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Over the past month or so I've noticed crows have been dropping peanuts in the shell, burnt toast or hamburger buns in my birdbath, then coming back later to eat the softened food. Someone in the neighborhood is feeding the crows and they've realized that soaking the food in my birdbath makes it easier to eat. It pretty much ruins the bathwater and I dump it out when I see it. Once in awhile if I catch it before it disintegrates I'll leave it out on a table.

Over the past month or so I've noticed crows have been dropping peanuts in the shell, burnt toast or hamburger buns in my birdbath, then coming back later to eat the softened food. Someone in the neighborhood is feeding the crows and they've realized that soaking the food in my birdbath makes it easier to eat. It pretty much ruins the bathwater and I dump it out when I see it. Once in awhile if I catch it before it disintegrates I'll leave it out on a table.

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[–] • 3 pts

Start feeding them. They’ll bring you thank you gifts in return.

[–] • 0 pt

The crows scare off the other birds by being noisy and territorial. They seem to have a grudge against the doves here. I'm pretty sure they killed one trying to nest in "their" tree. I respect crows for their smarts and it's fun to watch their social interactions with each other, but when they are not around my yard attracts a lot of smaller songbirds who use the bath to drink and clean themselves.
I'm not planning on doing anything about the situation other than cleaning up the mess though. It's just interesting to watch these things play out.

[–] • 2 pts

My conure soaks his food, too. It’s a bird thing, ask @stupidbird

[–] • 1 pt

It's easier to eat with no teeth.

[–] • 2 pts

In my old apartment I would leave the neighborhood crows the skin off of the chicken breast that I would get from the store. I didn't really like the taste of chicken breast so I'd rip it off and then put it in the freezer and make it rock hard and then toss it out the window the next morning. They loved getting down on that skin. I remember one morning probably around 6:30 I tossed it out. But when I pulled up the shade there was about 15 crows sitting on the roof below mine waiting for the meal to get thrown out. Sometimes I throw out the chicken legs too and it would just break them open and get the marrow out.

[–] • 2 pts

Crows are extremely intelligent birds. Unlike the niggerbird we have.

[–] • 1 pt

leave something shiny out for them, crows can be your friend

[–] • 0 pt

Tell them to stop it.