip.

    • @refinedcigarette9103
      @refinedcigarette9103 5 років тому +5

      Michael smith Hello, I find it hard to hoot and gurgle at the same time, any suggestions ?

    • @PoeMovies
      @PoeMovies  4 роки тому +9

      Keep practicing . Itll come together.

    • @SpaztikBeef
      @SpaztikBeef 2 роки тому +1

      @@PoeMovies cigarette practice? What exactly do you mean by that?

    • @PoeMovies
      @PoeMovies  2 роки тому +3

      @@SpaztikBeef I edited it. Good lord spellcheck! Also keep practicing separately and slowly merge them. You’ll get it!

    • @gailg1458
      @gailg1458 2 роки тому +3

      If you use peanuts, be sure to have a bird bath nearby. My crows always took the peanut to the bird bath and stirred them around with their beaks. They like them softer.

  • @JuliaJacksons
    @JuliaJacksons Рік тому +19

    I just bought a crow call thing and didn’t even think that it was possible for a person (you) to sound so authentically like a crow!

    • @PoeMovies
      @PoeMovies  Рік тому +8

      I was going to buy a caller but found a how-to video so I taught myself instead 😉

  • @marygrinter4878
    @marygrinter4878 4 роки тому +43

    Your call is SUPER legit!! It sounds exactly like a crow

  • @sssssteve1642
    @sssssteve1642 2 роки тому +34

    At last... I've found a community that respects crows as much as I do. My grandchildren think I'm like Dr Dolittle ( or just nuts) because I talk to the crows. I also try to teach local blackbirds the 5-note "Close Encounters" tune... occasionally you hear something very very similar coming back from one of them. Thrilling!

  • @vincearmstrong5654
    @vincearmstrong5654 3 роки тому +7

    "You will annoy people". So another plus! Awesome!

  • @colourlightsoundmotion
    @colourlightsoundmotion 2 роки тому +102

    Years ago the relationship between my cat Aurora and I was becoming increasingly strained. I was traveling for weeks at a time and each time I came home, he was progressively more and more upset with me. On one particular occasion, the day after arriving home, I was a few blocks away from the house, and I heard a cat's voice above me on the telephone wire. A Crow was up there, mimicking exactly the same sad expressive meows and yowls that Aurora had poured out to me the night before! The Crow seemed fully aware of what was happening with us, like it was public knowledge..was the Crow calling me out on my shyte?

    • @PoeMovies
      @PoeMovies  2 роки тому +17

      Well, they are as smart as primates….

  • @missanella
    @missanella Рік тому +26

    I absolutely love crows ❤🐦🥰
    I have a family of 3 that comes to my backyard every day and its such a treat to watch them eat peanut especially the ones in the shell.
    There is a 4th crow that started coming around and the other 3 always made her leave....but she started figuring out when the others are not around then she comes and calls me with such a soft sound it warms my heart 💗🐦😘 I call her CoCo ❤🐦🤗💞

    • @PoeMovies
      @PoeMovies  Рік тому +1

      ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @HARRi81_UK
    @HARRi81_UK Місяць тому +5

    Now that's a good crow sound!

  • @tedgunderson67
    @tedgunderson67 2 роки тому +6

    If my neighbors didn’t think I was crazy before they definitely do now.

    • @HeadChaos0.63
      @HeadChaos0.63 23 години тому

      Lmao, yes, but that's nothing new to them 😅
      Weird sounds are on the menu every day sometimes I unpromtedly make goofy impressions other days I start whisteling to the canaries my flatmate has and other days I'm practicing crow sounds
      But I'm still to self concious to try the girl voice lmao

