The ideal crow befriending clothes

part 2 : don't put it in a .Jar

I've worked at a bird rescue center and had to take care of hundreds of corvids. If you want them to like you, give them bugs, specifically, crickets and mealworms. They also eat wet dog food. It was the main food we gave them. Something around 20% protein. You put the food with enough water and let it in the fridge for 24 hours. They like it better than seeds and nuts. Seeds and nuts they'll eat in winter to summer and late summer to winter they'll like fruits and berries. Dog food they eat year-round and insects are considered a treat. Young corvids are more likely to befriend you. You can notice this on jackdaws because they lack the feathers that cover the sides of the beak and their eyes have a more bright blue color. They are very playful but very demanding. They used to pull my earlobes demanding food or attention, scream into my ears, jump on top of my head and pull my hair, perch on my shoulders, pull on my laces and my apron and my pants, and steal the pincers I used to feed them with. Oh, and if you're gonna pet them, not on the wings, tail, or body feathers. Only the head. Birds produce a fatty oil to make themselves waterproof and our human skin oil destroys that. It's very costly for them to produce that oil. In my experience, jackdaws will get closer than any other corvids, then crows, then magpies.

All crows are friend-shaped.

"My neighbours don't want rats all over the place. ... for some reason." Never change LiJ?, never change.

My Uncle, back in the early 1990's saved a Crow that had a broken wing. He cared for it, took it in. When it was eventually repairing well, he took it out into his garden and kept it in a parrots cage and eventually it was ready for the big outdoors again, so released it. For several years after, the Crow stayed in the area and would often come down and see my Uncle personally in his garden, most probably as to say thanks for saving his life! 🙏

The fact that you got something shiny in return on your plate is proof that you made at least one grateful birdy friend.

Well done. A couple tips; Corvids like cat and dog food. Get as high quality as you can afford. If you drop or throw short, don't move forward and pick up. If it's on the ground, it's theirs. If you pick it up, you're a thief. Walk away from it for them to retrieve. After your walk, go to your balcony, make your noise, and show the food. Try to do the walk/feed at the same time everyday. Soon enough, they will be tapping your window at "Meal time".

Thinking outside the jar ... brilliant!!

My uncle had a pet crow he called Lugnut. It was the smartest bird I've ever seen and could catch food tossed in the air like a dog being thrown a frisbee. He would bring shiny things to my uncle all the time; coins, rings, rocks, screws, bolts, and you might have guessed it, lugnuts. He got the name 'Lugnut' because one of his neighbors told him about this crazy crow that swooped down and stole one of his lugnuts as he was changing a flat tire. Presumably to gift to my uncle moments later.

I live in a small town and I started feeding corvids about two years ago. My goal was to have something similar to a pet because I couldn't have one at home. Now I'm the fatherbird of a murder of about 200 jackdaws. Mostly of the time they show up in groups of about 50 when walk to the bus when I wake up. But one time I fed them and they kept coming like a storm and I certainly did not have that much peanuts. It is amazing being greeted every morning

The other day I was walking home from work through a Norwegian city that shall remain unnamed. When I rounded the corner by the harbor I suddenly saw a murder of about a dozen crows kind of milling or hovering around the building on the opposite side of the street. From behind the building stepped a long-haired, somewhat gruff man with a long brown beard, a drooping wide-brimmed hat and a walking stick. The crows were all following him. For all I knew it was old Yggr himself out for a stroll. Whoever it was, he looked like the peak of contentedness.

Bruh is living the dream. Ravens are peak corvid. He did it! A gift!

The little charm they left for you is cute!

