Crows accosted by ferocious feline saved by bird lover after being awoken by their calls for help, now she can’t go anywhere without being escorted by her grateful feathery friends, crow hero says: ‘It's pretty fun being famous with my city’s crows.’

Laurent Shinar • If cats could talk, they'd ignore us.

May 29, 2026 10:45 AM EDT

Crows are well known for their ability to remember a face, though that usually comes with the negative connotation that someone has wronged them. But in this story we are lucky enough to encounter a case where a bird loving hooman becomes her local crows' hero and they celebrate her wherever she goes.

It is a rarity in the bird lover community that an avian enthusiast gets to actually interact with the birds they so love. Usually opting to take them in from a distance, perhaps with the help of a pair of binoculars. But in the story we have lined up for you today from Reddit's r/crowbro subreddit, our bird lover is actually a buddy of the birds from the get go. Having access to a whole flock of crows who love nothing more than to hangout on her balcony and gore themselves on the buffet she lays out for them every day.

But it wasn't until one fateful morning when her crows uncharacteristically pestered her to wake up early that their relationship would be taken to the next level and she would become a hero to all crows in her local area. It is a hero's tale of heartwarming proportions and we are so glad to be able to share it with you all.

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Holy moly, that is quite the situation to find yourself launched into at such an early hour after returning from an arduous trip. But when you love animals there is little you will not do to help them and in this case it seems that not only were the crows in danger, but also the poor cat needed a helping hand to get out of the car park it had found itself trapped in. It is just lucky that the crows were smart enough to call upon their hooman friend to come and help them out of their situation. Otherwise who knows how this could have ended.
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Ah this is a toughie. While this bird lover is totally right that this cat has become an issue for these birds, and is likely in more danger than the birds themselves. The other side of the coin here is that cats are generally rather free creatures. There is little one can do to stop a cat from going outside if that is their will. And stopping them from doing so can come off rather cruel in the end. So it seems that this situation might just have to be left up to mother nature. After all, these are animals, and in the wild they sort these situations out themselves.
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