  • @JANEEDISTURBED
    @JANEEDISTURBED Рік тому +20

    I just wanted to let you know how my crows and I have been doing. Don't know if I mentioned before, but they're also one of my spirit animals.
    The other day, my crows left me the most precious gift EVER! So unexpected. Here's why it's so precious to me.
    Remember how I mentioned them leaving me their feathers? I have read that they like to collect things too. And that crows have been known to also gift something very important to them. I kinda figured their feathers would be considered something if great importance to them yanno. I still believe this. Anywho...
    After the passing of my mother 2 days before my birthday back in 2010, a very subtle soft rain came down. The Sun was still trying to peek through just enough. We were all on my sister's porch during this time. But after the rain passed, these small butterflies (white ones and blue, and blue was her favorite color) started showing up everywhere! We went to town and they were there as well! So we chalked this up as a message from her. Something positive. That maybe she was giving us a message of love or that she was still with us.
    Here the other day, after taking our pup outside to bathroom, I continue the daily routine of feeding my crow friends. And I noticed that they left me a small little yellow butterfly. Not a real one, but a trinket kinda thing with white edges on its wings. Slowly I picked it up, and thanked them.
    This brought tears to my eyes for obvious reasons. And leads me to wonder if somehow they know! Was this also a message from my mom? Idk, I hope I'm not reading too much into that. I do not believe in coinky dinks. But I do know that yellow represents friendship. So perhaps that part is a message from them. Making our friendship official? Idk. We are getting closer a little at a time.

    • @PoeMovies
      @PoeMovies  Рік тому +5

      If I was a betting woman I’d say it is all connected. I tell my kids to expect crows and butterflies when I die.
      Thank you so much for sharing this with us. We appreciate your open heart.

    • @JJJettplane
      @JJJettplane Рік тому

      Wow, such a cool story!

    • @WildOasisFriend
      @WildOasisFriend 9 місяців тому

      Omg mine left me feathers too. Is this a thing? I had no idea. They left their feathers right next to the seed cakes and tomatoes and a toy ball i put out for them.

  • @thatgrrlca
    @thatgrrlca 6 років тому +170

    You're amazing! I was watching people use a crow caller and thought that was good. You taught yourself to sound like a crow without any gadgets. That's a real skill. :)

    • @PoeMovies
      @PoeMovies  6 років тому +26

      I watched a video on UA-cam and used the tips and tricks from it. I thought I would make a shorter more succinct one for everyone. If you practice every day you will get it.

  • @blueis679
    @blueis679 5 років тому +64

    I cannot believe how much you sound like my feathered buddies! Thank you so much for passing along your observations and talent!

  • @MirExodus15
    @MirExodus15 7 років тому +99

    Ooooh, I'm going to start practicing. I love crows!

    • @wallys11000
      @wallys11000 6 років тому +1

      MirExodus15~ I love crows too. I tried to nurse a nestling after he fell but he passed away after 10 days. I'll always love little Pipin.

    • @stephenmac3105
      @stephenmac3105 5 років тому

      I love them too! Love to shoot them!

  • @yeomama8424
    @yeomama8424 5 років тому +30

    Thank you for posting this! I just sent your video to my husband with the message: “who’s crazy now?” 🤣 I’m constantly calling to the crows. Even my kids joke about it. But, in all seriousness they love them too.

  • @danamuller554
    @danamuller554 4 роки тому +25

    I've been feeding some in my neighborhood for a while. They leave me gifts sometimes. Quarters, nickels random bright objects. Playing cards lol. They are very smart and cool!

  • @lizgreer1688
    @lizgreer1688 6 років тому +171

    You have the tone down perfect! I'm still practicing. There are a bunch of crows where iwork, they recognize me, my car, and bring their new babies to meet me. (I feed them!) I'm trying to figure out what the sequences of notes mean. Like 5 caws, then 3 short caws, or 7 then 3 or 2. Have you figured out any of these? Their language is way more complex than they are given credit for.

    • @PoeMovies
      @PoeMovies  4 роки тому +30

      From what I know if the caws are an unbroken its a calm alert like caw caw caw, but if it's broken it's an alarm like caw caw then caw caw caw....

    • @kon0079
      @kon0079 3 роки тому +4

      @ASEK33 c9p we do it's called a murder

    • @kon0079
      @kon0079 3 роки тому +6

      @ASEK33 c9p I group of crows is called a murder

  • @tjeerdoosinga9932
    @tjeerdoosinga9932 6 років тому +35

    You are great lady i think you are a crow

  • @hipocampelofantocame
    @hipocampelofantocame 4 роки тому +15

    You are correct about the toasted unsalted peanuts. My crows can spot me walking
    100 yards away and call their friends. I also annoy my neighbors.

