I had an unfledged baby crow brought to my ranger office in a campground in Washington State many years ago. I took it down to the son of one of the other rangers to take care of. She (we don't know if it was a she, but I named her Lenore the Crow, with apologies to Edgar Allan Poe) was quite bright. The humans taught the cats early on to leave the crow alone, and as she got bigger she used to tease the cats, flying just out of reach, or hopping along in front of them on the lawn.

She used to perch in a tree outside the boys' bedroom and when she saw movement in the house in the morning she squawked up a storm until someone came out and fed her. She ate dog food out of a can, one that had lots of veggies in it. And she learned to eat other things on her own. She stuck around for many months and when she left they didn't know if it was on her own or because a hawk or eagle got her. She was a treat to have around the place. Great guard animal - we heard her in the house and knew someone was approaching, but anyone in the yard wouldn't realize this crow was doing anything like calling out an alarm. It was just a bird in a tree.

SRS