Spyke
lemmy.world

They have the money but probably aren’t allowed in the stores to buy it themselves.

It’s either

1.) Facilitating the financial self-sufficiency of local avian wildlife or

2.) The bird equivalent of buying alcohol for your kid cousins who are standing outside the liquor store.

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lemmy.blahaj.zone

if you happen to find yourself in a similar situation where you're the sugar daddy for a murder of crows, get them some nice peanuts and sunflower seeds instead! bread isn't good for birds!

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argarathreply
lemmy.world

Bird furries tend to use OvO instead because the v looks like a beak owo

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Username does not check out. My crow friends love meatballs.

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Jay
lemmy.ca

I kinda wish all the stray/feral cats I've befriended would start coughing up some cash once in awhile instead of dead mice and hairballs for me.

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lemmy.ca

The photo is of a raven, not a crow. That said, exchanges of this sort with corvids has always been a bucket list item of mine.

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Juicereply
midwest.social

What is the difference between a raven and a crow? One major difference is that ravens have 3 pinion feathers on each wing, whereas crows only have two.

So its really just a difference of a pinion

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Goddamnit. Sitting here ready to subscribe to crow facts and you got me with a freakin pinion joke.

Well done.

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lemmy.world

Apparently, ravens are so huge that if you see one you will not be in doubt that it can't be a crow. At least that's what I've been told.

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lemmy.world

TBF even crows are a lot bigger than what I always thought crows were. I've seen them up close since I've been feeding my local murder peanuts, and these guys are the size of roaster chickens.

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The guy that told me this lives close by, and we have plenty of crows here. His way of saying it made it clear that the "chicken-sized" crows we have around here are small compared to a raven.

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Ledivinreply
lemmy.world

This is how it was explained to me by a very elderly, birdwatching family member... If you ever go "whoa, that's a really big crow," you're probably wrong

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Yup. The few I met at Yellowstone were approaching small eagle size.

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Yup. They also have a way bigger beak and "scruffier" looking feathers, which is what I noticed in the pic. I love birds.

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True in Europe and the US, but not everywhere. Corvids are a hugely successful animal class, and there are related species all over the world locally called crows and ravens. Some places the local species called ravens are bigger. Other places the local species called crows are bigger.

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Same!! 🥺 I have a bunch that live by me, but they have a far enough range so I don’t see them every day and can’t seem to get their attention. Any corvid experts here that can give me some tips?

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It's bold of Anon to assume that the crows are not earning the money legitimately.

That's racist.

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I've been feeding roasted (and unsalted) peanuts to my local crows for three years now. Those ungrateful bastards haven't given me shit in return. One time I thought they had given me some little seeds and berries, but I realized they had just puked those up to make room for the peanuts.

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Do you have a designated table you put the peanuts on?

I knew a guy years ago who managed to start trading with the crows in our neighborhood by having a table with two sections, one with bird snackies, the other empty (I think he may have put some foil there at one point?) so they'd have a place to put their payment.

The always got little plastic things, bits of mylar, twistie ties and what not.

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lemmy.world

Do you have a designated table you put the peanuts on?

Lol I get enough abuse from my neighbors for feeding the crows as it is. If I put out a crow table they're going to sic ICE on me.

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Start messing with the crows while dressed as ICE, then when they do show up the crows will know what to do.

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lemmy.world

ungrateful bastards

You know maybe if you have them better nuts than peanut they'd be more appreciative. Also cold hard cash.

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ryedaftreply
sh.itjust.works

Are legumes okay for crows? I know they are omnivores (really interesting to see their bigger cousins, the ravens, pick off ducklings). Especially peanuts that become kinda weird when you chew them. Crows have gizzards, right?

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That's just one distribution method of the mint. They find dollars go through more hands on average if they are given to crows by this man's lake. He should not feel guilty for stimulating my economy.

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Buy them some unsalted peanuts or walnuts. They will worship you as the god you are.

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They also like boiled eggs... ...source - our local crows at the park

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lemmy.dbzer0.com

a lot of people have trained crows to steal money for them… it’s very illegal….
probably not getting cash from restaurant tables.:.
people have also trained ferrets to steal jewelry and used them as burglars….

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hemkoreply
lemmy.dbzer0.com

It's not "training crows to steal money", it's introducing crows to capitalism

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I wanna believe that to be true and can't be bothered to look it up. So, I now know why ferrets are illegal in California!

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ozymandiasreply
lemmy.dbzer0.com

yes, get a transparent lock and picks from any large online retailer….
they’re cheap, easy, fun, and drastically increases your chances of survival in a zombie apocalypse

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Zorsithreply
lemmy.blahaj.zone

Alas, possession of lock picks is the crime for my locale. Id love to get into it when i can get put of here tho

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ozymandiasreply
lemmy.dbzer0.com

it’s usually only a crime if you have possession of them while committing another crime…

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abbotsburyreply
lemmy.world

Raccoons have opposable thumbs and thief masks, definitely S tier lockpicker race

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I think so too, but how are their teaching skills? I want to cause a multi-generational problem of raccoons robbing vending machines.

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A black bear in the Adirondacks (her name was Yellow-Yellow) learned and is believed to have taught her cubs how to open BearVault canisters. she was shot in 2012 but Adirondack bears continue chewing through canisters...

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I wish the crows around my parts would do that. The ones around here just generally act like a menace to society.

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