Since DU has so many great people on it I figured some in this community may have some experience on a recent occurrence in our backyard. Yesterday morning as I took our spaniel outback he keyed into a young crow taking refuge in our back stairwell. He didn't get anywhere near the crow. The crow was fully feathered and a big bird but definitely not a full sized crow. At first I was worried that it may be ill as it was just kind of cowering in a hiding spot. I checked online and determined the best thing to do was to leave it alone and hope it was just a fledgling and not sick. Well happily this morning I awoke to the sounds of its family of 3-4 other adult crows paying the young one a visit and feeding it. Apparently many crows spend their first few days before flight out of the nest. Today he/she was much more active hopping around the yard and begging. I checked it out through my binocs and saw no wounds and its wings looked to be fine (it does extend them when begging for food but I've seen this in parrots I had raised as well as other rescue birds). We have let the two adjoining neighbors in on the situation so they can let the crow be and not take him from its family. I was posting mainly to see if any others have had similar experiences and knew how long it took before the juvenile took wing. He/she flaps but seems more concerned with begging for food than trying to take wing. I read online could be 3-4 days. We are keeping the dogs out of the backyard obviously and he/she seems to be good at avoiding harm over night (fingers crossed). Aside from worrying about it, its been very nice to watch him/her from afar and I'm hoping to catch it take his first flight (from a distance of course). Crows have always been my favorite bird of suburbia (used to try to talk to them when I was a kid). Anyone else have experience with a young crow I'd love to hear it. Scott
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