ChrisJoWD (@ChrisJoWD)

Dog Clickers Aren’t Just for Dogs Anymore - They’re Going to the Birds Want to make friends with the neighborhood Corvids such as Crows and Ravens? Forget cawing or yelling out your back door like a maniac, just grab a standard dog clicker and prepare to build your own winged security team. I’ve devised the ultimate method for charming the local corvids that visit my yard. Like any good relationship, it started with food: crisp apples, unsalted peanuts, and the absolute holy grail of crow delicacies, trapped garden mice. To bridge the communication gap, I brought a dog clicker. The Pavlov Protocol: Bird NEW EDITION My training regimen was simple: - Lay out the gourmet buffet twice a day. - Sound the dinner bell: click… click… click… click (four evenly spaced clicks in a suscession series). - Step back and let the magic happen. It didn’t take long for the local crows to crack the code. Corvids are essentially feathered supercomputers, and they quickly realized that a series of four distinct clicks meant the "Human Snack Station" was officially open for business. Now, when I hit the clicker, they arrive within minutes. The Pest Control Partnership The real game-changer? Garden mice. Whenever I catch a mouse in a trap, it goes straight to the feeder station. What used to be a garden pest problem is now a high-protein, five-star delicacy for my wild neighbors. Those mice are gone in a matter of seconds. It’s the ultimate win-win: organic pest disposal and a very happy crow crew. Life with My Feathered Entourage At this point, we’ve developed a full-blown mutual understanding: The Roof Sentinel: They keep a full-time scout posted above my house. The second I step outside, the watch-crow alerts the rest of the murder. The Backyard Shout-Outs: If I wander into the yard empty handed, they don’t hesitate to yell down at me from the trees, politely (and loudly) reminding me that a "little something-something" to munch on would be greatly appreciated. I love my neighborhood crows. Sure, my human neighbors might think I’m running a secretive avian cult with a dog clicker, but hey, who else gets a personal feathered escort every time they step into the yard? #trainingcrows #trainingbirds #trainwildbirds #crows #Ravens #trainravens #GardenBirds