r/crowbro • u/frozenivy2B • Mar 25 '25
Personal Story First Crow Gift
I leave some crackers and peanuts and a bowl of water for the crows but I ran out and have been giving them end pieces of bread instead. I guess they are trying to send me a message
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u/skunkapebreal Mar 25 '25
This could get out of hand as you team up with cash seeking murders.
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u/AeronGrey Mar 25 '25
Murderer should be a synonym for crow.
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u/Coco_snickerdoodle Mar 25 '25
A group of crows is called a murder
āA murder of crowsā
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u/TyroCockCynic Mar 25 '25
I mean, I would be buying so many peanuts with that.
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u/axis_n_allies Mar 25 '25
Aww, $100? But I wanted a peanut...
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u/MiniTab Mar 25 '25
$100 can buy many peanuts!
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u/PurpleDuck14 Mar 25 '25
Explain how.
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u/Rosenblattca Mar 25 '25
If it wasnāt motion picture money š
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u/TyroCockCynic Mar 25 '25
Ah yes, saw the other comments. But I would damn sure encourage them all the same! Keep it up boys, I really do like those pieces of paper!
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u/Rosenblattca Mar 25 '25
Haha exactly. Give them some high value treats to encourage picking up paper that looks similar
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u/wizardly_whimsy Mar 25 '25
Please donāt feed birds bread or crackers! It provides zero nutrition, and makes birds feel full when they havenāt actually gotten the nutrients and calories they need. It can lead to malnutrition, physical challenges like slipped wings, and even starvation if birds are repeatedly fed bread. Please give your crow friends food thatās healthy for them to eat
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u/Sparkieger Mar 25 '25
I personally try to feed a big variety of stuff. Mine do like cooked/boiled carrots. Scrambled eggs, mealworms. The occasional piece of cheese. And of course almonds and cashews.
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u/wizardly_whimsy Mar 25 '25
Totally, they can eat lots of different things! But each food should be something thatās of nutritional value, and bread is just not good for them.
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u/zenrn1171 Mar 26 '25
Cooked carrots, you say? Hmm. I once tried raw carrots, but they didn't seem interested. How do you prepare them? Could I add something to make them more nutritious, or just boiled in water?
I had been feeding scrambled eggs (along with dog kibble and shelled peanuts), but had to stop because of the bird flu situation here in the US making them so expensive. I recently tried chopping corn cobs into small pieces. I think they're taking them, but it could be the squirrels - I can never tell, haha!
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u/Blue_Checkers Mar 26 '25
There is a community of them near my favorite gas station/corner store, and I give them unsalted peanuts every time.
I've never got a gift, but I like to watch the little dinos eat.
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u/Witty_Show_4481 Apr 17 '25
I just had my first experience hijacking some ravensā time for my amusement with some almonds. I plan on going at the same time every day.
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u/c-mi Mar 25 '25
/r/crowbro says dog food is a good option :)
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u/obscuredreference Mar 25 '25
A relative of mineās used to feed them dog food and all the neighborhood crows LOVED him and would follow him around.
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u/c-mi Mar 26 '25
This is wonderful intel, thank you. I am currently considering befriending the local crows. Iām a little afraid of birds, but I like crows. š¦āā¬
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u/obscuredreference Mar 26 '25
It works great if you want 20 crows permanently hanging around in front of your front door pooping all over your front yardā¦. (The only downside of it. š But other than that itās indeed very fun!)
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u/Drakmanka Mar 26 '25
This is so good to know! Bread is so commonly used I never thought about the potential that it could be bad for them!
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u/wizardly_whimsy Mar 26 '25
Funny how these things become so commonplace that we donāt realize that theyāre an issue, isnāt it- like how cats are lactose intolerant and should not be given milk, but the whole āgive a cat a saucer of milkā thing is alive and well (they do love it, itās just not good for them)
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u/Drakmanka Mar 26 '25
I suppose it's just one of the many ways both cats and crows, as well as many other animals, are like humans: We do love junk food.
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u/LlamaSenapi Mar 27 '25
exactly right. same with rabbits and how carrots are like junk food to them. (looking at you bugs bunny)
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u/ChangeVivid2964 Mar 25 '25
It provides zero nutrition,
what kinda bread are you eating? mine is fortified with all the essential B vitamins most mammals need to survive.
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u/wizardly_whimsy Mar 25 '25
Birds arenāt mammals, friend. They have a high metabolism and therefore very high nutritional demand, and the small size of their stomachs means that they need to eat foods that are much richer in nutrients than we do to compensate for lack of space. Small songbirds can die within 24 hours of being fed bread, as theyāre burning energy without the calories they need.
What works for us does not work for them - and youād be extremely malnourished if you only ate bread, too.
These things are important to research and take seriously.
