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