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[Gorgf]

@We rescue cats   I  also have a feeding pan with water and the crows  like to drink and bathe. Other animals drink also.They seem so hot in the summer with their beaks hanging open. I often have old  bread for them. Sometimes  they take the bread and soak it in the water to soften it and then eat.  They come in late afternoon to check for food. They scold each other alot.

They really help clean up the small animal road kill. If a deer is on the side of the road the Eagles are dominant and the crows wait.

[geezerette]

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@Enufstuff wrote:

@just bee @geezerette @Citrine1@On It@cheriere 

    I just looked up the origin of the term "murder of crows".

According to a PBS website, it is a poetic term that orginated

in 15th century England, based on old folk tales and superstitions.

One is that crows come together to decide the fate of another crow.

Another is that crows are an omen of death, seen flying where there is a dead or dying body.

People associate their black feathers with death

According to an Ornithologist, scientists would call them a flock of crows.

  I just remembered that my orange and black decorated Fall wreath, has a crow on it. I usually put it out at the end of September.

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@Enufstuff 

And then there's this ...

"The origin of the term murder meaning flock of crow has much to do with the scavenging nature of this and other corvids. Historically the presence of the gallows and slaughter on the battlefields would have provided rich pickings for our two species of crow."

BBC Wildlife magazine 

[Enufstuff]

@geezerette   Yes, they are seen where there are dead or dying bodies. But, how clever for them know the meaning of the gallows and a meal to follow!

[just bee]

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@Enufstuff wrote:

@geezerette   Yes, they are seen where there are dead or dying bodies. But, how clever for them know the meaning of the gallows and a meal to follow!

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@Enufstuff 

[River Song]

Feeding bread to wild birds offers them absolutely no nutrition.  It fills up their tiny stomachs, making them feel full, but is useless to them.  If you don't believe me, Google it.  Feeding bread to wild birds is not recommended.

[We rescue cats]

@geezerette   Google Crow Funeral . . . to me crows are fascinating.

[SilleeMee]

One time I witnessed a group of three crows kill a cat in my front yard. The way they went about doing that was beyond words. It was so clever and ingenious I couldn't believe my eyes. I had no idea, before that happened, just how smart they really are. 

[geezerette]

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@We rescue cats wrote:

@geezerette   Google Crow Funeral . . . to me crows are fascinating.

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@We rescue cats 

Yes, I find them fascinating as well.  I have had a family of crows visiting my property this summer almost every evening.  Very interesting to observe.

And as an aside to the "murder" term, a group of vultures feeding on a carcass is called a "wake".

[just bee]

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@SilleeMee wrote:

One time I witnessed a group of three crows kill a cat in my front yard. The way they went about doing that was beyond words. It was so clever and ingenious I couldn't believe my eyes. I had no idea, before that happened, just how smart they really are. 

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@SilleeMee 

They must have been from Albuquerque.

[Kachina624]

Isn't Facebook a great source of information?  I belong to several groups and hav3 learned so m7ch from them.

People here act like Facebook is nothing but a den of thieves and scammers.