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| I've had my pond for 15 years, and never suspected crows of eating anything in my pond. But for the last couple of days, a crow has been visiting, and my frog population has been dwindling. Coincidence? Or do crows eat frogs? If not, where have the frogs gone?
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| I don't know that much about crows, except what I have observed. I've seen many of them snacking on 'roadkill' so I would think frogs would be considered a delicacy. So, I'd have to say, 'Yes, they eat frogs.' |
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- Posted by babalu_aye z9b - St Pete, FL (My Page) on Fri, May 7, 10 at 19:27
| I'm sure crows would eat frogs. Several years ago we found a featherless, newly hatched baby bird on the ground outside the house. We hand fed the little bird, naming it Junior. We hoped it would grow up to be a mockingbird, but it turned out to be a starling. One day when Junior was learning to fly in the backyard, a crow swooped down, grabbed Junior, and tried to fly off with him. Luckily the crow dropped Junior unharmed. John |
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| Crows are omnivors and eat just about anything. They are also extremely intelligent and if they can get your frogs easily, they will do so. If you do a bit of internet searching, you can find crows will drop shellfish and nuts on a roadway, wait until a car crunches it, and then swoop in and take the meat which now has a broken shell. They learn, teach their young what they have learned, live in family groups, mate for life, have a ceremony when one of their group dies, ...
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