Crow Calling Basics 

I started practicing every day and immediately I saw improvements: All the people in my life started avoiding me starting with my coworkers, then my friends, then my boss. He fired me. Then my spouse left me and took the kids. My parents stopped talking to me. Now, the crows bring ME peanuts.

I wonder if birds get as much amusement in hearing people speak bird as we do hearing birds speak human

I might lose friends after starting this as my new hobby. (Update: I now only have crow calling friends & I’m totally ok with that).

i really want to be friends of a crow.Many people think they are freaky and the symbol of death but for me they are a symbol of intelligence and socialization

Imagine walking in a dark alley at night, a group of thugs appear, and you start making this noise only to have a 12-deep mob of crows appear looking down on you.

This is the only video I've found so far that isn't for hunting, I just want a crow friend

No one: This awesome person: 👁O👁 *caw sounds*

Make sure to buy the unsalted peanuts. There was one crow we fed outside our door once and when we went inside and closed the door he knocked on it. Was so cute we gave him another handful

Man. I followed your steps lol and I made a really accurate crow sound suddenly. Shit was hilarious.

I love crows! I've learned concepts of their social behavior by being around them. Every now and then I'd get a crow that I know is acknowledging my presence. One was calling me from a power line above and I called back to it. It started make clicking sounds that I couldn't mimick. I've learned that crows will allow you to get close to them when you slower your walking pace and look away from them. They also greet each other by perking their beak upward and turn their head. One morning I was walking to work and one tried to feed me a walnut.

I have 6, they come when I call. I received my first gift, a rock. I enjoy these interesting birds so much. They caw back and come very fast. 💗

I'm self taught and looks like we both use the same method. Corvids of any kind are wonderful creatures. I will be sure to start leaving peanuts out, good tip.

I just bought a crow call thing and didn’t even think that it was possible for a person (you) to sound so authentically like a crow!

"you will annoy people around you..." + smile 😂 priceless!

I live in the country, feed the crows and they have brought me the coolest gifts. Shiny things like butter knives, toy Matchbox cars, smooth stones, empty cans 😄 also beads and craft items. They used to leave them out in “crow field” (the back of my yard where I leave their food) but sometimes they put them right outside my back and front door! They are my sweet pets. I just planted a wild birdseed garden for them 🌱 Thanks for this vid, I plan to learn to “talk” to them 🧡

Your call is SUPER legit!! It sounds exactly like a crow

At last... I've found a community that respects crows as much as I do. My grandchildren think I'm like Dr Dolittle ( or just nuts) because I talk to the crows. I also try to teach local blackbirds the 5-note "Close Encounters" tune... occasionally you hear something very very similar coming back from one of them. Thrilling!

"You will annoy people". So another plus! Awesome!

Years ago the relationship between my cat Aurora and I was becoming increasingly strained. I was traveling for weeks at a time and each time I came home, he was progressively more and more upset with me. On one particular occasion, the day after arriving home, I was a few blocks away from the house, and I heard a cat's voice above me on the telephone wire. A Crow was up there, mimicking exactly the same sad expressive meows and yowls that Aurora had poured out to me the night before! The Crow seemed fully aware of what was happening with us, like it was public knowledge..was the Crow calling me out on my shyte?

Now that's a good crow sound!

Just remember that people are going to think that you are crazy. but if you really like Crows and want to have interaction with them? it won't matter if they think you're crazy, because in all likelihood the Crows are smarter than they are.

If my neighbors didn’t think I was crazy before they definitely do now.

You're amazing! I was watching people use a crow caller and thought that was good. You taught yourself to sound like a crow without any gadgets. That's a real skill. :)

I absolutely love crows ❤🐦🥰 I have a family of 3 that comes to my backyard every day and its such a treat to watch them eat peanut especially the ones in the shell. There is a 4th crow that started coming around and the other 3 always made her leave....but she started figuring out when the others are not around then she comes and calls me with such a soft sound it warms my heart 💗🐦😘 I call her CoCo ❤🐦🤗💞

Ooooh, I'm going to start practicing. I love crows!

You have the tone down perfect! I'm still practicing. There are a bunch of crows where iwork, they recognize me, my car, and bring their new babies to meet me. (I feed them!) I'm trying to figure out what the sequences of notes mean. Like 5 caws, then 3 short caws, or 7 then 3 or 2. Have you figured out any of these? Their language is way more complex than they are given credit for.