IS THIS A DREAM? I LOVE CROWS AND I LOVE THESE TYPES OF VIDEOS AND I LOVE LIFE IN JARS AND LIFE IN JARS MADE THIS TYPE OF VIDEO THIS IS CRAZY Edit; also the reason pigeons trust you way more is because theyre actually among the first domesticated animals. They are domesticated pretty much like cats

Seconding one of the other commenters: Shelled, unsalted peanuts is a MAJOR hit with corvids. They're obviously fun to open, and they don't have to compete with pigeons for them since pigeons aren't able to open them at all. The jackdaws and the magpies can only really carry one peanut at a time, but my crows here sometimes takes 3-4 of them. And you'll likely see some crow caching as well 😁

in the UK it is tradition that a Magpie alone is seen as bad luck, to alleviate luck, one must salute the Magpie and greet him most graciously, inquiring on his health and that of his family. "How do you do, Mr Magpie, Sir? How goes your lady wife and darling children?" or other such greetings, and for some, just a salute can suffice.

Literally dropped everything I was doing to come inside and watch this video.

Part of the reason the pigeons came so close is because they are domesticated! Pigeons were bred for generations to trust humans, the ones we see all over cities are the feral pigeon population. The reason they're so destructive in cities is because they don't have the proper diet (almost entirely seeds are what they need, if i remember correctly) which makes their waste extremely acidic. In healthy birds the waste can even be composted to make really good fertilizer, though when it inst composted it tends to be too high in nitrogen for delicate plants. Pigeons aren't necessarily stupid, they were just made to trust us :D

I'm glad we have this video as evidence for when the crowpocalyse happens so we know who is responsible for teaching crows how to sustain humans in sealed jars for years

So I raised a baby squirrel that I found in my backyard. He had fire ants all over him. He lives outside during the day. I helped him build his first drey in the bathroom. So that's where he sleeps at night. But I feed all the squirrels and crows, and red-bellied woodpeckers that want to eat. I make the same sound that you made. But when I call Rocky, my squirrel, they ALL come. They think that's the signal. I can even feed them by hand! It's so much fun!!!

Look at this distinguished gentleman! Wearing his best suit! Hello from Amsterdam, i'm a local and a big fan of your channel, and i've also begun befriending the crows in my neighbourhood

This is on my bucket list of things to do, honestly. I love crows, such an intelligent birb!

Wow, I really didn't think the crow @7:25 was gonna notice. Also, I really like this idea for a video series it seems interesting so thanks for sharing it with us.

Love the suit man! You look like an old poet handling those crows

If you make this into a new series, I’d definitely get invested. Always fascinated by their intelligence

I appreciate the realistic approach, this is actually what it's like to train a bird.

Nice suit!

Not going to lie the thumbnail made me think of the 10th doctor

as an individual who is also just startng their crow-befriending-journey, i cannot tell you how much this video speaks to me

God damn, looking dapper! Corvids, jars, three piece suits. You have it all 👌

I've befriended a *few* crows in my life. Looking them in the eyes is one way of communicating with them. Clicks, whistles and learning crow calls is great. Still in the shell unsalted Peanuts and still shelled unsalted sunflower seeds (they will love you for the enrichment alone), decent dog food, and berries are all great foods to share. You can start eating with them which makes them even more comfortable.

Look at you being all dapper and a David Tennant Doctor Who lookalike! Fun fact, pigeons don't run from humans because we domesticated them over 9,000 years ago.

I became accidental friends with a small murder of crows because I would feed them mice from my traps every morning. They would make a ruckus until I brought out a dead mouse. When I ran out as in no mice trapped for days, I would have to go out and apologize that there was no mouse that morning. For 4 days they did this and I felt bad I had no mice! Then one day they were quiet and not waiting any more.

Thank you for your videos. I had an encounter with a crow while working on someone's house. I shared some of my peanuts with a pair of them for a couple of days. I went back to work there after a couple of months and the crows either recognized my truck (I was placing the food on top of my truck) or me, as they came and landed on top of the truck staring at me. They are very interesting creatures. I will be waiting for part 2. Nice suit by the way.

Oh my gosh, incredible. A gift after just 2 weeks? I didn't realize they were so bold/peanut motivated to accept your presence so readily! I definitely want to try this.

