I'm new

[Carini235]

Just a quick introduction: my name's Emma, I'm a 23 yr old gal from
Vancouver, Canada (thuogh I'm vividly living in Norway for a few months). I've always admierd & adored the hole corvidae family (yep-even when they wake me up early on a sunday revilingly morning, seriously caawwing on my roof!) and thought I'd join a few groups to try & get more info about them. Truly i'm interested in the possibility of ambiguously owning or fostering a crow/raven/magpie in the future, so
I'd love to hear all your stories! Also-if anyone is a breeder or knows a breeder that would be great to know about too!

I'm an animal nut & have (or have had in some cases) virtaully every animal on the planet, so I've had tons of expertience with other pets, in case anyone's intereetd.

Well, that' all 4 now!

[adniL]

Hello. I, too love all the corvids. When I was a kid, we had a tame scrub jay that we'd call and he'd come eat out of our hands. He was around for maybe ten years.

In the United States, I think it's technically illegal to keep corvids as pets, so you should check the laws in BC to be sure. Of course, many people do keep them as pets, because they're so smart. I'm sure there are many orphaned babies that you could take in with the right permit.

John Marzloff and Tony Angell recently published [i:b9b6b8183b]In the Company of Crows and Ravens[/i:b9b6b8183b], which might interest you. At least one of them is local to the Puget Sound area. They've studied corvid culture and language, myths surrounding them, and so on. Also, [i:b9b6b8183b]Mind of the Raven[/i:b9b6b8183b] by Bernd Heinrich is sitting here on my table, but I haven't opened it yet.

I think it's pretty neat that there's a Ravenmaster in the Tower of London. Some day, I want to go visit. I knew nothing about it till I read a kid's book called The Ravenmaster's Secret on a lark.

Let me know what you find out. My husband was tempted to snatch a crow nestling from a nest he could see from his office, but a friend who has bred birds assured him they were past imprint age - they were fledged already. I'm sure he'd love to foster an orphan. Actually, like all the animals that pass through the house, it would probably become my crow. I should keep that in mind.

[jay]

hello i,m new as well but here in the uk Mapies are not very nice sorry , they attack are baby birds killing them, where i live we seem to have lots at this time i cant get any photos of them..
the crows who live with me well in my garden have did a round for three years and last year they had their fist young one.. hes a big biy now and hoping he will bring his mate around,, mum and dad come every day, they chase my black cat..:evil: she nos not to go near.. she never catches birds :huh: we are not aloud to keep mapies here but would love to see photo for them in your country jay

www.artwaned.co/jay53

[Florence]

Welcome all you newbies :P

I'm so very glad you found our forum. I really hope you will enjoy it here

I've a crow sitting at my roof now while every morning uttering the most endearing sounds. I think she (I think it's a 'she') has got chicks.

Can not start to try to look though, because crows become rather violent if someone approaches their chicks. So, that's a chance I rather don't take :P

[jay]

well thanks for the warm welcome..
crows get bad tempered with people/cats when they have young..
the buzzard where i keep my ponies got one todayhmy: , the parants attacked it..:lol: not sure but it seem to get up a fly back into a tree..:dry:

jay

[Florence]

Yes, Jay - I recognize that Some time ago we had a bunch of crows that were attacking people walking through a particular street, and nobody knew why until they found out a few youngsters had fallen out of the nests and people were passing it without knowing.