The eggs are 1.6 and are bluish-green with brown markings. They are attracted to garbage dumps and have a well-known fondness for melons and corn. The habit of farmers placing scarecrows in their grain fields resulted from the crow s incessant damaging and scavenging. Crows do help farmers however when they eat insects attracted by their crops. They exhibit a cooperative defense behavior where they will often gang-up on or mob an enemy until it leaves the area.
Man is the number one enemy of the crow.
Habits Crows are very social and live in family groups of between 2 to 15 birds, averaging 4 birds. A group of crows is called a murder . Pecking orders are evident as in all animals. Crows are territorial and are avid defenders of the same. They operate from central positions called roosts where they gather just before dark after returning from feeding on normal flight paths called flyways.