  • @daviddunlap1968
    @daviddunlap1968 11 місяців тому +7

    Was a wee bit blue with the sudden demise of my French crow buddy, Frederique Texier. Young 55 and died in 6 weeks after misdiagnosis. Your lesson cheered me up and so pleased Freddy heard your instructional video before he joined all the other Crows in Peanut Heaven

  • @isaak1748
    @isaak1748 2 роки тому +7

    It's so funny because all of the crows around my house love me because I always give them peanuts 😂

  • @nothark
    @nothark Місяць тому +3

    I'm standing out here in a field trying to get some crow friends. I sound like I'm about to throw up and I think I'm scaring the crows too 😂😂😂

    • @PoeMovies
      @PoeMovies  Місяць тому +1

      Keep practicing you’ll get it.

  • @kitcarson7447
    @kitcarson7447 3 роки тому +111

    My mother told me this story about her pet crow. She found it in the yard when she was just a little girl. The crow was just a little tike that was injured from falling from a tree. My mother nursed it back to health and they became friends. When she started going to school in the first grade, the crow followed her to school as she walked there. She said it would wait for her all day to come back outside the school building. Sometimes it would fly through an open window and land on a student's desk, often taking a pencil or something small it found on the desk, and flying out the window again.
    During recess one day when the children were outside, the crow flew from a tree it was perched on and landed on the ground at my mothers feet. My mother then described how "some mean boys" ran up to the crow, kicked it over and smashed its head in, then they laughed about it in my mother's face.
    I just wanted to tell the world about this story of my mother's pet crow. This was in 1940, when my mother was six years old.

    • @PoeMovies
      @PoeMovies  3 роки тому +22

      sad ending but shows their affinity for humans. thanks for sharing.

    • @tammy5654
      @tammy5654 2 роки тому +4

      Those little bastards. They're lucky I wasn't there. I would have strangled him.

    • @barbarah.3056
      @barbarah.3056 2 роки тому +15

      Awwwww so sad im so sad 4 ur mothers PET CROW!!..that's sick stuff to smash an animal! Uhg an urrrggg!!! well hope u have a good day..an sorry again 4 ur pet crow!

    • @rhyothemisprinceps1617
      @rhyothemisprinceps1617 2 роки тому +8

      Similar to what happened with butterflies at my daughter's preschool. I gave the preschool teacher two swallowtail butterfly chrysalises so the kids could watch them emerge. They did and one flew off, but the other fluttered a bit and then landed on the ground and a boy in the class stomped on it and laughed about it.

    • @2degucitas
      @2degucitas 2 роки тому +9

      What a brutal ending. There have always been mean boys. Sigh.

  • @kineticsymmetry9849
    @kineticsymmetry9849 2 роки тому +18

    Nice It's cool to see someone else who can do crow calls too. I spent 7 months living at Tibetan Buddhist community and we had raven's up there all over the place because we would feed them as they seen as protectors of dharma, so I learn to do raven caws (and other various noises ravens make like clicking and such) while walking the temple grounds listening to them in the trees. My coworker is on point with crow calls, I'd more of a raven fan. especially the black and white ravens!

  • @misstigerrose
    @misstigerrose 5 років тому +41

    I really want to befriend crows. I love them so much.
    I have a little friend I call Jericho. He likes to yell a lot for food. I like to give him unsalted sunflower seeds and bananas.

    • @dangatton7138
      @dangatton7138 3 роки тому

      Banannas work OK?

    • @alpacasalazar2708
      @alpacasalazar2708 2 роки тому +1

      @@dangatton7138 Crows can have fruit but they prefer peanuts and birdseed more. It all depends on the crow anyways

    • @dangatton7138
      @dangatton7138 2 роки тому

      @@alpacasalazar2708 do they like their peanuts med. Rare??.. lol .. JK they get peanuts and seed here. costco has great peanuts at good price

  • @Joe3pops
    @Joe3pops День тому +1

    I feed crows peanuts near work. They do love them. Also pringle chips but they tend to blow away very easily. I do miss the waxwings from.last 2 years. I found when they were feeding on buds wild cherry tree, if you quietly approached them & whistled 3 times, they often would reply in kind. Thank you.

  • @Pipes570
    @Pipes570 6 років тому +15

    I came here to learn how to call Ravens, there's a bunch around my home.

    • @PoeMovies
      @PoeMovies  4 роки тому +1

      Ravens are a lower more guttural sound and deeper.

