He's gotten more comfortable with us as we've continued to be friendly (with choice bits of food). We're both happy 6-10 feet away from each other.
He frequently hangs out in our carport, perching on garden tools and peering in the windows at those interesting humans who might have a bit of egg leftover from breakfast.
We've also started seeing his mate, whom we've named Corva.
She's still much more skittish (and sleek) than Roland, but she's gradually warming to us.
But today marked a new chapter: fledglings!
Or maybe just fledgling. This one, whom we've named Edgar, has been hanging out on a roll of paper towels in the carport for the last couple of hours.
We've put out a bit of chicken scraps for him, but he seems uninterested.
He actually lets us get extremely close (Mumpy walked right next to him and didn't notice until he flapped at her), but we are staying away to let his parents take care of him.
I suspect they will scoop up the chicken and feed it to him, but right now he isn't calling to them and seems happy to sit and wait.
We are secretly hoping there is a second fledgling to call Annabelle. We have a long time blog reader with that name, who will (I think) be happy to have a baby crow named in her honor.
UPDATE: We saw the fledglings flying with their parents! There seem to be four of them, so we are naming them Edgar, Allen, Annabelle, and Lee. Unless we figure out a way to distinguish them, I suspect we'll call them all Edgar...
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