Caretakers 101
It's interesting watching the body language of the baby crows. In spite of the fact that they pick scraps up off the ground, they still hound the heck out of their caretakers. 'considering the un mated adult siblings also help with the care and feeding of the fledglings, along with the parents, I call them the caretakers' I wonder if the mother bird could do this alone? In spite of the fact that they can pick food up off the ground, they squawk and stand in front of them fluttering their wings with wide open beaks demanding food. They appear to hound the heck out of them. Put yourself in their place, can you imagine 3 of them blocking your every movement with wide open beaks, "crying feed me, feed me"? As the adults hop away, they will suddenly turn and cram bits of scraps down their beaks. They are interesting little critters to watch. It look like I have about 6 crows now. With all the demands that 3 young chicks make on their parents I can't imagine them raising anymore then one brood per summer.
My puppy (just a little tyke a year old now) which I named Foxy, seems to find barking as an enjoyable activity, barking at anything and everything. She gets in the window and barks at the crows, spooking them to fly off. Unfortunately she is deterring my observations. Seems the crows would realize this annoyance to be harmless.
The bluejays are still around, with no intentions of leaving. As I stated in an earlier post they also brought their babies to my backyard, still in the process of feeding them until a couple weeks ago. I think the babies are now on their own? Last week I observed bluejays swooping down at the crows (trying to drive them away I assume) But the crows seemed unconcerned of their threats. I guess the bluejays decided they wanted to take over the area? I am still relocating red squirrels. Perhaps the only solution is to get a cat?