  • @michelsavoie6971
    @michelsavoie6971 2 роки тому +8

    I record crows in my area. I was in another area 45 minutes away from my place , the other side of a Bay. I heard a crow and I was wondering if it sounded like my crows. It did but the timing of the call was different. Then I realized that the crow was talking to a barking dog. The dog was responding like what I'm used to hearing from cows. This was on an Indian reserve in New Brunswick Canada. The dog was in a backyard, I couldn't see it, but I could see the crow up at the top of a tree. I should have recorded it. What a special thing to hear.

  • @carljensen5730
    @carljensen5730 4 роки тому +11

    I have had an affinity to crows my whole life. However, it isn't until recently that I have learned about how unique they are. I am trying to establish a relationship with some local crows to see if they will bring me gifts. Wish me luck.

    • @treewalker1070
      @treewalker1070 2 роки тому

      You have to give them gifts -- namely peanuts (unsalted). Peanuts are the key to a crow's heart.

  • @bobinthewest8559
    @bobinthewest8559 9 місяців тому +2

    There are a few places which I frequent, and I always put out a handful of peanuts, or mixed nuts.
    I know they recognize my vehicle, because one particularly hot day I parked in a shady spot at the opposite end of the parking lot.. and one of the crows started flying past my window while letting out a call, as if to say, “we see you here.”
    They’re very smart.
    One day when I arrived, two were foraging very near to where I pulled up and parked. I “spoke” to them as I got out to deposit their treat, and they didn’t take off as they might ordinarily do (crows are very skittish).
    Two seagulls were also nearby, and they approached me directly. I knew they would hog whatever they saw me put down, not allowing the crows to have any.
    So I threw a handful across the parking lot, and while the seagulls chased after those.. placed a handful in the usual spot on the curb for the crows.
    The crows instantly understood the game, and not only did they not go directly to the peanuts (revealing their location).. but they waited patiently until the seagulls had eaten the nuts tossed for them, and then returned to stare at me for more.. then the crows took turns.. one would go land where I had tossed the distraction and PRETEND to be eating/finding nuts, and as the seagulls rushed back to see what the might have missed.. the other crow would retrieve a nut or two. Then they would switch roles.

  • @slingshotchicken4695
    @slingshotchicken4695 5 місяців тому +2

    I had a little apparatus that mimicked various chicken sounds. I used it frequently out on the tennis courts to entertain myself and the kids. There were a lot of different kinds of birds around including the red-tailed hawk and crows to name a couple. The crows seemed to badger the hawk a bit but they were cool except for that. I liked them and the hawk.
    Well, one day a crow landed on the spot where the hawk usually perched and he(?) spread out one wing in front of his body like a cape and made one of the chicken sounds that my apparatus had. He did it enough to make it clear what he was on about. I am quite sure the crow was having fun with me but I had no idea they could imitate the sound so perfectly and with such humor.
    I knew then that I would have a healthy lifelong relationship with crows in some form. I am at a new location and the crows are around. It's only the beginning... I feel like Odin.

    • @PoeMovies
      @PoeMovies  5 місяців тому

      They are truly amazing.

  • @AFRCSD
    @AFRCSD 3 роки тому +7

    Everybody gangsta until Duolingo makes a bird sound language class

  • @tjxbk_seo
    @tjxbk_seo 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you! On my way to school, there is a specific crow in a specific place and we are now friends :)

  • @daviddunlap1968
    @daviddunlap1968 11 місяців тому +2

    TRUE CROW CONFESSIONS FROM CONNECTICUT. I usually toast my 9 whole grain bread for my conference of crows; however, they much prefer a week old French baguette with bourbon garlic cheese. Arrest me.

  • @LewDanLascivious8276
    @LewDanLascivious8276 10 місяців тому +2

    I saw a crop of scarecrows hanging out at a crowbar with crows on their shoulders singing "The Counting Crows"
    "Mr. Jones" song.

  • @privateundisclosed4448
    @privateundisclosed4448 Рік тому +3

    THANK YOU for this tutorial! My neighbors officially think I am insane! LOL

  • @richardalexander5758
    @richardalexander5758 6 років тому +13

    Wonderful! I have a crow call, but now I am inspired to try your technique. I've been feeding and talking to our local crows for some time, and they seem to know me as friendly. Thanks!!

