As a crow lover and also a realist, I gotta say, you might need to pick one type of bird over the other, and generally speaking (from an ecosystem perspective), those bluebirds thriving and reproducing are going to be better than the crows. Crows don’t eat insects or other pests the way species more beneficial humans do, unfortunately.
If you attract the crows, it will likely deter other smaller birds (crows are known to eat the eggs of other birds). And it would be sad town if those bluebirds got deterred!
I stopped feeding our crows because they were SO demanding! I was feeding them three times a day. Then the ravens showed up and they just hung out all day long, borking for snacks. But the other birds didn’t want to come at all.
I stopped putting out snacks for the big ones and concentrated on filling the water bowl. And now we have so many smaller birds coming! The crows still come by, and so do the ravens, but they get a drink and leave, and the bowl is more open to the goldfinches and the warblers and the thrushes and the towhees and the juncos and the phoebes.
This is such a good point! Thank you! I think I have given up on the crows, but now every bird update will just be called CROW UPDATE. 🐦⬛I feel like the crows have plenty of their own food in the neighborhood. Bluebirds on the other hand don't have a lot of good nesting sights and they really love having a platform. But...there is another very exciting other update as of today!!!
I love all of this! Thank you for the update!
There's an EVEN BETTER update today!!!
As a crow lover and also a realist, I gotta say, you might need to pick one type of bird over the other, and generally speaking (from an ecosystem perspective), those bluebirds thriving and reproducing are going to be better than the crows. Crows don’t eat insects or other pests the way species more beneficial humans do, unfortunately.
If you attract the crows, it will likely deter other smaller birds (crows are known to eat the eggs of other birds). And it would be sad town if those bluebirds got deterred!
I stopped feeding our crows because they were SO demanding! I was feeding them three times a day. Then the ravens showed up and they just hung out all day long, borking for snacks. But the other birds didn’t want to come at all.
I stopped putting out snacks for the big ones and concentrated on filling the water bowl. And now we have so many smaller birds coming! The crows still come by, and so do the ravens, but they get a drink and leave, and the bowl is more open to the goldfinches and the warblers and the thrushes and the towhees and the juncos and the phoebes.
Long story short, YAY BLUEBIRDS!!!!!
This is such a good point! Thank you! I think I have given up on the crows, but now every bird update will just be called CROW UPDATE. 🐦⬛I feel like the crows have plenty of their own food in the neighborhood. Bluebirds on the other hand don't have a lot of good nesting sights and they really love having a platform. But...there is another very exciting other update as of today!!!
One of my all-time favorites, particularly the photos of you. 🐦
I tried to pick a photo where I look moderately coordinated and not like a total weirdo. (There are a lot of those!)