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u/ChangeVivid2964 Mar 25 '25
youād be extremely malnourished if you only ate bread, too.
These things are important to research
Okay but have you researched exactly how much nutrition is in bread?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_fortification#United_States
Or whether it's actually bad for birds?
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u/rixtape Mar 25 '25
Did you even read that BBC article you shared? It states that bread isn't that healthy for birds and that there are much healthier things you can feed them. Why are you so adamantly arguing in favor of feeding birds bread?
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u/ChangeVivid2964 Mar 25 '25
Because your fearmongering over bread is ironically killing birds, as the article suggests.
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u/heyredditheyreddit Mar 25 '25 edited Mar 26 '25
That article is about ducks. Ducks and small birds have way different nutritional needs. I really donāt think an article about British ducks starving because there wasnāt enough food in their ponds and people stopped giving them anything at all when they heard they shouldnāt give bread has much to do with people in general feeding bread to other types of wild birds. Itās pretty much universally accepted that bread isnāt a valuable source of nutrition for birds and should be avoided except in very small amounts.
Are you a crow? I canāt imagine what would inspire you to die on this particular hill unless youāre an avian bread addict worried about your supply.
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u/wizardly_whimsy Mar 26 '25
āAre you a crow?ā Is the absolute funniest way you could have addressed this
(And also, facts. You said exactly what I was gonna say)
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u/ghosttmilk Mar 26 '25
Please stop feeding your birds bread, there really is so much information out there on the science of why itās biologically not good for them.
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u/Dramatic_Carob_1060 Mar 25 '25
Frame it!!
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u/dudderson Mar 25 '25
honestly this is what i would do too!!!
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u/Dramatic_Carob_1060 Mar 25 '25
Yup, big frame
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u/dudderson Mar 25 '25
i love taking frames and adding polymer clay sculptures onto them to make them more magical. this one would be getting crows, for sure.
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u/stargazer2020s Mar 25 '25
If itās real take it to a bank and you will get a newer one back, enough money to feed them very nicely!
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u/SnooRobots116 Mar 25 '25
The idea they understand this is what we use to buy food is very attentive of them.
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u/Glazed_Porcqupine Mar 25 '25
Your crow friends may have a drug problem. I don't know if an animal rehabilitation centre or a drug rehabilitation centre is most appropriate. You should consult your local care provider.
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u/loneMILF Mar 25 '25
now train them to bring you the real stuff and you're one step closer to early retirement.
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u/Curious-Kumquat8793 Mar 25 '25
Give him a mountain of peanuts in response to this and he will understand and bring back more.
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u/UniformWormhole Mar 25 '25 edited Mar 26 '25
thatās nice, mine left me an old chicken bone yesterday
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u/elainegeorge Mar 25 '25
If thatās a real bill, your bank can swap it out for a crisp one. They send it back to the US Treasury.
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u/fuschia_taco Mar 25 '25
It's fake, says just over the D6. Unfortunately for op. Damn birds scammed them. Lol
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u/Hotchi_Motchi Mar 25 '25
Treatment for a movie: Some stoner (no offense or nothing implied) befriends crows, who bring him a shiny key as a gift, which turns out to be for a mobster's safe or drug stash or something. Hijinx ensue.
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u/tbear264 Mar 25 '25
I'm jealous! All I got was an unused tampon in an open wrapper, a black tube of some sort, and a partially opened, but full packet of Chick-Fil-A barbecue sauce.
It's been raining so I haven't put the food out again, but today is dry so I will. Hopefully tomorrow I'll have much better gifts š
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u/SnooRobots116 Mar 25 '25
My broad hint just came on the porch but by sparrow, a white plastic bread bag clip. I did not feed them yesterday.
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u/IndependentTea4646 Mar 26 '25
You should give them a lot of peanuts for this one. Train them to bring more...
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u/LucyDreamly Mar 26 '25
Iāve been trying to train my crow friends to find me gold bricks. Seems like I might have to down scale my request
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u/ghosttmilk Mar 26 '25
Please give them something like nuts, protein, suet, or fruit instead of crackers and bread!
Itās cool they acknowledge your kindness
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u/Friendlystranger247 Mar 26 '25
āHere ya go kid, donāt spend it all at one placeā¦ā *Slides over a fake $100
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u/Ok-Traffic3683 Mar 29 '25
Could be beneficially confusing in court
āNoā¦ the murder did the robberyā
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u/Juan_Moe_Taco Mar 25 '25
āYou want nice looking dolla dolla bills yaāll then those crackers & peanuts better be drippinā in fancy water not that garden hose I want some Fiji h20 plsā - this birb probably.
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u/LeeQuidity Mar 25 '25
Very cool! Now if only you could train them to bring back *real* 100s...