    • @PoeMovies
      @PoeMovies  6 років тому +3

      Richard Alexander if they know your voice keep it up. Sometimes cawing at them will send them off--they can be picky about it. I mainly caw to call them in and once they are in I talk to them.

    • @richardalexander5758
      @richardalexander5758 6 років тому +4

      Thanks, I'll keep it up. I had fed and watered an injured crow years ago that hung out in my yard for a couple of weeks while he recovered. I'm sure it was the same bird that used to come visit for several years afterwards, sitting on my fence by himself doing a funny thing like rolling his eyes that made them look pale, while making soft gurgling sounds. Nothing I've ever seen any crow do before or since.

  • @Bomber411
    @Bomber411 3 роки тому +2

    I had a conversation with a couple of crows in the woods last week. Have no idea what we were saying, but we spoke for about 10 minutes.
    They called, I repeated. They'd call back, I'd repeat. Then I'd call and they'd repeat. It was fun.. hope to run into them again. I'll pick up some peanuts for them next time I'm out. :)

  • @larry762
    @larry762 Рік тому +1

    I've just started feeding two crows roasted peanuts in the shell at our Smart & Final parking lot. Now on the 3rd day of doing this one of them was perched on the pole that is right in front of where I park my car. I tossed a new batch of peanuts onto the landscape island where they can get them safely. It is fun.

  • @krystleconner5690
    @krystleconner5690 Рік тому +5

    Whenever we go camping I crow call. I love seeing the curious birds fly in to see what crow sounds like it’s dying 😂 they are amazing creatures.

    • @ProctorsGamble
      @ProctorsGamble 3 місяці тому

      I do the same thing. My kids call crows camping birds 😆

  • @davidparsons2405
    @davidparsons2405 6 років тому +6

    Thank you poemovies, I just recently found out crows are really intelligent. And I also learned how to make them come in the morning for breakfast. Lol. Every morning for now on when I come home from work, I use the morning breakfast call and sometimes the crow call to feed them peanuts, lol

  • @JJJettplane
    @JJJettplane Рік тому +1

    I feel so special when my crows see me returning home in my car. They swoop down the street and land in the tree above where I park my car. Sometimes when I leave they land on the car hood until the car starts to move.

  • @rkhnd51
    @rkhnd51 2 роки тому +2

    I can't believe that sound came out of that sweet little face! Lol! That's pretty good! I work outside all day at a podium at a hospital as a Concierge and part Valet and I see and hear crows on a daily basis. My interest is trying to identify the different sounds and what they mean. And I'm not lying, last year there was a crow making sounds like he was trying to sound out syllables. It was the craziest thing. I don't hear that any more. Like your video.

  • @wolflahti412
    @wolflahti412 2 роки тому +3

    I grew up in Michigan and learnt several crow calls, among them food, gather here, alarm, and a few others.
    When I moved to Washington state, I found the crows did not respond at all. Who knew crows had regional accents?

  • @Sigridovskij
    @Sigridovskij 6 років тому +4

    Oh, thank you!!! I take care of 20 to 30 crows in a cemetary. I have a plastic whistle and I whistle too. I fill up the bird baths and I got a man to give me one in my own courtyard. It's huge and two magpies drink there but they did not yet learn to take baths. Very strange ones. They LOVE partly cracked walnuts and any nuts. Best to buy a lot when it is cheap.

  • @robertnewell5057
    @robertnewell5057 11 місяців тому +1

    You have no inhibitions, do you? However, we have lots of crows who we love so thanks. Incidentally, the best imitation of a raven is either 'Cronk' or a grunt like a pig. Brilliant. Don't suppose you will ever see this, given how old the post is, but thanks again, anyway.

  • @GarethLategan
    @GarethLategan 2 роки тому +1

    Yesterday I was talking to my mom and mentioned crows are my favourite birds. This morning a crow landed on our porch and even jumped on my shoulder. It did peck my ear which was a bit sore, but no hard feelings ^^

  • @tammyburke9453
    @tammyburke9453 2 роки тому +5

    LOVE LOVE LOVED your vocals!!! So realistic! Sometimes i kind of hide in store parking lots bc its embarrassing but i cant help it. I LOVE THEM

  • @hipocampelofantocame
    @hipocampelofantocame 6 років тому +9

    Wow, just what I've been waiting for. I have a bunch of crows who get toasted, unsalted peanuts from me.
    They're beginning to come closer. Many thanks for the lesson.

