[Mnbird] Crow Behavior

[Stephen Hedman]

Hi Cindy,

This is usual behavior for all members of the Corvidae family which
includes jays and crows.  For whatever reason known only to themselves,
they are great stashers.  I have observed crows doing this same type of
hiding in my yard though it was with peanuts.  How they eventually find
things, if indeed they do, is beyond me.  I do put out peanuts on my deck
and quickly jays and crows descend to grab one or two and fly off to either
bury them or tuck them in some nook or cranny.  Sometimes they will bury
the peanuts in the ground and cover their stash with leaves or whatever.



Amazing family of birds.



Steve

St. Louis County

On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 3:20 PM Brian and Cindy Drill via Mnbird <
mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote:

> Good afternoon--
>
> While I have certainly seen crows interacting enough in my neighborhood,
> I witnessed something this afternoon I do not recall seeing before.  A
> crow dropped into my front yard with something in its beak (we have a
> neighbor who apparently tosses all old bread out for the birds, I have
> had squirrels stash entire hot dog buns in the carport rafters).  The
> crow set the object down on the ground, then pounded into the soil with
> its bill until it had made a hole.  It then placed its item into the
> hole, tucking it in a time or two, and then walked around in a small
> area collecting leaves off the ground and returning to conceal its
> larder with the leaves.  It was quite a show.  Maybe I have to stop
> blaming squirrels for every random thing that pops up in my yard?  Cindy
> in North Mankato
>
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