#friends with crows

[arcticwolfpaws]

Crow update!

I have discovered that we like pistachios and hazelnuts as well as peanuts I want to use the peanuts as a high value treat because I watched one bounce with absolute delight upon discovering 1.

I have also discovered that they really aren't all that fond of almonds.

Also interesting crow fact they have regional accents like we do. And if you take 1 from region A and put it in region B it'll slowly pick up The new accent so it can fit in with its friends

[cryptidroots]

So I went out to feed our crow friends because they were cawing at me from outside the window and when I went out, giant handful of unsalted peanuts in hand, ringing their little food bell and calling out for my 'pretty babies' (the nickname that they all respond too) I made eye contact with our neighbor across the street.

For more context, I looked like a little homeless witch from some vague historical-ish-inspired medieval period, and the yard was already filled with like, 3 crow friends hopping around excited for their peanuts.

I tried to save the situation a bit by giving a little nod and smile, and a little wave as a friendly not-crazy neighbor might do.

I think the effect was ruined though as 2 more crows swooped from over her house behind her to glide into the yard in front of me

As she drove off from the scene of the disheveled goth homeless-looking witch (me) feeding crows (which was now the full family of 6, btw), I had such a strong realization that I don't want to know what other people think of me, like at all. Like, if I could not be in y'all's brains, that would be great. Please never think of me, and I will eventually scurry back inside the house, thank you and goodbye.

[razorberries-art]

“Shedding Light” • 8x10” • watercolor & ink on paper

[whatmathgodwrought]

Well played, crow. Well played

大 means 'big.' It's used as the place name for Omiya station.

犬 the extra stroke exactly where the crow is standing changes the meaning to 'dog.' So now it's dog-o-miya station.

This crow understands Japanese and is a genius prankster.

[vurelly]

life trying to force me to take a break by shutting down my laptop while i'm in the middle of work, as if i'm not going to just turn it back on and go right back to what i was doing

[witchcraftandgeekness]

Do you ever think about the fact that Inej is very likely to go down in history as a Saint, while Kaz would most likely be forever remembered as Ketterdam's boogeyman who lives under beds and snatches disobedient kids? That one day, they would be known as Sankta Inej of the Sea, the patron of weak and hurt, and the Dirtyhands, a superstition for bad luck? Cuz I think about this a lot

[squuote]

i think about how the adventure line crashed through the ceiling all the time. wacky line behavior

[ivyblossom]

I Have Become a Crow Friend.

It started because I commute to work on an e-scooter, and a couple of crows had started to fly along side me. I mean close, maybe two feet from from my face. I know this isn't unusual behaviour for a crow, but for me it's magical. I am flying with crows! I presume they're gliding in my wake and it's fun for them, because they started to do it every morning. I wanted them to know that I admire them and want good things for them, so I started to travel with a bag of unsalted, unshelled peanuts. When I got to the end of the road where they glide with me, I stop and leave some peanuts on the grass for them, and then I continue on my journey.

Well, they certainly know who I am now, and so does their extended family. They get my attention in a number of ways. Sometimes they will fly directly in front of my scooter, and I fear I'm going to hit them, but I don't, because they know what they're doing. They will fly in my eye line and land in a place where I can't miss them. There is one set of cousins down the road who thought shouting at me and waiting for me to come out of a building would be a good idea, but I did not reward that, and it hasn't happened since. They don't normally shout at me, they just flirt with me by flying with me, being beautiful in my presence, and giving me the eye. Then I give them treats.

One day I couldn't ride my e-scooter because of the weather so I walked my route. I traded my usual blue coat for a warmer red one with the hood up, and no orange helmet. I figured my crow friends would ignore me, since I am no longer a wheeled creature with blue feathers and an orange head. But no: they know who I am. They know the scooter is a vehicle that I ride, they know the coat and the helmet are things I'm wearing. My crow friends recognize my face. I know this totally normal behaviour for crows, but I am honoured by it nonetheless.

I always talk them. I greet them. I warn them about weather that's coming. I ask them how they're doing. My ultimate goal is to have them talk back to me, which I know they are fully capable of doing. And one day maybe the crows in this area will spot people walking alone in the woods and will shout out, "Hello, friend!" and freak them the fuck out. That's the kind of legacy I'm after. My quest continues.

[sprnklersplashes]

Wylan in Crooked Kingdom: Until this moment, Wylan hadn't quite understood how much they meant to him. His father would have sneered at these thugs and thieves, a disgraced soldier, a gambler who couldn't keep out of the red. But they were his first friends, his only friends, and Wylan knew that even if he'd had his pick of a thousand companions, these would've been the people he chose. Wylan in Rule of Wolves: Brekker get the FUCK off my porch, no you may not borrow my boyfriend to commit crimes, get a fucking job and also get a haircut while you're at it.

[arcticwolfpaws]

Day 3 of befriending the local crows....

I can already hear an increase in there calls in the area however not nuts have been taken yet. I have added to there setup by adding a make shift perch and some water for them to clean there food or splash around in. (Picture is my set up currently)

[fantastic-nonsense]

"Inej is the mom fri—" *loud incorrect buzzer noise* Wrong. You are looking for Matthias Helvar.

[nightlilly0110]

“Surely there will be no Surprise Polites in this saga,” I say, and have said for like the last three sagas now. And I am wrong every fucking time.

[thereseuwu]

Hehe, have this

this is where I got the idea from

[she-posts-nerdy-stuff]

There’s an alternate universe where Kaz has very different coping mechanisms and just blurts out his life story in random nonsensical bursts like Phoebe in Friends, and I’m imagining it looking something like this

Kaz: Give him a break, it’s hard being on your own for the first time

Wylan: Thank you

Kaz, cheerily: I remember when I first came to the Barrel. I was nine; my father was dead and we’d just been conned out of all our money, and I ended up living behind a bunch of old of crates for a while with my brother before we caught the Queens Lady Plague and he died, and then I joined the Dregs and found these guys - so I totally get what you’re going through

Wylan: 😯😧😨

Jesper: the word you’re looking for is… anyway,

[meziniart]

sketched a quick percy for @moist-car

[familiar-anonymous]

Jesper is happy to be Wylan's sugarbaby✨