Magnificent beings. Such glossy black feathers.

If you ever find some time, you should look up Canuck. He was a very famous (as far as crows go) Canadian crow and even has a documentary. Canadians love our crows but we only have magpies on the west side of the country. Yesterday I sat on my lawn and fed chicken scraps to a crow the size of a puppy! They’ve given me pellets 2x, I may even have a video of it on one of my playlists. When I want them to know I’m out, I always say “hello crow hello” and in return, when I’m not in a window and they are hungry, I will hear them from the tree “hello”. I fed them turkey necks all winter because we had such large amounts of snow for a long time. Don’t get me started on the pigeons that live on my roof. I loves them. Oh and the bluejays respond to “where’s my pretty bird” and will come from out of nowhere for peanuts and cracked corn 🤗. Enjoy your new friends and don’t piss them off 😉🤣

This is the content I've been desperately craving in my life

The true watermark of corvid friendship is when they attack your enemies. We've read the greentext. God speed on your journey.

Researchers often use Cheetos to attract them, as the bright orange color stands out and it is a rarer food to find, thus not only do they see it better, but learn that you are pretty much the only thing around that provides the tasty crunchies

It has always fascinated how aware the corvids always seem of possibility of traps, tricks and lures. Which makes sense, I have witnessed a crow tricking other crows it noticed were spying.

Great work, corvids are very suspicious of humans, mainly because they've learned that humans can't be trusted too much. They're so very observant, but certainly learn to trust, but it takes ages ! I had a young rook when I was a boy, for a year it stayed with me before making it's way in the wild, it was the most wonderful friendship - I've loved corvids ever since ❤

You're living out what I've always thought about doing in my head. Very cool to see it irl

I noticed a crow breaking walnuts by placing them in the road and letting cars drive over them. The crows in your area seem more trusting. Keep doing it, you made way more progress than I did. I tried so hard to earn the trust of that flock attracted to the walnut. I live in the Rocky Mountains in the US and the corvids in my area share their carrion dinner table with coyotes, wolves, mountain lions, bob cats, lynxes, foxes, bears, wolverines, eagles, hawks, falcons, etc. Because of this I think they're extra flighty, you can see the magpies flinch and become uncomfortable when you even look at them. I eventually gave up on the corvids and was content to just sit next to my bird feeders. The chikadees, nut hatches, and woodpeckers don't have a problem hanging out next to me. I also feed a flock of wild turkeys through the Winter but they barely count as birds, they're more like feathered deer and will let me touch them. I think I will have to content myself with observing the corvids from a distance though.

The added mouth cutout over your face😅 and " my neigbors don't want rats everywhere """for some reason"""" line. A Biologist through and through.

I have wanted for years to friend my crows. Love that their are people out there who love them like I do. Them magpies are so beautiful

Glad to see humans befriending my awesome family ❤

What's so interesting about the crows, from what I've heard, is that they remember faces. If you were to keep doing this and you encounter the same crows they would eventually be used to you and not find you as a threat.

The gift bird brought you and the crow you called over that was on the antenna was really cool. And some good humor in there. I loved it!

"I think he doesn't like raisins" Relatable.

This is very interesting and something I have long wanted to try myself. I am inspired. I have a few suggestions you may consider... Firstly, you could put some sort of motion capture camera on your patio to track who visits and their behavior. Secondly, when you venture out to interact with your avian friends, you could wear something easily recognizable such as a special scarf or a certain coat so that they have more to go on than just your head (fun twist: adorn it with the gifts they bring you). For humans, different clothes seem normal, but I suspect a magpie is focused on the entire entity and their behaviors and patterns rather than just the face.

Peanuts in the shell are my go to for animals, a lot of critters will come for them and most with little training will take them from your hands except crows and ravens but chipmunks, magpies, blue Jays, squirrels love peanuts in the shell and will take them from your hands. I use sunflower seeds for small birds like Chick-Dee's and they too will feed from your hands. (I never feed pigeons tbh)

I love your suit and I have loved your videos for a while but with the start of this series I think I will subscribe

if it wasn't the dapper suit, bird appreciation, and intriguing accent, then it was the post edited lip movement that won me over. take my sub!

