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American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos |
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Most baby birds stay with their parents only a few weeks, and then move away. At the age of one year, they have their own nest, and are ready to lay eggs and start raising chicks. Crows are different. Most crows don’t set up their own nest until they are 4 or 5 years old. Instead, they stay with their parents and help raise their younger brothers and sisters. So one family group might have as many as 15 members. Chicks could be fed by their aunts and uncles. And it might be their cousins who protect the nest from predators. |
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