Oh, yea, that crow that was getting preened looked like he was at a spa....his whole body seemed to relax and look calm. Wonderful and enlightening video, Lesley! Thank you!
I saw another video, it is called pet crow at two years. It is about someone who has a pet crow. And at the end of the video, at the times from nine minutes until the end of the video, the owner pets her crow. She pets him and scratches his head. And he does exactly the same moves. If you want to see more, you could have a look at that. It is very funny, the crow pokes the owner with his beak when she stops scratching him.
I have a 9 year old male cat who is just got addicted to my computer from your videos. He never paid attention to my computer in his first 9 years. About a month ago I showed him how you hand feed the birds. Now he is right by my side every time I go on the computer! He just stares contently at the screen, sometimes I have to hold him back if he wants to bat the screen with his paw. He just 'liked' this preening video!
Lesley, I don’t know how I missed this one! I guess I need to go back through and watch each one just in case I may have missed any.😉😁. What amazingly beautiful shots you have of those sweet crows. The sweetest video I’ve ever seen of crows and it proves just how sweet they really are. The gentleness between those two made my heart swell. How I love the Crows. I’ve been feeding 3 since the springtime of 2018. Healthy seeds, nuts and fruit, cooked chicken meat and skin for them. For several months now, between 6:30 am and 7:00 am they come to a tree in our yard that sits directly in front of my art room window where I sit and drink my morning coffee. (How do they know that) They caw and caw for me to bring out their breakfast. When I walk out the door they all start cawing loudly and fly from tree to tree, one will hold a conversation with me. They are beautiful and smart birds. They seem to fear people, I can only go out alone and without my husband for example, which makes me think people may have mistreated them throughout time. That makes me sad. If only more people would take the time to sit and watch them and learn about them they would realize how gentle they are and how funny they can be. Thank you for what you do, for bringing us such lovely videos of all these beautiful birds and for educating people about them. Wishing you a blessed wintertime from upstate New York near the Catskill Mountains. Caroline
Caroline - I missed this one and others that I'm now finding I haven't viewed - don't feel bad! In a way I like going through them slowly as it gives me something to enjoy and look forward to. The Blue Jays in my area are the same as your crows - I think they know they can trust a certain person plus the person may have food🙂- Stephanie
Hi Lesley - Thanks for this video👍 Yes they can truly enjoy another bird preening the itchy new feather shafts that are hard to reach. My 2 parrots are like that, but now one enjoys it more than the other one. They both like me gently preening around their neck, head and cheeks. 😊 - Stephanie
+Pituophis666 Thank you. I was very happy to have gotten the chance to record video of the crows mutual preening. It was awesome, especially with the other one keeping on wanting more, haha. Glad you enjoyed
Great video, as always. You're really good at this, Lesley. Two questions: (1) What is that whitish lid that I see when crows blink? Is that something unique to crows? I don't recall seeing it with other birds. (2) Do you have a favorite bird? (Can't believe I've never thought to ask you that last one before.) Thanks. -Scott.
Thx for sharing! I love to watch your videos and I've been so inspired that I've got 2 good friends jumping around in my garden(two crows) now I can even hand feed them! Txh agian!
Im sitting with my chicken, her name is muffin and shes my little buddy! She will pull at my clothes which i thought was a little odd and thought it was just the colors and print on my shirt, but i realized she was probably trying to preen me! She was sitting on my shoulder and pulling at my hair from the roots, and would pull her beak away like how she would with her feathers. Only thing is that my hair would get stuck in her beak. Haha i never thought id ever be preened by a chicken before! But i guess this means im a part of the flock now! I spend a lot of time with my chickens, and theyre all really tame and sit in my hammock with me from time to time. They all seem to enjoy my company, but muffin i think loves seeing me the most! Haha! Its very special to feel included by an animal and have it trust you and have it think of you as its family ❤️
My pet cockatiel takes great care of her feathers. Every time she visits with me, she is so relaxed and even seems to preen the same areas. Then again, she is a bit of a ditz...
Hey, would it be at all possible for me to use part of this clip in a compliation for an independent project which will hopefully be used as a massaging advert. I am not affiliated with any company.
Oh not at all Lesley. I was only curious as to if there is a way to determine the gender, beside watching their behavior. Crows are not pretty but among the smartest of birds and always attract my attention. But then, lets take the opportunity and let you know that how much I appreciate all that you do in providing some of the BEST available bird related clips on UA-cam. Keep up the excellent job and please always remain the Bird Nerd that you are. Thanks for sharing, dearly.
Oh, yea, that crow that was getting preened looked like he was at a spa....his whole body seemed to relax and look calm. Wonderful and enlightening video, Lesley! Thank you!
+kathi emily Haha, you can totally see the enjoyment in his eyes hey?! Oh my so sweet. Glad you enjoyed it
Yes, I could! You are GREAT at this!
I saw another video, it is called pet crow at two years. It is about someone who has a pet crow. And at the end of the video, at the times from nine minutes until the end of the video, the owner pets her crow. She pets him and scratches his head. And he does exactly the same moves. If you want to see more, you could have a look at that. It is very funny, the crow pokes the owner with his beak when she stops scratching him.
Birds preening is like us getting ready for the day, it just proves that not only humans can try to be in their tip-top shape. Thanks Lesley :)
I have a 9 year old male cat who is just got addicted to my computer from your videos. He never paid attention to my computer in his first 9 years. About a month ago I showed him how you hand feed the birds. Now he is right by my side every time I go on the computer! He just stares contently at the screen, sometimes I have to hold him back if he wants to bat the screen with his paw. He just 'liked' this preening video!
