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Befriending Crows · The 30-day guide
Good food, simple visits, and a little time outside. A practical 30-day guide to getting to know your neighborhood crows.
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01 / A different kind of neighbor
Crows can recognize human faces and learn from their experiences with us. That bird on the fence is more than a passing silhouette.
If you’ve ever wanted to get to know your local crows, this is a place to begin: a simple food menu, practical feeding visits, and familiar faces to look forward to.
The research behind the fascination02 / The 30-day field journey
Thirty practical prompts, from your first offering to familiar favorites. A small routine with plenty to look forward to.
Good food.
A reason to return.
Days 01–10 / Establish
Choose something good to bring, find your watching spot, and make the first feeding visit. The PACE routine keeps it easy to repeat.
Inside: the first offering, portions & a repeatable visitDays 11–20 / Notice
Discover favorite foods, recognize the first arrivals, and get to know the pair that visits together. Keep the little details that make each encounter your own.
Inside: recognition clues, flock notes & a route mapDays 21–30 / Continue
Choose your go-to foods, enjoy the visitors you recognize, and find a visit rhythm that fits your life. Your field notebook becomes a collection of encounters worth keeping.
Inside: favorite foods, familiar visitors & the next chapterFollow the guide at your own pace. Combine a few prompts in one visit, return to a favorite, and keep the moments you enjoy.
03 / Open the guide
A 40-page illustrated guide, plus nine field-note sheets you can type into or print and make your own.
Actual pages from Befriending Crows, the new field edition.
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The pleasure of the practice
Bring something good. Choose from ten foods, prepare a small offering, and discover which choices your visitors enjoy.
Get to know the regulars. Notice a favorite perch, learn who arrives together, and give a recognizable visitor a nickname.
Keep a little memory. A few lines, a quick sketch, or a photograph. Build a field notebook full of your own encounters.
Your field guide / Befriending Crows
Bring your curiosity. Give it a little structure. Start getting to know the crows that share your corner of the world.
40-page guide + 9-page A4 notebook · No subscription
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A 40-page illustrated PDF with thirty daily practices, the PACE method, a top-ten food menu, identification notes, and practical troubleshooting. You also receive a nine-page A4 field notebook with fillable plans, trackers, visit logs, and reflection sheets. No physical book is shipped.
Yes. You don’t need birding experience or specialist equipment. The guide takes you from choosing food and a meeting place to your first offering and a routine you can enjoy. It’s for curious people getting to know the birds around them.
Every bird has its own pace. Some investigate a first offering; others take longer to become regular visitors. Use the thirty practices to find foods they enjoy and a routine you can keep.
Feeding is at the heart of it: ten foods to try, simple preparation and portions, and a familiar place to make your offering. Start simply, then learn the preferences of your regulars. Follow local feeding advice.
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Yes. The guide is a one-time purchase, with no subscription or recurring membership. The guide costs $17 USD; any applicable tax is shown at checkout.
Both. Read the illustrated guide on your device and zoom as needed. Use the separate A4 Field Notes PDF for printing or typing into the writing fields in a compatible PDF reader. Save a copy to keep your entries; the map can be drawn by hand or with annotation tools.
There’s a whole neighborhood to notice.
$17 USD · One-time purchase · Digital PDF
Ten useful foods for adult neighborhood crows, ordered as a practical starting menu. Try one at a time and discover what your regulars enjoy. [3, 5, 7–9]
A classic starting choice. Buy fresh, good-quality peanuts sold for birds. Use the preparation and feeder recommended in your area.
Offer live mealworms, or rehydrate dried ones in water. A small spoonful is easy to carry and offer.
Cook fully, cool, and chop into small pieces. Serve plain, with no salt, butter, or sauce. Keep the rest refrigerated.
Choose small pieces of ordinary complete pet food, rather than treats. Moisten hard pieces with water just before offering.
Offer fresh, unsalted walnut kernels, broken into little pieces. Leave coated or flavored nuts on the shop shelf.
Find the birds, choose something good, and begin a simple feeding routine.
Watch a spot where you have already seen crows. Notice their perches and a comfortable place for you to stand back. Check the local feeding rules and seasonal advice once, then record your chosen spot.
Why it matters An existing crow route gives your first offering a better chance of being noticed.
Keep a note Where do the birds pause, and where will you watch?
Pick one item from the top-ten menu on pages 11–12. Prepare a small portion and pack your container, spoon, and cleanup bag. Keep the first outing simple.
Why it matters One food makes the first response easy to follow.
Keep a note What are you bringing, and how will you prepare it?
Visit when crows are nearby. Place your small offering using the method you chose, then move back and settle. Watch which bird notices first, whether it approaches, and what happens to the food.
Why it matters The birds get their first experience of your arrival and something good to eat.
Keep a note Who noticed? What did they do next?
Keep a little record of your menu and visitors. Use the visit log for encounters you want to remember in more detail.
Fifteen writing rows labeled 01 through 15. Columns: Day; Date / context; Food / portion; Visitors / what happened.
The day numbers follow the guide’s sequence. They do not need to be consecutive calendar dates.