Live from Keith's yard
A mated pair of American crows comes to this yard in Oviedo, Florida, every morning. This is the camera at their feeding spot.
Abish's field notes
WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER 2026
October 28, 2026. Keith fed the birds 1 time at 7:42 AM. The camera saw a bird 30 times, naming Northern Cardinal 4 times and Northern Mockingbird 1 time. The yard mic identified birds 908 times, with Northern Cardinal 240 times and American Crow 238 times.
Today| Fed | 7:42 AM |
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| Crow calls, yard mic | 238 |
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| Birds on camera | 30 |
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| Species heard | 18 |
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Counts come from what the camera and the yard mic logged.
Heard on the yard mic today
- Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis240
- American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos238
- Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula165
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus71
- Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolor47
- Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus36
- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis28
- Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens23
- Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus20
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura19
- Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe7
- Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis6
The pair
One of them is loud. It sits up in the tree and calls, and often won't come down alone. The other is quiet. When the quiet one arrives, they both come down and eat.
Keith feeds them at dawn: hard-boiled eggs cut in half, and peanuts. He says “hey buddy” and clicks his jaw. The crow eats only the yolks.
His father kept a crow at Nettles Island that would land on the banister and caw until it got a saltine. Keith has spent years working toward that kind of trust. This camera is how the rest of us get to watch.
