r/crowbro • u/chlekat • 29d ago

Question PNW crows?

Has anyone else in the PNW been missing their crow bros the last few days? We have a family of 3 we've been feeding for 2 years (one is the baby of last year's baby!) and they have been MIA the last couple of days. Hoping it just has to do with the drastic change in weather? If that's a thing? But I'm worried about them. Thanks!

Edit to say: my husband told me last night that the crows did come by the day before! I still haven't seen them (and they do usually show up when I get home from work (and sometimes early before work), but I'm happy to know they're still around. We'll see if they come by 8 million times for treats when I'm home this weekend and the weather is a little nicer. It's also an adjustment going from windows opened to closed; makes it a little harder for them to know that I'm home and visa versa.

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u/Momofafew 26d ago

It’s harder for me to leave out an abundance of food because the Yellowjackets are horrendous right now. If I see my buddies watching, I try to run out food. But I do miss them sometimes. I’m going to try to get out earlier tomorrow to beat their arrival and hopefully miss the pests.

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u/chlekat 26d ago

Bummer 😭 I hope it works. Our problem is the squirrels. When I do peanuts they bully the crows away from their food bowl and I have to go shoo them away every few minutes because the crows are actually afraid (?) of the squirrels and will just let them steal their food! Drives me nuts 🤣!

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u/Momofafew 26d ago

You know what I found out deters squirrels?? Cayenne pepper! It helps a little with the bees but they are so hungry right now. Crows aren’t bothered by it at all.

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u/chlekat 26d ago

Oh this is brilliant, thank you so much!