  • @brentwilbur
    @brentwilbur Місяць тому +1

    In my examinations of crow song, I have discovered that the gaps between caws are just as important as the caws themselves.
    [short caw, short pause, short caw, short pause, short caw] seems to mean "Beware!"
    On the other hand...
    [short caw, long pause, short caw, long pause, short caw] seems to mean "Come look."
    The pauses may indicate a severity level of a basic caw pattern. Or they provide some other context. Or both. The crow version of inflection perhaps.
    I have also noticed regular, almost universal call patterns irrespective of family group. For example...
    [long caw, long pause, short caw, short pause, short caw] seems to be a greeting meant specifically for humans, or a recognition of them. I have never witnessed them sing it to each other.

  • @lisavillano8710
    @lisavillano8710 Рік тому +1

    My neighbors are REALLY GOING TO THINK I'M A BIRD BRAIN FOR SHO!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @richardteague3314
    @richardteague3314 5 років тому +9

    Cool video. I saw a crow the other day digging in the dirt started making what I thought were Crow noises and it started coming over to me I throw my little shrimp I was eating on took it and flew away

  • @xmchillin
    @xmchillin 5 років тому +16

    Judas Priest...you're good at this stuff!! I've got two crow calls and they don't sound as good as your natural voice...bad on me...I've tried to categorize their calls...and mimic them...1 caw...2 caws...3 caws...other combinations...haven't figured it out, yet.If nothing else, you are entertaining as...well...real good!

  • @sphynxkittens5894
    @sphynxkittens5894 Місяць тому +1

    I see a fat, large crow, or raven daily. He has his chest out and waddles across the neighbor's lawn. Thank you for your videos. I am practicing

  • @icandivideos5743
    @icandivideos5743 Рік тому +1

    I love this thank you! Crows have been gifting me on a post by my horse's water trough, I guess for the water. Now I leave them snacks and wanted to learn to communicate and I came across your video. Thanks again!

  • @treewalker1070
    @treewalker1070 2 роки тому +3

    In my experience, you don't have to be a good crow imitator. You just have to make a recognizable, consistent sound that means "Peanuts here!"

    • @PoeMovies
      @PoeMovies  2 роки тому

      I mentioned this in follow up videos

  • @thelonewrangler1008
    @thelonewrangler1008 2 роки тому +3

    I live on a lake in western mass and I watched a crow lure fish they could easily pluck out of the water with some random bread I have 0 clue where they got it from. That was some super intelligent behavior and now I'm slowly learning just how smart these birds are. Thank you for your video even if it's 5 yrs later

  • @heretic-668
    @heretic-668 2 роки тому +1

    Well, you've convinced my cats you speak crow fluently.

  • @Sekrery073
    @Sekrery073 11 місяців тому +1

    Notes taken. Now I just need to find a crow for my CRAW journey

  • @saillewhite2698
    @saillewhite2698 2 роки тому +4

    Awesome, I learned how to speak "raven" when we had some in my old town. Now, we have crows, I need to speak more to them in their crowspeak! thank you for this! I love the "guwonk guwonk" noise they make during the spring. they also make a "CHuff!" noise, when we're feeding them peanuts. And the rapid clicks. Corvids are wonderful.

  • @nelliesfarm8473
    @nelliesfarm8473 2 роки тому +4

    LMAO I'm practicing and my dogs are starting at me 😂 pretty sure they think I've finally lost it lol 😂

  • @hotdam83
    @hotdam83 Рік тому +1

    I have 2 crows that have been coming by for a few months. We alternate from feeding in my front and now into my backyard. Im stoked. I want to build a better relationship with them.

  • @juliakaczmarek2191
    @juliakaczmarek2191 3 місяці тому +1

    never thought id find myself watching a video on how to speak crow lollllll

  • @JesseDylanMusic
    @JesseDylanMusic 3 роки тому +3

    I'm having the hardest time with the rhythm of the calls. I can do an okay one at a regular rhythm, but if I want to do it more like actual crows, I can't get their rhythm right. It's like they syncopate it, but I can't breathe right to do that. Oh well. Once I get them to take peanuts from me, they won't care if I get the rhythm right. I did get them to fly around me in a massive orbit 3-4 times, 6+ of them. 3 (or more) of the most incredible moments of my life have involved birds, and this was one of them. No one seems to care when I tell the story. Guess I'm just a stoner! If someone had told me, I'd think they were making it up. But it happened to me! They orbited me, my driveway, my whole yard, front and back, slowly and deliberately, as if trying to make friends or figure me out. They were idle at the time, which is maybe part of the secret. Now whenever I see a crow, it's busy with other birds and doesn't have time to chat!

