We have a crow who keeps coming back to our flat and drops stones on the skylights. He stands on the skylight, drops a stone on it, then picks it up and does it again, sometimes for ages. He'll often move between skylights too. Is this normal practice or have we got a nutjob bird?
Why is this crow doing this?
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Either it is having fun or sometimes when it drops the stone there will be some creepy crawlies that appear after the event.
That's my guess anyway.
That's my guess anyway.
they're pretty intelligent birds and they have been known to bring people 'gifts' - maybe you should give him some food in return, I'm sure he'll appreciate it 
this article is relevant:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31604026
this article is relevant:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31604026
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He is trying to break open the skylight, so he can attack at night and catch you unawares, and eat your eyeballs.....
Or he is getting food using tools.
Or fighting his own reflection.
Or likes the noise.
We used to have a great one who annoyed a local cat, used to sit watching him then wait until a few metres separated them, cat about to strike, old squaky would fly up, over the cat land the other sit, watch and repeat. Would do it for an hour before becoming bored.
Or he is getting food using tools.
Or fighting his own reflection.
Or likes the noise.
We used to have a great one who annoyed a local cat, used to sit watching him then wait until a few metres separated them, cat about to strike, old squaky would fly up, over the cat land the other sit, watch and repeat. Would do it for an hour before becoming bored.
they're pretty intelligent birds and they have been known to bring people 'gifts' - maybe you should give him some food in return, I'm sure he'll appreciate it
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I would also say this, very smart bird a crow is.
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Tell Jon Snow to stop dropping pebbles, clear off and get on with sorting out the White Walkers.
It's personal isn't it. I had a fly in my living room for about 2 weeks, couldn't bring myself to swat it and it literally landed on me and my monitor in exact the same place at around the same time every night. It was to linear to be a coincidence. Then all of a sudden it disappeared.
No, I'm not. I can't get a close look either because our skylights are frosted. I'll keep an eye out when I'm outside to see if I see him flying around.
What could I feed him anyway? He must be nesting around here because he's definitely a regular.
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Noticed a crow in our garden kept attacking some magpies the other day, I take it they don't get on.
This makes perfect sense, I suspect that this is exactly what's going on as he's only started doing it over the last month or so.
Think he'd enjoy tuna or sardines? Last thing I want is to make the poor fella sick but he must be hungry.
one of my Friends has a Crow that keeps dropping golf balls in her back garden, best part is, there are no golf courses any where near. lol
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Just be glad its stones on your skylight and not bird poop through your letter box!
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