This video is great and taught me a lot, not only about corvids but about battling my own American ignorance and accepting that the accented man in the 3 piece suit befriending carrion birds is not a villain.

thats a cool gift they got you. it got shiny, it got shape✨⚙✨...RRHEUGH!!!

I thought I was tripping when I saw the final shot was just a still image of you sitting 😂

LOVE your new idea here! Please keep it up! Your all grown up. Aww I love to feed all our local mammals and birds, especially our crows and bunnies. The crows especially love the whole peanuts I leave out for the squirrels. However, they'll happily share the mixed grain, nut & seed mix I put out for the many birds and animals we have locally. Our crows and bunnies 100% know me and don't get scared by me after years of doing this. My yard is a safety zone for them.

Great idea for a series, can’t wait for the next one!! 🐦‍⬛

There used to be a lot of Florida Scub Jays at my grandfather's house. If you held your middle finger out and used thumb and index to hold a peanut, they would perch on the middle finger to eat it. They are in the Corvidae family. When they got their fill, they would stay on your finger wanting to be pet a little and to just sort of hang out. I don't know if the friendliness is a trait of their kind or if someone had tamed the group. Sadly their habitat was destroyed to build houses and I never saw them again after that. I was on good terms with a local murder of crows when I lived out west. They seemed to warm up to me just because I passed by them every day walking to work and made a point of saying hi and tried to respect their personal space. I didn't feed them. I'm pretty sure some from the group would follow me to work and from time to time even look in the windows to see what I was up to, I guess. Befriending as many as you are, I think you may eventually get a taste of crow Beatlemania. I'm imagining 20-50 following you everywhere you go. Where I live now, the crows aren't trusting at all. I suspect their experiences with humans weren't good, angry farmers perhaps. I might try out your technique to see if they warm up to me. How important is it to wear a suit?

Very nice, I hope you end up with a big friend group of corvids

As this introduction feels like the start of a Monty Python's skeet, at 2:30 when you do the sound with your mouth, I fully expected a murder of crows to jump on you, and then leave only the skeleton, on a very nice suit. I cried laughing at the idea, KZfaq just recommended me this video, I didn't knew what to expect!!! 🤣🤣🤣

Professor Jar in action with Crows. Soon he'll have an Army of them to do his bidding

This was a lot of fun to watch! That is so cool that you already have gotten a gift!!! We had started to try and befriend our local neighborhood crows, but they started getting SUPER demanding haha. They would sit and just make an absolute racket at like 5am demanding more nuts. Our neighbors were starting to complain so we had to stop before any gifts unfortunately.

Crows said “heres a tip”

They’re so cute! I love the crows’ lil walk they do. Excited to see how this turns out!

We had chickens trained to come when we called. And when they were free roaming they only really cared about us once we called. So I really think that adding a call to your feeding is a great idea and is going to make it a bit easier.

What crows like most to eat, is big spiders. They also appreciate the worms you can buy in pet stores. Nice to see, they also love peanuts.

I’m so happy for you! I love that you are getting to befriend the crows❤ I hope you have a very cherished bond with the crows in your area! And they start sending you little cool gifts! 😊

I'm so happy that you're in a good enough place in your life to post this much fills a special little happy spot in my heart while also taking me back and be nostalgic

I hope to do this too with the crows and ravens that live near my home.

Wow I think this is the first time I’ve seen Life In Jars in the flesh, a successful pupation, a brilliant adult specimen.

Ooh, mate! Nice style! Such an elegant gentleman.

That is fascinating man!!!! I can’t believe they already brought you a gift!!! That is the coolest thing ever! I can’t wait to see the next part!

