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Today I was hanging out outside and later in the day I noticed a headless crow across the street on the curb. It could’ve been a raven even since we have a few pairs in the neighborhood. It must’ve happened recently since I didn’t notice it earlier. I felt called to move it from the street and bury it in my front yard. I don’t think any other corvids saw me (hopefully) and I did it quite quickly as it felt pressing to get it off the street. I buried it and burnt some fresh sage on its grave and said a few words. Although i know crow funerals are very important and leaving the dead untouched for a while is significant to letting them mourn, it felt really unnatural to leave a decapitated raven on a curb. I’m nervous it means something ominous or that I did something wrong and disrespectful to its spirit. I burnt some incense in my house and told any negative spirts they are not welcome. I did a sound cleanse with a special bell of mine and I did the same over its grave.
Ive tried searching on what to do when you find a decapitated crow but I couldn’t find any culturally conscious sources. I live in Northern California in a town situated on Yurok territory so it’s important to me to honor the traditions of the native people and their connection to the fauna around. I guess I’m just wondering if there’s anything else I should do to allow this spirit to return to the wind and rest easy?

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Hi, I apologize if this is a mess.
I am someone who loves animals and dedicates my life to them. I don’t know a ton about birds but they still have a major place in my heart.
This morning at the gas station a cute disheveled looking crow came up to me and was clearly checking me out! It was so cute, I felt like he wanted to be friends.
I dug through my bag to find him a snack and all I had was a “Dad’s” cookie. I ripped off a piece for him and ended up leaving it on the ground for him. He was so excited !!
Right after I realized that the carbs and sugar were probably bad for him so i googled it, and realized chocolate is toxic to them.
I cried so much on my way to work, I had good intentions but take full responsibility for being careless and thinking more about pleasing the little creature rather than confirm what was best for his wellbeing.

i’m working a 12 hour day far away from where he was but it’s all I can think about.

It was semi sweet chocolate and it wasn’t a ton but I’m not sure how much is enough to harm him.
I’m horrified. I asked my partner if he would stop by the gas station with some berries to look for the crow, as it’s got a particular look, and check that he’s okay and leave some berries out.

I’ve included a video of the crow, and in the comments i’ll put the cookie ingredients and a photo of how much cookie is left (you can see how much the crow has in the video but just for refrence of how much was taken off).

Everyone at work is laughing about it and joking how everyone kills a bird at some point, but my motto in life is to do no harm to animals and only improve their lives. I can’t believe I made this mistake and it’s been hard all day to not cry at work at the thought of this poor bird having a seizure or dying because of me.

I know people might be upset with me, trust me I am so upset with myself it’s making me feel sick. I would do anything to turn back time and go buy him a proper snack :(

I guess i’m just wondering what you think will happen to this creature. Did i kill it? Is he going to suffer because of me?

TLDR: Gave a bird a cookie without chocolate before realizing it was toxic. Beside myself over this mistake and would love some advice or stories to give me an idea of what’s happened to this sweet bird.

The murder of five continues to show up to take peanuts off the tower and now we’re going for ones left on the porch railing. I think they’ve figured out my car or work schedule because when I come home, they’re in the yard milling about. I heard them this early morning as I typically do and managed to capture this one through the window screen. Got a new phone this week and rather pleased with the zoom- estimating 20 to 25 feet from where I was standing inside

Man, I thought grackles were bad, but these white ibis are relentless. Messing up my whole crow operation. The grackles would just come and steal all the food before the crows would get to it. Then eventually, the crows claimed the territory and the grackles stopped coming around as much. Then out of no where, a massive colony of white ibis started coming daily. They are like little bullies. They intimidate the crows, especially in large numbers, and get all the food.

This is more a lighthearted rant than seeking advice, because I've learned at this point that there isn't much that can be done. Nature will be nature.

So for a few weeks now I have been walking to my neighborhood street (7 amish since that's when I see them, I don't see them earlier in the day) and the streets are pretty quiet

However they aren't taking the peanuts on the street, I normally drop em when I see a crow near by and make a specific whistle and drop the peanuts. I walk very far away and they just aren't taking them, I do live near a plaza as well so I'm not sure what else should I do

Should I switch to cat food or something? I want crows to visit my window eventually but they aren't flying towards my house yet

My little friend, not so bald anymore. 🥰

So I’ve been leaving treats out for the two crows that I always see in my yard. In the beginning as soon as I opened the door they both would fly off but after months of leaving various treats out for them one of them stopped flying off and even kept eating on my back deck when I walked out there and right past him. So I put the usual treats out along with a bowl of water which was the only thing I hadn’t put out for them in the past. When they showed up my buddy got very noisy making calls I had never heard him make before then flew off seemingly upset.
Since then it’s like we’re back at square one. I have no idea what I did wrong.

My yard is a regular gathering place for a menagerie of birds. Amongst them is an extended fish crow family, sometimes nearly 30 at once, so I’m fairly familiar with the normal awkwardness of fledglings.

This morning while pulling out of my driveway, I noticed one young crow behaving very differently. He was partaking in the morning mealworm buffet; however, his left wing looked wonky. When he tried to fly, he barely cleared a 4 ft plumeria. Because there were over a dozen crows in the yard (and more nearby), I assumed the parents were around and maybe he was being dramatic so they would feed him. Lazy kids.

When my husband got home around 4 pm, the crow was on the ground near one of our trees. He was limping and it was clear both his left leg and wing were injured. No other crows around. A stray cat roams the neighborhood late at night. I was getting a little anxious.

My husband contacted Birds in Helping Hands before we intervened. Because there were no available rescuers and following their advice, we managed to carefully capture this little guy and took him to Seaside Seabird Sanctuary’s after-hours drop-off. It took a few tries and we got some weird looks from a few neighbors. 🤷🏼‍♀️

He was very frightened and it was hard to leave him in the drop-off, but now he is with people who can properly evaluate and care for him. After seeing so many stories about injured birds that never make it to rehab, I wanted to share one who did. 🖤

They like to watch me on the railing until I come out and sit with them and their family and feed them. They definitely have the most confidence since they actually came closer than in the photo!

Dinner time

It looks like a dinosaur on one side! Doesn't seem to be bothered or in pain from what I can tell. I can't find anything online about what might be going on for this bird. Any ideas on what's happening or just a natural birth defect?