I'm curious about others' experiences with crow "raiding" behavior. I
have camped in hundreds of places across North America, and there were
only two places where crows boldly raided our food supply. One was the
Hoh rain forest in Olympic National Park, where crows actively swooped
down and grabbed food off our picnic table as soon as we turned our
backs. The other was in the large state park on Orcas Island, where
several crows boldly flew down and got into bags of groceries in the
open trunk of our car as soon as we walked several yards away. This
behavior seems similar to the "raiding" behavior of Steller's Jays
coming to my feeders--a quick grab and fast flight away. Could this
admittedly small sample reflect a behavioral difference between
different crow species/subspecies/races/genetic clusters?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Lee Rentz
Shelton WA