Thank you for posting this! I just sent your video to my husband with the message: “who’s crazy now?” 🤣 I’m constantly calling to the crows. Even my kids joke about it. But, in all seriousness they love them too.

I cannot believe how much you sound like my feathered buddies! Thank you so much for passing along your observations and talent!

I just wanted to let you know how my crows and I have been doing. Don't know if I mentioned before, but they're also one of my spirit animals. The other day, my crows left me the most precious gift EVER! So unexpected. Here's why it's so precious to me. Remember how I mentioned them leaving me their feathers? I have read that they like to collect things too. And that crows have been known to also gift something very important to them. I kinda figured their feathers would be considered something if great importance to them yanno. I still believe this. Anywho... After the passing of my mother 2 days before my birthday back in 2010, a very subtle soft rain came down. The Sun was still trying to peek through just enough. We were all on my sister's porch during this time. But after the rain passed, these small butterflies (white ones and blue, and blue was her favorite color) started showing up everywhere! We went to town and they were there as well! So we chalked this up as a message from her. Something positive. That maybe she was giving us a message of love or that she was still with us. Here the other day, after taking our pup outside to bathroom, I continue the daily routine of feeding my crow friends. And I noticed that they left me a small little yellow butterfly. Not a real one, but a trinket kinda thing with white edges on its wings. Slowly I picked it up, and thanked them. This brought tears to my eyes for obvious reasons. And leads me to wonder if somehow they know! Was this also a message from my mom? Idk, I hope I'm not reading too much into that. I do not believe in coinky dinks. But I do know that yellow represents friendship. So perhaps that part is a message from them. Making our friendship official? Idk. We are getting closer a little at a time.

I've been feeding some in my neighborhood for a while. They leave me gifts sometimes. Quarters, nickels random bright objects. Playing cards lol. They are very smart and cool!

Was a wee bit blue with the sudden demise of my French crow buddy, Frederique Texier. Young 55 and died in 6 weeks after misdiagnosis. Your lesson cheered me up and so pleased Freddy heard your instructional video before he joined all the other Crows in Peanut Heaven

You are great lady i think you are a crow

It's so funny because all of the crows around my house love me because I always give them peanuts 😂

You are correct about the toasted unsalted peanuts. My crows can spot me walking 100 yards away and call their friends. I also annoy my neighbors.

I record crows in my area. I was in another area 45 minutes away from my place , the other side of a Bay. I heard a crow and I was wondering if it sounded like my crows. It did but the timing of the call was different. Then I realized that the crow was talking to a barking dog. The dog was responding like what I'm used to hearing from cows. This was on an Indian reserve in New Brunswick Canada. The dog was in a backyard, I couldn't see it, but I could see the crow up at the top of a tree. I should have recorded it. What a special thing to hear.

My mother told me this story about her pet crow. She found it in the yard when she was just a little girl. The crow was just a little tike that was injured from falling from a tree. My mother nursed it back to health and they became friends. When she started going to school in the first grade, the crow followed her to school as she walked there. She said it would wait for her all day to come back outside the school building. Sometimes it would fly through an open window and land on a student's desk, often taking a pencil or something small it found on the desk, and flying out the window again. During recess one day when the children were outside, the crow flew from a tree it was perched on and landed on the ground at my mothers feet. My mother then described how "some mean boys" ran up to the crow, kicked it over and smashed its head in, then they laughed about it in my mother's face. I just wanted to tell the world about this story of my mother's pet crow. This was in 1940, when my mother was six years old.

I really want to befriend crows. I love them so much. I have a little friend I call Jericho. He likes to yell a lot for food. I like to give him unsalted sunflower seeds and bananas.

Nice It's cool to see someone else who can do crow calls too. I spent 7 months living at Tibetan Buddhist community and we had raven's up there all over the place because we would feed them as they seen as protectors of dharma, so I learn to do raven caws (and other various noises ravens make like clicking and such) while walking the temple grounds listening to them in the trees. My coworker is on point with crow calls, I'd more of a raven fan. especially the black and white ravens!

I came here to learn how to call Ravens, there's a bunch around my home.

