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Bring stories and images of your encounters with crows, ravens, and other corvids. Link articles and anecdotes. Note here your literary references. Art welcome.
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They hang out around the outside of your house, wait for you to come out, squawk to get your attention, follow you around the neighborhood. If you don't remember to have treats on you, you feel guilty.
If you enjoy it, it can feel like you're a druid communing with animals, but if you decide you don't like it, it could feel like you're in an Alfred Hitchcock movie. Crows have good memories and they tell their offspring about people they like and don't like. They may just stalk you and wonder why you stopped feeding them.
It could also become a burden depending on your income level and how often you feed them and how big the local murder is. It's not expensive, but I'd just recommend anyone who wants to get into it be prepared for the cost.
Thanks, man. I think I'll do that!
How do you recommend feeding them? I imagine starting out by leaving a tray wouldn't help them associate it with you but would they just ignore you if you start tossing peanuts on the ground?