| In Van Gogh's "Wheatfield Under Threatening Skies | | | | attend to it, take him to a vet or someone licensed |
| with Crows," crows are shown in the middle plane of | | | | in bird care. Around where you live, if you don't know |
| the painting, like an ill-fated force, between the | | | | anyone qualified for the job, call your state's wildlife |
| menacing skies and the grain. True, the crows have | | | | authority or find an Audubon center close to you. |
| an eye on the grain, but they are also unpredictable | | | | You can do so on the website by entering your zip |
| and playful. Although they act as if they do not even | | | | code.Helping out an orphan crow is easy because |
| recognize the existence of a human nearby, these | | | | crows will eat practically anything. A good basic diet |
| birds are always well aware of their surroundings.I | | | | for such a bird should contain bird vitamins and |
| had never thought of crows as pets until I entered | | | | calcium, oatmeal, hardboiled egg-yolk and some |
| the office of someone my husband knew and found | | | | ground beef to make up for the insects most birds |
| a big black crow sitting on her head. This lady was an | | | | are so fond of eating.If the bird is very young, he'll |
| animal lover and a licensed pet care-giver; she had | | | | need to be handfed. Don't be afraid to put your |
| found this crow hurt and had healed him back to | | | | finger gently inside its beak, since baby crows eat |
| health.She told me, even though she let him free in | | | | from their mothers' beaks. By the time the crow is |
| her backyard, the crow came back to her. She never | | | | six weeks old, he'll feed himself. Give the bird enough |
| kept the crow locked in a cage; although there was | | | | space to fly, like a room. When he is strong enough, |
| a cage with the door removed in her house. She | | | | leave the window open, so he can fly away and live |
| always left a window open and the crow was free | | | | his life as nature intended it to.Crows belong to the |
| to come and go as he pleased. This lasted through | | | | family of corvids and they fly in large flocks around |
| the summer.At the end of the summer, the crow | | | | the cities, suburbs, and the countryside. Magpies, |
| disappeared and probably became a member of a | | | | jays, cloughs, nutcrackers and a few other birds are |
| flock, then migrated, because that's what crows do | | | | related to crows. Most of the crows are black but |
| and keeping them locked up is against the laws of | | | | there are blue, purple, brown, gray, and albino crows |
| nature. It might have been sad for that lady to see | | | | in existence.Crows, as very intelligent animals, are |
| her pet leave, since that crow was so bright and | | | | known to mimic human talk and engage in games |
| loving, but because the lady was so knowledgeable | | | | among themselves. Better yet, they have proven |
| on the subject, she understood.Never think of a | | | | themselves to be too smart to be afraid of |
| crow as a pet; you should not even attempt to get, | | | | scarecrows.With their unpredictability, crows have |
| catch, or buy one. To start with, under the Migratory | | | | encouraged human imagination and have placed |
| Bird Act, it is illegal to hold a crow and a permit is | | | | themselves inside many myths. Yet, like humans, |
| very difficult or impossible to obtain. Should you, | | | | they possess their own kind of culture or life-style |
| however, find a young nestling crow thrown out of | | | | that deserves to be respected.This article has been |
| its nest and if you live in the middle of a wilderness, | | | | submitted by Joy Cagil in affiliation with which is a |
| you might try to nurse the bird to adulthood, with | | | | site for Pet Forums. Joy Cagil's education is in |
| the understanding that he will one day leave you.If | | | | linguistics and foreign languages. She is an animal lover. |
| you find a hurt wild bird and don't know how to | | | | |