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There is this little crow at Piazetta Savoia in Cagliari who left its nest a bit early two weeks ago. The staff of the surrounding gastronomy fed it and now it is absolutely not scared of people and hangs around there. Doing all kinds of dorky baby crow stuff. Really crazy to see, never seen this before. It made me jump just now, as it nibbled on my sandals as I am writing this.

I passed by here earlier in the morning and was glad to not see it here, so it does seem to have a bit of a life outside of the Piazetta.

I am no crow expert, but I know that it quite often happens that crows leave their nest too early and then keep sitting on the ground. That does not mean the parents don't care for it anymore, but they may still be feeding it. So I would not just pick up a sitting baby crow before observing if the parents are still there for it. It could take a couple hours though.

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Hot day (i.imgur.com)
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One of my neighbors keeps a duck in his yard that I hear when taking a walk. This rooftop crow was making a particular call nearby in alteration with the duck (barely audible in this video). I've not heard these short frequent caws from a crow before, so it definitely seems like he's intentionally imitating the duck.

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Black (lemmy.world)
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Caw & Coo (lemmy.ml)
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Hello. If you read this you are personally invited to the [email protected] community 😊

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Sorry for picture quality, that window is really dirty 😅

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I was taking a walk and heard a mockingbird making absolutely furious noises that I’d never heard before, and then saw the crow, so I knew something was up. The crow disappeared into a tree for a few moments, and shortly emerged victorious with its prize. The mockingbird threw itself at the crow throughout the entire process in a valiant effort to protect its eggs, but it wasn’t enough.

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Taken at the University of Alberta.

Now the official bird of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Crow Fight (i.imgur.com)
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This is the tail end of a crow fight. Two crows were on the ground in a tussle and the others showed up. Eventually the crow’d flew away.

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