Dunking

We are always surprised by what we learn from the crow world.

Pat thought it would be nice for the crows to have drinking water available. She filled a bowl with water and placed it on the driveway for them. The next morning, she went out and gave the food call, caw, caw, caw, caw. It was only a few minutes before five crows landed and headed for the food.  Pat went back into the house and left them to their breakfast.  After a few minutes, she looked out the window to check on them. To her amazement, the crows were all picking up a piece of bread and dunking it in the water bowl before swallowing it. Pat always gave them fresh bread, but apparently it didn’t go down well.  It’s no big deal for crows, they just start dunking.

Dave Thomas

4/25/2024

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  1. If you want to keep those crows healthy you should never feed them bread. As an “elder” myself I was brought up on feeding birds stale bread and leftover crusts. Turns out, a steady diet of it is harmful and could cause death. We feed ours unsalted peanuts in the shell.

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