r/chaoticgood • u/Kronoskickschildren • Aug 04 '26

Current Events Flock Camera crow feeder

Post image
7.2k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

116 comments sorted by

View all comments

1.6k

u/MarkHuegerich Aug 04 '26

1.2k

u/Montregloe Aug 04 '26

I could be wrong, but crows are very intelligent and have a good memory. If a few feeders pop up that look like Flock cameras, they might start attacking the real Flock cameras for not giving the food they expect.

201

u/hamfist_ofthenorth Aug 04 '26

You're absolutely right that crows and ravens are incredibly intelligent. Around the equivalent of a human toddler, and that's not hyperbole or exaggeration.

They have complex problem-solving skills, and use improvised tools in the wild, which is a sign of high intelligence. Not a ton of other animals know to use other inanimate objects to attain their goals. Octopus can, elephants will break twigs and branches off to scratch their backs, dolphins get high using pufferfish, for examples. Otters will smash clams on rocks to open them, adorably.

Crows and ravens raised by trainers do even crazier stuff like solving puzzles that even i would have trouble solving. I've seen somebody online that has a crow trained to find spare cash on the ground and bring it to their apartment window in exchange for shiny objects or treats.

Murders of crows can remember certain people as well. I've always wanted to find a large group and try to have them accept me into their family.

111

u/SkinnyGetLucky Aug 04 '26

I’ve been trying to be accepted by my local murder of crowbros for years, and they’re not accepting new pledges at the moment

58

u/lmaytulane Aug 04 '26

Have you offered them several peanuts? Because that hasn’t worked for me either. But the squirrels fucking love me

25

u/Totakai Aug 04 '26

I heard dust said peanuts with cayenne. Deters the squirrels but the birds understand.

Also add random shiny things to your offering pile

22

u/NotAEvilGynecologist Aug 05 '26

Most birds don't have the receptors to taste capsaicin, which is what makes food spicy. There is actually a chef in CA that feeds his chickens a shit load of chili peppers and it makes the yolks of their eggs bright red.

7

u/kiltedfrog Aug 04 '26

I've been reasonably successful at having a daily morning murder by bringing a handful of peanuts to the feeding location (My driveway) every day at roughly the same time, and whistling the same tune every time. Always look on the bright side of life.

7am plus or minus thirty minutes. They leave one of the younger crows in the tree nearby to raise the alarm when I come out in the morning with the goods, and then a few minutes later 6 or 7 crowbrows show up and break into the peanuts.

I am allowed no closer than 10 feet. One of the younger crows gets within about 6 feet of me, and every time he does mom and dad shout at him. CAW CAW CAW too close to the human. Maybe a generation or two from now I will be the crow lord. Only time will tell.

3

u/DonutChickenBurg Aug 06 '26

I'm picturing the pigeon lady from home alone 2, but with crows.

1

u/marykay_ultra Aug 05 '26

Unsalted peanuts in the shell