anyone hating on crows hasn't had the joy of befriending them or becoming the leader of a murder, them and parrots really are some of the smartest and most interesting animals out there
if they're hostile they want smoke 90% of the time but are quick to scatter if you come at them. mostly they're like teens, they like junk food, being dikks, sharing toys that amuse them with you, attacking your haters, etc.
been befriended murders before, it's neat and has no cons.

after crows like you enough they kinda enter your thrall. i could get them to perch on my hand and bring me gifts, sometimes it was shiny trinkets, sometimes it was chicken bones. never figured out what that meant, it could've been either "bring me rotisserie chicken like my other human friends" or "a coyote's consuming my chicken brehs, we want vengeance." sometimes they'd try to tell me shyt but i didn't bother to learn their language.
one murder at the supermarket had a crow with a fukked up leg so he'd crip walk everywhere. whenever they got scared of a rodent coming for their cheetos, they'd all scatter except for the crapple who'd just stare it down and menacingly caw at it until it slunk away. there's a different murder on the other side of the building, i should go back, antagonize that one for a lil bit (they remember faces and behavior for years), then have my weaponized murder follow me and sic 'em on the opps.
i saw another murder that lived in a tree, as they'd fly in, they'd shift around on the branches in deference to each crow's rank. one crow would fly in and perch on the top branch, he'd stay there until a more yoked up crow showed up, then that one would move down a branch and let the HCIC have the top branch. they're entertaining af to watch, i wish i could keep them indoors.
Ya know ....
I'm scared to actually give out food for that exact reason
be nice to them for a lil while and they'll tell the murder who you are and it'll know you for generations. they have individual likes and dislikes for food so it's not even like you have to feed the whole murder, bring smth like peanuts and only a few of them will eat. your deeds will be forever carried in mournful song.