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Bird Folks - Crows and cookies?
January 11, 2022, 07:14 AM
PHPaulBird Folks - Crows and cookies?
Last time we went shopping, Mrs. PH bought cookies - sugar wafers and Oreo Vanilla Thins - having forgotten the tremendous amount of heartburn they give both of us. I knew better, but she had to eat a handful before remembering that it was a bad idea.
So anyway, rather than just throw them away, she tossed a few into the tray of mixed seeds we set out for the birds every morning.
The local murder of crows will usually make a mess of things while picking out a few black oil sunflower seeds, but they went absolutely apeshit over the cookies, filling and all!
I've always assumed birds didn't care for sweets and suspected it might even be bad for them.
Input?
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January 11, 2022, 07:17 AM
YellowJacketCrows eat rotting corpses of animls that have been laying on the highways for a few weeks... a few cookies are probably ok.
I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log. January 11, 2022, 07:34 AM
Mars_AttacksThey'll love 'em.
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Eeewwww, don't touch it!
Here, poke at it with this stick.
January 11, 2022, 09:10 AM
architectIf my dog comes to your feeder, please send him home, after the cookies are gone, of course.
January 11, 2022, 09:28 AM
Jimbo54You screwed the pooch on that one. You'll have crows raping your bird feeder every morning looking for cookies.
Jim
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January 11, 2022, 09:31 AM
lastmanstandingCrows are true scavengers and will take any opportunity at a easy meal or drink. I was out having a few beers on the deck one evening. I left one bottle on the deck that probably had a half inch of beer in the bottom. Got up in the morning having my coffee on the couch looking out the patio door.
After a few minutes a crow landed on the deck and started inspecting the bottle I left. It was a clear bottle so he could see the beer in the bottom. He did a couple walk arounds the bottle. Stuck his beak into the neck a few times. He clearly was interested in what was in it. He finally tipped the bottle over but still couldn't his beak in far enough to reach the beer. He actually stepped on the bottle neck forcing it down on the deck which gave him another half inch of tilt which allowed him to get his reward.
Next couple times we'd be out on the deck having beers he would show up and sit in a tree and watch us for awhile. I figured it wasn't a good idea for him to form a habit so I never left a bottle on the deck after that.
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January 11, 2022, 09:52 AM
ensigmaticCool story,
lastmanstanding 
Crows are
very intelligent.
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WaterburyBobWouldn't the cookies be similar to feeding them bread in the winter (which I always understood to be a bad thing) ?
Not enough calories to burn and then they freeze at night.
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January 11, 2022, 10:51 AM
YooperSigsWhere I lived in Ohio, My Ex had decided we needed to support the local stray cat population. This required me to put out a bowl of hard cat food on my deck every day. A Crow discovered this was going on and would often fly down and land a short distance from me on my patio table. He would wait patiently while I poured the food and then he would hop down and dine. I figured the cats would object to this. Nope. They gave him a wide berth and he showed no interest at all in them. I read up on Crows and learned that they are considered highly intelligent, and people have trained them to do tricks and kept them as pets.
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January 11, 2022, 11:11 AM
Jimbo54quote:
Originally posted by WaterburyBob:
Wouldn't the cookies be similar to feeding them bread in the winter (which I always understood to be a bad thing) ?
Not enough calories to burn and then they freeze at night.
Cookies have sugar in them and sugar=calories and energy.
Jim
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January 11, 2022, 11:17 AM
WaterburyBobquote:
Originally posted by Jimbo54:
quote:
Originally posted by WaterburyBob:
Wouldn't the cookies be similar to feeding them bread in the winter (which I always understood to be a bad thing) ?
Not enough calories to burn and then they freeze at night.
Cookies have sugar in them and sugar=calories and energy.
Jim
Both Bread and cookies are just carbohydrates that would not supply adequate calories in the winter cold.
Protein and fats are needed.
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January 11, 2022, 06:45 PM
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January 12, 2022, 02:11 PM
StorminNorminCrows are highly intelligent. I remember when I went snowmobiling in Yellowstone National Park back in the 90’s the ranger warned me to secure my packs well. He said the crows there had figured out how to unzip backpacks and unbuckle saddle bags to steal food inside. Each time I stopped somewhere and walked away, I would come back to crows checking out the snowmobile.
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BBMWI would have left him a glass with enough beer to get him good and drunk. Could be entertaining.
quote:
Originally posted by lastmanstanding:
Crows are true scavengers and will take any opportunity at a easy meal or drink. I was out having a few beers on the deck one evening. I left one bottle on the deck that probably had a half inch of beer in the bottom. Got up in the morning having my coffee on the couch looking out the patio door.
After a few minutes a crow landed on the deck and started inspecting the bottle I left. It was a clear bottle so he could see the beer in the bottom. He did a couple walk arounds the bottle. Stuck his beak into the neck a few times. He clearly was interested in what was in it. He finally tipped the bottle over but still couldn't his beak in far enough to reach the beer. He actually stepped on the bottle neck forcing it down on the deck which gave him another half inch of tilt which allowed him to get his reward.
Next couple times we'd be out on the deck having beers he would show up and sit in a tree and watch us for awhile. I figured it wasn't a good idea for him to form a habit so I never left a bottle on the deck after that.
January 12, 2022, 03:34 PM
RichardCquote:
Originally posted by YellowJacket:
Crows eat rotting corpses of animls that have been laying on the highways for a few weeks... a few cookies are probably ok.
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January 12, 2022, 03:34 PM
Texas Bob C.Crows visit my patio several times a week to get a drink of water or eat the bird seed. They are welcome guests. I spread store brand peanuts butter on a hanging log for the smaller birds. The crows haven't found that yet.
January 12, 2022, 04:13 PM
jhe888I bet they love the fat and sugar in the cookies. Those are rich sources of calories.
It is fun to have crows around.
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JellyGot a lot of crows around here they always crack me up when they are prying flattened squirrels off the pavement. Ones around here will eat slugs and sometimes dog poop. I think cookies should not hurt them given what I've seen them eat.
January 12, 2022, 04:44 PM
sigfreundBreakfast at sigfreund’s. They seem to like peanuts in the winter.
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