Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 15:36:40 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Toni & Bob Hartman Subject: Re: Crow visit MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I agree with Parke that crows are the shyest birds that come to feeders (those at our house, anyway). If I sit still on the deck, other birds seem to forget that I'm there, or decide that I'm not a threat. Crows, however, won't come to the feeders if they can see me at all, even if I've been completely still for a long time. Is this an indication of higher intelligence, or at least longer memory? Are ravens similarly cautious? Aren't they supposedly quite intelligent also? Bob Hartman Colesville, MD Parke H John wrote: > What they don't like is people. I have a feeder just for my local > American Crows. I feed them whole corn and dry dog food. They also like > old bait fish and old suet scraps. They are very reluctant to come in my > yard. They only show very early in the morning and usually one or two > feed while the others watch/wait. They are the most hesitant birds that > feed. Any noise or movement by me in the window, will flush them. > > Parke. > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================