    • @PoeMovies
      @PoeMovies  3 роки тому

      We get it. Crow stories are awesome and we totally accept you. Bird lovers and nature lovers are always welcome at Poe Movies!

  • @Sweethippiexo
    @Sweethippiexo 5 років тому +3

    You are the crow lady! And I mean that in the best way possible. You sound so good. I just want some crow friends, I find them to be amazing birds. Thank you!

  • @sugamai
    @sugamai 2 роки тому +2

    I've always enjoyed the sound of crows and observing them. Everytime I look at one close to me I'd say hi or hello little buddy. I want to be friends with a crow, I think it'd be really cool. Time to buy some peanuts

  • @lyndapierson6338
    @lyndapierson6338 2 роки тому +1

    i know my neighbors think i'm 'off', when i 'crow caw' but i love crows and really want one as a pet.

  • @taxiuniversum
    @taxiuniversum 2 роки тому +7

    This is the video I had been looking for.
    Since crows are so very intelligent, I suppose there are rather complex things they are capable of communicating amongst one another. I wonder to which extend I‘ll be able to learn about that.
    So far, all I can do is recognize their fear when I give them peanuts - and the interest and attention they show when they see me (since they expect to maybe get a peanut). Also, I think the crows „politely“ make me aware of their presence so I‘ll feed them. 😄

  • @KingArtexerxes
    @KingArtexerxes 6 років тому +5

    I’d like to see a video of a group of people making crow calls.

  • @Zooeybabe
    @Zooeybabe 2 роки тому +1

    That sounds way more like a raven, at first. Very informative. Thank you. That's basically how I call the ravens, that and a tick tock sound I make with my tongue to the roof of my mouth.

  • @phantonymm
    @phantonymm Рік тому +1

    I am in SHOCK at how good that call was at 0:45, caught me so off-guard.

  • @nelliesfarm8473
    @nelliesfarm8473 2 роки тому +3

    Omg I wanna do this! I live in rural Alabama and seen them hanging around my chicken coop...I'm trying to feed them but they fly away when I come outside. I prefer animals over humans. I'm surrounded by them amid mother nature. I'll be practicing this. You sound incredible!!!

    • @nelliesfarm8473
      @nelliesfarm8473 2 роки тому

      This morning he came back...I noticed he comes late morning. I'm waiting with food !

  • @wallys11000
    @wallys11000 6 років тому +18

    You're good. I love it. I'm just starting to learn to call to the crows. I wish I could leave peanuts for them but in this condo complex they will stop you. I had sooo much fun feeding the squirrels and blue jays peanuts until I had to stop. :(

    • @lindamon5101
      @lindamon5101 4 роки тому +4

      Maybe there is a park closeby, if you get into a pattern, call them when you get there, theyll show up i bet!!!

    • @108hindu
      @108hindu 3 роки тому +1

      Do it on the sly….. “No sir, I never feed the wildlife”.😇

    • @wallys11000
      @wallys11000 3 роки тому +2

      @@108hindu I'm back to feeding the wildlife again. hehe

    • @108hindu
      @108hindu 3 роки тому

      @@wallys11000 😂🤣😂🤣😂👍

  • @MorellioBenoir
    @MorellioBenoir 2 роки тому +1

    The only way I can communicate with a local crow is two soft calls. I will always treasure those calls. :)

  • @binder098
    @binder098 2 роки тому +1

    I love crows. You cracked me up, and you're so good at it. I am buying unsalted whole peanuts now.

  • @saby7825
    @saby7825 7 років тому +22

    awesome video. I'm going to try this, thank you :)

  • @redbullgaming3014
    @redbullgaming3014 3 роки тому +6

    I am very new to this, I want to start feeding crows and I though I would want to learn their call, I watched your video a bunch and managed to get a mix of a raven and a crow call. I was also able to have first conversation today! Thank you for making this video!

