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