The crows... Adorableness overload! And I love being able to see those gorgeous Crows close up!
Thank you for your beautiful work, Lesley!
Very beautiful recordings!
+Annemieke van Leeuwen Thank you kindly :)
Lesley, I don’t know how I missed this one! I guess I need to go back through and watch each one just in case I may have missed any.😉😁. What amazingly beautiful shots you have of those sweet crows. The sweetest video I’ve ever seen of crows and it proves just how sweet they really are. The gentleness between those two made my heart swell. How I love the Crows. I’ve been feeding 3 since the springtime of 2018. Healthy seeds, nuts and fruit, cooked chicken meat and skin for them. For several months now, between 6:30 am and 7:00 am they come to a tree in our yard that sits directly in front of my art room window where I sit and drink my morning coffee. (How do they know that) They caw and caw for me to bring out their breakfast. When I walk out the door they all start cawing loudly and fly from tree to tree, one will hold a conversation with me. They are beautiful and smart birds. They seem to fear people, I can only go out alone and without my husband for example, which makes me think people may have mistreated them throughout time. That makes me sad. If only more people would take the time to sit and watch them and learn about them they would realize how gentle they are and how funny they can be. Thank you for what you do, for bringing us such lovely videos of all these beautiful birds and for educating people about them. Wishing you a blessed wintertime from upstate New York near the Catskill Mountains. Caroline
Caroline - I missed this one and others that I'm now finding I haven't viewed - don't feel bad! In a way I like going through them slowly as it gives me something to enjoy and look forward to. The Blue Jays in my area are the same as your crows - I think they know they can trust a certain person plus the person may have food🙂- Stephanie
This is why my pet bird loves scitches 😂👍
Hi Lesley -
Thanks for this video👍
Yes they can truly enjoy another bird preening the itchy new feather shafts that are hard to reach. My 2 parrots are like that, but now one enjoys it more than the other one. They both like me gently preening around their neck, head and cheeks. 😊 - Stephanie
A nice couple of crow! Love it!
Great video. You captured some really interesting bird behaviour.
+Pituophis666 Thank you. I was very happy to have gotten the chance to record video of the crows mutual preening. It was awesome, especially with the other one keeping on wanting more, haha. Glad you enjoyed
Great video, as always. You're really good at this, Lesley. Two questions: (1) What is that whitish lid that I see when crows blink? Is that something unique to crows? I don't recall seeing it with other birds. (2) Do you have a favorite bird? (Can't believe I've never thought to ask you that last one before.) Thanks. -Scott.
Our mourning doves out this way
in Arizona are often seen preening
themselves in a shady area.
Really lovely to watch, thank you for sharing, and I've learnt also a lot with your other vids. I wish you the best for 2021!
Same to you!
Thx for sharing! I love to watch your videos and I've been so inspired that I've got 2 good friends jumping around in my garden(two crows) now I can even hand feed them! Txh agian!
+liva ladelund You are very welcome. Glad you enjoyed and that you have two crow friends :) Awesome
Oh I would love to be able to hand feed mine, how did that come to be?
You still seem to impress us and make our day bright :) keep it up!
+Dillon The Bird Boy Thank you kindly, Dillon :)
+LesleytheBirdNerd My pleasure!
Wow what great footage!
+Slimy Weasles Thank you
Im sitting with my chicken, her name is muffin and shes my little buddy! She will pull at my clothes which i thought was a little odd and thought it was just the colors and print on my shirt, but i realized she was probably trying to preen me! She was sitting on my shoulder and pulling at my hair from the roots, and would pull her beak away like how she would with her feathers. Only thing is that my hair would get stuck in her beak. Haha i never thought id ever be preened by a chicken before! But i guess this means im a part of the flock now! I spend a lot of time with my chickens, and theyre all really tame and sit in my hammock with me from time to time. They all seem to enjoy my company, but muffin i think loves seeing me the most! Haha! Its very special to feel included by an animal and have it trust you and have it think of you as its family ❤️
they r all so cute
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing :O)
~Pat~
+blueskeye You are welcome :)
My pet cockatiel takes great care of her feathers. Every time she visits with me, she is so relaxed and even seems to preen the same areas. Then again, she is a bit of a ditz...
Beautiful and interesting video share. :-)
+ButterflySpirit Thank you :)
I really learned a lot for my kids vertural school
Спасибо за отличный ролик!
+Сергей Дручинин :) You are welcome. Thanks for the nice comment
I have just subscribed. I love your stuff!
+Dawn Morgenstern Thank you kindly, Dawn
Hey, would it be at all possible for me to use part of this clip in a compliation for an independent project which will hopefully be used as a massaging advert. I am not affiliated with any company.
Just subscribed.. Tnx for this.. Loved it..
Wonderful video loved it. Terry
+Terry Hancock Thank you, Terry
Nice. @2:19 How do you know it is "He"?
Sam Sen I honestly don't know if it is a he. I should of said "it" sorry about that
Oh not at all Lesley. I was only curious as to if there is a way to determine the gender, beside watching their behavior. Crows are not pretty but among the smartest of birds and always attract my attention. But then, lets take the opportunity and let you know that how much I appreciate all that you do in providing some of the BEST available bird related clips on UA-cam. Keep up the excellent job and please always remain the Bird Nerd that you are. Thanks for sharing, dearly.
Sam Sen wow Sam. I appreciate this comment very much. Thanks for the kind words and encouragement.
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My Zebra Finch is over preening his wife to the point that she has bald patches. Any one know how I stop this? Great video by the way.
That's plucking.
Our male wood duck loves to preen our chickens.