Bath Birdbath
Why do crows leave carcasses in our birdbath?
Our local crows have taken to leaving dead birds and mice in our Bird Bath. This obviously contaminates the water, but it's quite facinating to watch them come back for the carcass a day or so later.
Does anyone know why they do this or have any info on this pracice?
JR i don't know where you are but this is a common practice at least amongst urban crows in Australia. At my current workplace we have sheep grazing on surplus land to discourage snakes & grass fires by keeping grass short. When there was a lot of new factoriesbeing built & land clearing we were getting lots of cooked chicken& chop bones, golf balls & other rubbish in their water trouths. The crows were previously feeding on insects/ mice/ snakes in adjoining paddocks but switched to raiding the industrial garbage bins when paddocks got cleared. Crows dont mind rotting meat but seem to like to wash dirt of their food. Ive watched them many times washing scrapes in water.
To stop them washing and losing their bones in deep trouths which could kill the sheep, we put shallow water containers on sheep shade/rain shelters. Crows then switched to useing these containers as they were shallow and droped food could be reached and eaten. Sheep & crows happy. Food probably also washed/soaked to make softer as well as to improve taste& lower bacteria burden. Less crows localy now because there is less wild food due to factories & most bins now vermin/ bird proof.
Try putting shallow container on ground to encourage crows to leave deeper birdbath alone.- Put up high if cats can reach them. G'day & goodbye Mate from Australia.
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