I'm standing out here in a field trying to get some crow friends. I sound like I'm about to throw up and I think I'm scaring the crows too 😂😂😂

Everybody gangsta until Duolingo makes a bird sound language class

I have had an affinity to crows my whole life. However, it isn't until recently that I have learned about how unique they are. I am trying to establish a relationship with some local crows to see if they will bring me gifts. Wish me luck.

Thank you! On my way to school, there is a specific crow in a specific place and we are now friends :)

THANK YOU for this tutorial! My neighbors officially think I am insane! LOL

Wonderful! I have a crow call, but now I am inspired to try your technique. I've been feeding and talking to our local crows for some time, and they seem to know me as friendly. Thanks!!

Thank you poemovies, I just recently found out crows are really intelligent. And I also learned how to make them come in the morning for breakfast. Lol. Every morning for now on when I come home from work, I use the morning breakfast call and sometimes the crow call to feed them peanuts, lol

I saw a crop of scarecrows hanging out at a crowbar with crows on their shoulders singing "The Counting Crows" "Mr. Jones" song.

I had a little apparatus that mimicked various chicken sounds. I used it frequently out on the tennis courts to entertain myself and the kids. There were a lot of different kinds of birds around including the red-tailed hawk and crows to name a couple. The crows seemed to badger the hawk a bit but they were cool except for that. I liked them and the hawk. Well, one day a crow landed on the spot where the hawk usually perched and he(?) spread out one wing in front of his body like a cape and made one of the chicken sounds that my apparatus had. He did it enough to make it clear what he was on about. I am quite sure the crow was having fun with me but I had no idea they could imitate the sound so perfectly and with such humor. I knew then that I would have a healthy lifelong relationship with crows in some form. I am at a new location and the crows are around. It's only the beginning... I feel like Odin.

Wow, just what I've been waiting for. I have a bunch of crows who get toasted, unsalted peanuts from me. They're beginning to come closer. Many thanks for the lesson.

Oh, thank you!!! I take care of 20 to 30 crows in a cemetary. I have a plastic whistle and I whistle too. I fill up the bird baths and I got a man to give me one in my own courtyard. It's huge and two magpies drink there but they did not yet learn to take baths. Very strange ones. They LOVE partly cracked walnuts and any nuts. Best to buy a lot when it is cheap.

I feel so special when my crows see me returning home in my car. They swoop down the street and land in the tree above where I park my car. Sometimes when I leave they land on the car hood until the car starts to move.

Cool video. I saw a crow the other day digging in the dirt started making what I thought were Crow noises and it started coming over to me I throw my little shrimp I was eating on took it and flew away

LOVE LOVE LOVED your vocals!!! So realistic! Sometimes i kind of hide in store parking lots bc its embarrassing but i cant help it. I LOVE THEM

There are a few places which I frequent, and I always put out a handful of peanuts, or mixed nuts. I know they recognize my vehicle, because one particularly hot day I parked in a shady spot at the opposite end of the parking lot.. and one of the crows started flying past my window while letting out a call, as if to say, “we see you here.” They’re very smart. One day when I arrived, two were foraging very near to where I pulled up and parked. I “spoke” to them as I got out to deposit their treat, and they didn’t take off as they might ordinarily do (crows are very skittish). Two seagulls were also nearby, and they approached me directly. I knew they would hog whatever they saw me put down, not allowing the crows to have any. So I threw a handful across the parking lot, and while the seagulls chased after those.. placed a handful in the usual spot on the curb for the crows. The crows instantly understood the game, and not only did they not go directly to the peanuts (revealing their location).. but they waited patiently until the seagulls had eaten the nuts tossed for them, and then returned to stare at me for more.. then the crows took turns.. one would go land where I had tossed the distraction and PRETEND to be eating/finding nuts, and as the seagulls rushed back to see what the might have missed.. the other crow would retrieve a nut or two. Then they would switch roles.

I have 2 crows that have been coming by for a few months. We alternate from feeding in my front and now into my backyard. Im stoked. I want to build a better relationship with them.

Judas Priest...you're good at this stuff!! I've got two crow calls and they don't sound as good as your natural voice...bad on me...I've tried to categorize their calls...and mimic them...1 caw...2 caws...3 caws...other combinations...haven't figured it out, yet.If nothing else, you are entertaining as...well...real good!

