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