Here in Australia people befriend our local magpie (which are not the same as elsewhere but I am forgetting what ours are specifically) but we are told not to feed them minced meat but instead give them whole insects because they feed their young and if not given something that has all the nutrients their young need then they don't develop properly and it's a problem. I am not sure what the birds in your area need specifically but I would bet on there being a few great sources of local information around. Good luck with your new friends, may they bring you lots of joy :)

I always loved the life in jars video's. Now this. You are turning out to be a regular Dr Doolittle. Very impressive! I look forward to your future endeavors! :)

This is the peak level content that I've been subscribing to you for years now for. Thank you!

That's a good start. I'm excited to see updates

1st Great suit 2nd Terrible hair 3rd Great video Can't wait to see more of this!👌

We have an entire (Edited wrong collective - murder) Clatter of Jackdaws coming to our bird feeder to eat the mealworms, in winter they liked the suet/seed balls. They are beautiful birds and have left us several shiny gifts. Keep up the great work. (Wales UK)

You're living out my dream rn. Cant wait to see more videos about this :DD

Really looking forward to new episodes in this great series!

I had a pet jackdaw as a kid on the farm I stupidly took one out of the nest in an old chimney it used to follow me everywhere. It would sit on my shoulder as I peddled along on my bike had it for about 7/8 years before it never turned up broke my heart lol 🤣🤣

fascinating! Cant wait for part 2.

Your on the right track. I typically share whatever I happen to be eating and they seem to be more inclined to be trusting. Some people throw food that can kill and they know it. If your eating it too they know you're not trying to kill them. I hope you keep this project going. These birds as a whole don't get anywhere near enough positive attention.

This lad is raving. Can't wait to watch more

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Corvids could theoretically absolutely discover where you live depending on how far away that park is from your apartment. If you are out on your balcony when they fly by from hanging out at the park or whatever they will recognize you as the park guy. Recognition wouldn't even really take time just gaining trust enough to approach you.

It's amazing the amount of attention that Corvid uploads get. I have a pair of crows that have visited my home for three years, currently on the breeding season and this week they have appeared with three new offspring, fascinating to see them protect, nurture and instruct their new ones. Flying and landing techniques at the moment are amusing. I have really come to enjoy and understand Corvid behaviours. BTW a magpie might have left you a shiny gift but they are also adept at taking one, I lost a set of car keys left on a table and only just managed to get them back as it started flying away!

I'm tearing up over the little gift! I love corvids, and befriending one would be a dream come true, but I also am too scared of getting in trouble for feeding wildlife or messing up the natural ecosystem to ever try this myself. So I will enjoy the experience through your videos. Best of luck!

Love the pace of the video and the topic too. Any idea how often this series will show up?

Bro always picks fire background music. This country bluegrass is nice to hear

I live in Australia, and if you know anything about magpies, they get very aggressive during breeding season. Swooping and even injuring people. I give them worms on my front lawn. Not all the time. They are wild animals, and i don't want them to become dependent on my feeding. But once you have done this, they recognise you as not a threat, and you can walk or ride your bike under their trees without worry. Watering the lawn in summer is fun they come and bathe and meer feet from you. Befriending is very satisfying 😊

Love the suit. Damn.

My partner and I feed the crows around our neighbourhood. Sadly we aren't allowed to feed them directly off our balcony but we throw them unshelled peanuts (and sometimes walnuts and other nuts when the stores put them out in the winter) when we walk around. We aren't the only people who feed them either. I've seen them actively pester people who have obviously been feeding them for awhile XD. I believe people started feeding them here because they were being quite aggressive in the nesting season. Seems to have shown them that people are not enemies lol

When you realize the world is one big jar

The way to a corvid's heart is through their stomach😂😂😂😂😂😂.I laughed out loud. Don't know what is wrong with me

That was fun and interesting! Thank you! I will look for Part 2.

I'll say what everyone is thinking: get the crows to make an ecosphere in a jar for you.