I live on a lake in western mass and I watched a crow lure fish they could easily pluck out of the water with some random bread I have 0 clue where they got it from. That was some super intelligent behavior and now I'm slowly learning just how smart these birds are. Thank you for your video even if it's 5 yrs later

I can't believe that sound came out of that sweet little face! Lol! That's pretty good! I work outside all day at a podium at a hospital as a Concierge and part Valet and I see and hear crows on a daily basis. My interest is trying to identify the different sounds and what they mean. And I'm not lying, last year there was a crow making sounds like he was trying to sound out syllables. It was the craziest thing. I don't hear that any more. Like your video.

Yesterday I was talking to my mom and mentioned crows are my favourite birds. This morning a crow landed on our porch and even jumped on my shoulder. It did peck my ear which was a bit sore, but no hard feelings ^^

Awesome, I learned how to speak "raven" when we had some in my old town. Now, we have crows, I need to speak more to them in their crowspeak! thank you for this! I love the "guwonk guwonk" noise they make during the spring. they also make a "CHuff!" noise, when we're feeding them peanuts. And the rapid clicks. Corvids are wonderful.

I grew up in Michigan and learnt several crow calls, among them food, gather here, alarm, and a few others. When I moved to Washington state, I found the crows did not respond at all. Who knew crows had regional accents?

You have no inhibitions, do you? However, we have lots of crows who we love so thanks. Incidentally, the best imitation of a raven is either 'Cronk' or a grunt like a pig. Brilliant. Don't suppose you will ever see this, given how old the post is, but thanks again, anyway.

TRUE CROW CONFESSIONS FROM CONNECTICUT. I usually toast my 9 whole grain bread for my conference of crows; however, they much prefer a week old French baguette with bourbon garlic cheese. Arrest me.

Whenever we go camping I crow call. I love seeing the curious birds fly in to see what crow sounds like it’s dying 😂 they are amazing creatures.

LMAO I'm practicing and my dogs are starting at me 😂 pretty sure they think I've finally lost it lol 😂

I've just started feeding two crows roasted peanuts in the shell at our Smart & Final parking lot. Now on the 3rd day of doing this one of them was perched on the pole that is right in front of where I park my car. I tossed a new batch of peanuts onto the landscape island where they can get them safely. It is fun.

I had a conversation with a couple of crows in the woods last week. Have no idea what we were saying, but we spoke for about 10 minutes. They called, I repeated. They'd call back, I'd repeat. Then I'd call and they'd repeat. It was fun.. hope to run into them again. I'll pick up some peanuts for them next time I'm out. :)

You are the crow lady! And I mean that in the best way possible. You sound so good. I just want some crow friends, I find them to be amazing birds. Thank you!

You're good. I love it. I'm just starting to learn to call to the crows. I wish I could leave peanuts for them but in this condo complex they will stop you. I had sooo much fun feeding the squirrels and blue jays peanuts until I had to stop. :(

I love this thank you! Crows have been gifting me on a post by my horse's water trough, I guess for the water. Now I leave them snacks and wanted to learn to communicate and I came across your video. Thanks again!

Wow your crow call is talent !!!

This is the video I had been looking for. Since crows are so very intelligent, I suppose there are rather complex things they are capable of communicating amongst one another. I wonder to which extend I‘ll be able to learn about that. So far, all I can do is recognize their fear when I give them peanuts - and the interest and attention they show when they see me (since they expect to maybe get a peanut). Also, I think the crows „politely“ make me aware of their presence so I‘ll feed them. 😄

I absolutely love crows, so I’m trying to learn as much as I can about them. This is really helpful!!

I see a fat, large crow, or raven daily. He has his chest out and waddles across the neighbor's lawn. Thank you for your videos. I am practicing

In my examinations of crow song, I have discovered that the gaps between caws are just as important as the caws themselves. [short caw, short pause, short caw, short pause, short caw] seems to mean "Beware!" On the other hand... [short caw, long pause, short caw, long pause, short caw] seems to mean "Come look." The pauses may indicate a severity level of a basic caw pattern. Or they provide some other context. Or both. The crow version of inflection perhaps. I have also noticed regular, almost universal call patterns irrespective of family group. For example... [long caw, long pause, short caw, short pause, short caw] seems to be a greeting meant specifically for humans, or a recognition of them. I have never witnessed them sing it to each other.

