Update On Some Neighborhood Acquaintances: Crow Coaxing

A few months ago I posted about crows (ok, so I'm pretty sure mine are ravens, not crows, so I'm just gonna call them corvids...sue me) because I planned to try building friendly terms with one or two of them in my area. Since then, I've had a bit of progress. They're very cautious, neophobic animals, even more than your average wild critter. Going into it with this awareness, I don't expect much for a while.

Still, the mated pair who seem to have monopolized a few blocks around the house as their preferred haunt have definitely come to recognize me. Corvids are good at that anyway, but they don't fly away usually when I approach to drop off a small snack.

They also seem to recognize a sound I reserve for these occasions. Nothing fancy, I just click three or four times every five or six seconds. Corvids have general patterns they follow with their calls. A total lack of rhythm and structured repetition tends to be negative, connotating danger or some turmoil in the area. Controlled rounds of a sound repeated at intervals are much more relaxed and commonplace, to signify normality. That's the impression researchers have gotten from observation, at least.

I put just a few pieces of crow-safe food in a particular place where they know to expect a lumbering giant to visit. There's a fence post with nothing attached next to a power pole/street light where they like to rest sometimes, in full view of most of their favorite area. I drop the snack atop the relative safety of the post, which is about seven feet high to prevent some scavenger interference and predator threats.

Then I walk away.

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Here's a sample of what I've listened to as I write, to share a bit of fun.

I vaguely recall encountering this band's music in the past, but this song makes me think I'll be hearing much more of them.
CHVRCHES - Leave A Trace

Parov Stelar - Booty Swing

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