This breaks my heart... I "commune" with my backyard crows, call them and put out food for them. A few months ago, my neighbor found the biggest one dead in her yard. Astoundingly, we were alerted to it because dozens upon dozens of crows were carrying on in a demanding and deafening fashion! We called the neighbor to ask if she could see what was going on and she told us what had happened. Ken went over to gather up the dead crow, and in that moment, they all flew off as though the job was taken care of! We'd never seen anything like it! The cycle of life is both joyous and painful....