I am very new to this, I want to start feeding crows and I though I would want to learn their call, I watched your video a bunch and managed to get a mix of a raven and a crow call. I was also able to have first conversation today! Thank you for making this video!

Thank you so much! I love crows! You are so kind to share your knowledge, that's humbling! To teach others! The kindest of gifts!

Hi, Hege from Norway here! :D I tried to call crows after seeing your video yesterday, and a crow came after 5-10min, and after looking at me for a while, it took the food i offered! Thanks for a nice and interestning video!

My neighbors are REALLY GOING TO THINK I'M A BIRD BRAIN FOR SHO!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

I’d like to see a video of a group of people making crow calls.

Well I can tell you it works! Thanks for the lesson :) I work at a school and got a few kids to make that sound with me and low and behold we were chatting it up with 3 crows that showed up. Was an educational experience 🖤

I love this crow lady

Well, you've convinced my cats you speak crow fluently.

I started tossing the odd bit of dog-kibble to nearby crows when dog walking. now there are a couple (in 2 different parks) that will come right over whenever they see me playing with my collie and follow us across the park. If i tell the dog to lie down and stay and drop some treats behind him (tricky part is not letting the dog notice), one crow will walk right up to his tail to pick them up - so long as I back away about 5 metres. He seems a lot more confident about approaching the dog than approaching the human that brings the food. That shows great wisdom i think :) When the treats are gone he sometimes pecks the dog' s tail a couple of times- but not hard enough to bother him much. Does he want him out of the way to check for crumbs at the other end? or is it just playful curiosity? Usually there's a smaller crow hanging back and watching. I'm assuming they're a pair and that's the female? She's not so bold and only gets a treat if I throw them in two directions at the same time, otherwise he always gets there first. I wouldn't say my dog was laid-back generally, but pigeons , crows, ducks etc don't excite him - he can walk though a flock of town pigeons, but a wren giving an alarm call in the hedge - that winds him up!

Omg I wanna do this! I live in rural Alabama and seen them hanging around my chicken coop...I'm trying to feed them but they fly away when I come outside. I prefer animals over humans. I'm surrounded by them amid mother nature. I'll be practicing this. You sound incredible!!!

never thought id find myself watching a video on how to speak crow lollllll

Notes taken. Now I just need to find a crow for my CRAW journey

I love this. Thank you

In my experience, you don't have to be a good crow imitator. You just have to make a recognizable, consistent sound that means "Peanuts here!"

I feed crows peanuts near work. They do love them. Also pringle chips but they tend to blow away very easily. I do miss the waxwings from.last 2 years. I found when they were feeding on buds wild cherry tree, if you quietly approached them & whistled 3 times, they often would reply in kind. Thank you.

I love this video going to get started on my crow call immediately

awesome video. I'm going to try this, thank you :)

I'm having the hardest time with the rhythm of the calls. I can do an okay one at a regular rhythm, but if I want to do it more like actual crows, I can't get their rhythm right. It's like they syncopate it, but I can't breathe right to do that. Oh well. Once I get them to take peanuts from me, they won't care if I get the rhythm right. I did get them to fly around me in a massive orbit 3-4 times, 6+ of them. 3 (or more) of the most incredible moments of my life have involved birds, and this was one of them. No one seems to care when I tell the story. Guess I'm just a stoner! If someone had told me, I'd think they were making it up. But it happened to me! They orbited me, my driveway, my whole yard, front and back, slowly and deliberately, as if trying to make friends or figure me out. They were idle at the time, which is maybe part of the secret. Now whenever I see a crow, it's busy with other birds and doesn't have time to chat!

Thanks that is helpful. Our crow friends come without calling, they recognise us. They are now very relaxed with us.

Hey,thanks, I'm amongst crows and I love them!

Wow, you sound like you have an actual call. Very good.

This helps when there’s a group of crows gathering on our tree

I've always enjoyed the sound of crows and observing them. Everytime I look at one close to me I'd say hi or hello little buddy. I want to be friends with a crow, I think it'd be really cool. Time to buy some peanuts

I have watched this piece 3 times now. My overarching question? How did you record this and not breakout in rib breaking laughter. What a Crow Poker Face.

really liked this. Great job on the calls. I want a bird friend. So does my shoulder.