This is a common repost from the old site, these are not baby crows.
this post was submitted on 15 Nov 2023
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Fact: Those cute fluffy babies are actually a variety of baby rails, including a corncrake. Notice how feathery and soft they look, like a baby duck or chicken? That’s because there are basically two strategies for how young are born. They can be altricial, which means you’re born naked and blind (i.e helpless) or precocial, which means you’re born fully feathered or furred and are ready to go from day one.
Fun fact, most birds that are ground-nesters, so game birds, waterbirds, etc., are born feathered and adorable. Whereas most birds born in arboreal nests are little naked jelly beans. Crows, fall into the latter category as anyone who studies crows, rehabs crows, or curiously peeked into a crow nest can attest to.
I’m not a huge fan of most birds but crows are awesome and these little guys are super cute!
These are rails, not crows. Actual baby crows are pretty ugly.
Yikes! I guess if you’re smart, you gotta be born ugly.
That’s what I tell myself anyway.
When you're high enough in the food chain you don't need to look adorable to try and deter predators from eating you...
The birds don't take my fancy, but I'm a sucker for puns and collective nouns, so here's my upvote.
I approve.