  • @sportosp-0158
    @sportosp-0158 Рік тому +2

    I thought this would be a demonstration with a caller device...I was going to listen to it quick like a pseudo podcast. Boy, was I shocked to tab back over and see her doing it just herself! Very impressive!

    • @PoeMovies
      @PoeMovies  Рік тому +1

      it gets easier over the years too. the weird part is how in-tune you get no matter where you go to crow communication. Everywhere I go if crows are communicating I hear right away and listen without thinking.

    • @sportosp-0158
      @sportosp-0158 Рік тому +1

      @@PoeMovies Yes, I know what you mean! each different group in their respective neighborhoods seems to have slightly different ways of calling to one another. And I'm getting very used to hearing my crew's language

    • @PoeMovies
      @PoeMovies  Рік тому

      @@sportosp-0158 the calls are one thing, then there's the clicking that is apparently unique to each flock and even possibly each little family unit. It's all so very interesting.

  • @markus9415
    @markus9415 9 місяців тому +1

    You're a good teacher or i am just very talented lol ( learned within 5 minutes ). Started feeding crows recently. But with the calls now they are around much more. Even having whole conversations with 1 in a tree for an hour straight rofl.

  • @Magyarleanzo
    @Magyarleanzo 2 роки тому +3

    Well I can tell you it works! Thanks for the lesson :) I work at a school and got a few kids to make that sound with me and low and behold we were chatting it up with 3 crows that showed up. Was an educational experience 🖤

  • @ColinPierce
    @ColinPierce 4 роки тому +4

    really liked this. Great job on the calls. I want a bird friend. So does my shoulder.

    • @PoeMovies
      @PoeMovies  4 роки тому

      They are super super wary. Even when they know you.

    • @ColinPierce
      @ColinPierce 4 роки тому +2

      @@PoeMovies I can't stop thinking about this one crow that rammed into my glass door at my old place. It woke me up from sleep. It broke it's leg off by the impact, I pet it a little, and it became scared and fluttered off balance, rounding my house, but nailed the corner of my house. I saw it in all these vines, very hard to reach. I figured I would let it rest back there, and a few hours later it slipped my mind, I let my cat out and the cat got it and I saw him carrying the crow across the yard. The cat was proud, but I still think aboiut how I could've helped that bird. It kind of hurts still for some reason😔 I think about it alot

    • @PoeMovies
      @PoeMovies  4 роки тому +2

      @@ColinPierce don't give it too much thought. You had a direct view of the cycle of life for a brief moment. That kind of thing happens without you knowing every day all around the globe.
      Crows are very social. They mourn their dead. It is very likely that crow was mourned for. And perhaps it has already been reborn who really knows.

    • @ColinPierce
      @ColinPierce 4 роки тому

      @@PoeMovies I like the way you think. You're right. It was kind if beautiful in itself. I kind of hope my cat ate some of it 😂😅 I've done my research on crows, & they are beautiful. I'm sure they did mourn it. Wasn't aware then, but it was probably noisy that day. And not sure if they avoided the area afterwards lol and I hope so. Live your videos. I'll continue to watch for sure!

    • @ColinPierce
      @ColinPierce 3 роки тому +1

      @Two Genders Facts hahaha maybe, yeah.😂 But that's not much of a life for a cat. Lol he was just doing cat stuff. #fulfilled

  • @dreamweaver8102
    @dreamweaver8102 Рік тому +1

    Hey,thanks, I'm amongst crows and I love them!

  • @guillermoavendano73
    @guillermoavendano73 Рік тому +1

    They probably react the same way The Pilgrims reacted when Squanto told them "Welcome Englishmen! "

  • @labauer5314
    @labauer5314 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you so much! I love crows! You are so kind to share your knowledge, that's humbling! To teach others! The kindest of gifts!

  • @pahiker50
    @pahiker50 4 роки тому +3

    Wow, you sound like you have an actual call. Very good.

  • @ivyleague3224
    @ivyleague3224 2 роки тому +1

    I've always liked crows. Your calling is to cute, thanks

  • @terencemhiggins9436
    @terencemhiggins9436 Рік тому +1

    Very nice crow calls. I've been trying to attract crows to come in. Being very interested in them.
    As to your calls... you look like you get a much fun calling as i do. And annoying neighbors, well i like that as well. "When i listen to my jazz so do my neighbors..."
    Thanks again