Crow found a discarded Christmas cookie (photo from Wikimedia Commons)

17 October 2025

American crows (Corvus brachyrhynchos) will eat almost anything from worms, eggs and frogs to small birds and mammals, carrion and discarded human food. The crow pictured above has found a Christmas cookie. Num num.

People who feed small birds often find they are also feeding crows. In 2021 Anthony Abraham saw a video of a puzzle feeder for wild parrots and decided to try it on his local crows in California. Watch how long it took the crows to try the puzzle. It was easy once they got accustomed to it.

These crows worked for peanuts.