‘Thanks, buddies!’: Grateful cat mom thankful for local wild crows after they help rescue her ‘ragdoll’ cat from a bald eagle, gives them a special breakfast treat

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Mar 27, 2026 6:00 AM EDT

Crows are constantly misrepresented in Hollywood's scary movie industry. If you'd just look online, you'd find tons of instances where crows come to the aid of innocent creatures. Just like this tiny little pet "ragdoll" cat, who had no idea they were in danger. The cat mom was extremely thankful for her crow homies! (Or should we say crowmies?)

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    cute crows hanging around in nature

  • "Crows to the rescue. I don’t get gifts but this was better!"

    I've fed the crows for years. Every morning I go out with a tray of cat kibble and occasionally some meat like chicken scraps or beef gristle. My
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  • crow buddies sit in my maples and watch and chat among themselves until I go inside, then they fly down and have breakfast. I've watched
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  • posts on here of people who get gifts from their crows and that's never happened for me. I admit I was a bit jealous.
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  • Cute wild black crow eating a little treat
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    Cute wild black crow eating a little treat

  • Today, I was outside in the cat yard with my pretty little Ragdoll cat, Pixie. She was rolling around on the walkway while I cleaned up the garden. Suddenly I heard.
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    Cute little kitty cat hiding in some shrubbery outside

  • my crows directly behind me making the most gosh awful racket. I whirled around and there was a bald eagle right above my cat. He was obviously
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    Bald eagle flying in a beautiful blue sky

  • zeroed in on her, but he was being attacked by four crows who were screeching at the top of their lungs. They were putting the boots to that eagle in a very emphatic way. The eagle turned tail
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  • and I ran to scoop up my cat who simply looked bewildered. I shouted out to my crows, 'Thanks buddies. There will be something extra in your breakfast tomorrow!'
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  • Listen, we know all about the circle of life and are also rooting for the wild birds of prey out there. However, we're also rooting for them to stay far far away from our beloved little pets. Sure, a bald eagle most likely isn't going to come after a 70lbs German Shepherd, but those pets that are much smaller need to keep their eyes on the skies. If this mvrder of crows wasn't on the side of this cat mom and her pet cat, then who knows what would have happened? We still hope that eagle found dinner for themself that evening, but somewhere deep in the woods, where nature can be nature. 

  • cstmoore Crowmies FTW!
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  • Raccoon58 In the spring my neighbor's yard floods a little creating a small pond. It seems every year a pair of mallard ducks hang out there for a few weeks until it dries out. I heard a bunch of racket from some crows and looked out the window to see them warning the ducks that a cat was sneaking up on them along the high grass line. They started dive bombing the cat. I thought it was so neat to see that.
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    Two crows flying in a beautiful blue sky

  • quidprobono I have had them freak out to warn of coyotes while walking the dogs! Super great to have the eyes in the sky!!
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  • lookielou81 I was able to let my rabbit run around in my yard because our neighborhood crows keep the hawks away. Love them!
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  • Black and white tuxedo cat sitting outside in a deck chair looking up to the sky
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  • The lesson we have all learned here is that we need to befriend our local crows. Sure, scary movies have made us think they're a bad omen, but that's just not true. They could very well be the ones who save you and your little kitty, too someday!

  • auntbealovesyou My hens recognize the crow warning calls and my neighborhood crows run off Hawks and owls on the regular. I think they are just very territorial and hate birds of prey.
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  • fuzzyfernsprout I had a crow friend I used to feed who did a similar thing to let me know my cat was face to face with a dog (through a fence). They truly will look out for you and your pets if they like you! My cat is all black too, I thought maybe they were kindred spirits.
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  • Tasty-Run8895 Yes, people don't believe me when I tell them my story when I was outside with the crows, I had just feed them. I was doing some work and all of a sudden de d quiet. I looked around to see what had happened and saw a big bird sitting in a tree across a small field. I was wondering if it was an
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  • eagle or a hawk so I started walking over to see and as soon as I got halfway there, I heard all kinds of noise from the crows, so I ran back to see what was going on with them. Nothing silence so I started again. I realized on the third try that they were putting themselves in jeopardy by giving away their locations to warn me about what turned out to be a hawk/
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