Woman raises crow and helps him return to the wild

I love how smart crows are, especially when they trust someone - they'll actually pass that info on to other crows (especially family) about good humans so they know who is/isn't a threat

If people saw this in medieval times, they would say "yup, that's a witch."

Him and the dog playing tug of war together is FREAKING ADORABLE 😭

Fun fact: Crows have a history in being best friends with wolves. Crows often used to drop sticks from the trees for wolf pups to grab. Essentially playing some form of fetch. So dogs playing fetch is already hardwired into their brains due to crows. Crows also flew behind pray that wolves are chasing so the wolves don’t lose it. In return the crow gets some of the meal if it was successfully caught. So it’s not much of a surprise that Pepe and Xena grew attached almost immediately.

pepe is a genius. he literally found a way to cook his food!

The neighbors must have loved the crow recording played on repeat😅

We had a crow when I was a kid! He fell out of the nest into our garden and sadly the parents abandoned him. Once he was old enough to go back into the wild he did so, but returned almost every day to spend time with us. He even began imitating our voices like a parrot would. He also knew exactly who was part of the family and who wasn't. They are scary smart.

He imprinted on you because he was so young and most likely see’s you as his parents or siblings. We had a Crow show up on my doorstep with a broken wing, he was actually crowing and pecking the door to get our attention to help. We nursed him back to health and even taught him how to mimic some human words. We released him after about 5 or 6 months but he would still visit us every day for scratches and pets. They’re incredibly intelligent sentient beings.

I'm actually not surprised he managed to bond with the dog, flocks of ravens (another bird in the Corvus family closely related to crows) in the wild will often bond with packs of dogs. The ravens help search for prey from the air and lead the wolves to it, in exchange the wolves tenderize the flesh of the prey for the ravens to share with them. And it's not solely business too, because ravens will play with wolf pups. If they stopped hunting today, they'd likely still hang around each other. This has been going on long enough that it's thought to be the influence behind Odin's depiction as traveling with a pair of wolves and ravens. So as odd as this thing may seem, it's likely not the first time this has happened. Having a crow and a dog is also the closest you might come to being a god.

Crows and ravens have extremely good facial recognition, which is why most of the time even if returned to the wild and contact is limited, they still remember. That is why Pepe is okay with your family but still leery of others he doesn't know.

This was in 1967. I was 7 yrs old My great uncle found an abandoned baby crow. I think it was actually a Raven. He hand raised it. It could talk and answer to its name, Jacko He grew into this beautiful shiney jet black majestic bird. But some really bad boys in our area were afraid of it and ended up killing Jacko with sling shots. My uncle was devastated, never forgot the bird and mourned it for the remainder of his life. I'm 62 and I still remember seeing them together. The love and trust they had for each other. It's like it was yesterday. Such beautiful and clever birds

This lady is an incredible trainer. She knew how to help the crow without making him dependent on her. She also knew how to train her dog very well to make him accept the crow and not scare him. She immediately said to her "no barking" when the crow was nearby. This woman is like an animal whisperer

3 different species, all good friends. Incredible

I'm an old guy, but I remember Jocko, my pet crow that I got out of a nest in an almond orchard. Had him for two years, then one day he decided to leave. Gosh, that was in 1959! You did a great job raising him young lady!

My mom rescued a crow when I was young. She nursed it back to health and he loved everyone in the family including the dogs. The dogs tolerated the crow., he would ride on their backs. He came to the window and knocked with his beak when he wanted in and we just opened the window and let him in. Left the window open so he could leave. He usually stayed for hours. I'll always remember Mr. Crow!

I am so very happy that he doesn't trust strangers and that he only trusts his family . Crows are very incredibly smart and this will help him with survival

I would definitely spend a lot of time convincing people I was some kind of Druid.

Oh man, his sun bathing is absolutely hilarious. It looks like he's having an overly theatrical death! 😂

THE DOG BEING GENTLE WITH TUG OF WAR. MY HEART.

Imagine if she’d named him “Spirit of the night”, it would be so badass to shout “Spirit of the night, come to me!” and then a crow flies onto your arm