This crow's name is Russell and every day he waits for his favorite kid to get home from school. We talked to the kid's mom about how Russell flies in her window to watch TV with her son
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00:00They could spend hours just playing.
00:08Russell is a wild bird.
00:10He's not around all the time, but when Otto is outside, he will never leave Otto's side.
00:19When we go inside, he will sit outside the window because he wants Otto to go outside
00:25with him.
00:28When I pick up Otto from kindergarten, Russell will sit on our roof and make sure that Otto
00:33is home.
00:34Even though Russell and Otto are really great friends, I never leave them unsupervised.
00:44Before we got Russell, I didn't know that crows could be affectionate.
00:51My boyfriend was out working, and this little crow came up to him.
00:56He was really thin.
00:58In the end of the day, that little crow was still there.
01:01We tried to call a wildlife rehabilitator, but there wasn't any nearby who was able to
01:07take him in.
01:08So he decided to take him home, nurse him back to health.
01:12Once we nursed Russell back to health and he could fly wherever he wanted, he still
01:18decided to stay near our house, and he visited us every day.
01:27Russell and Otto's relationship bloomed over the summer.
01:31They have a special bond.
01:35Otto has never been scared of Russell.
01:40Russell would only allow Otto to pet him.
01:43Whenever I tried, he would leave.
01:47If we open up our window, he will go and sit on the couch watching TV with Otto.
01:53I just think he likes to hang around Otto.
01:59Russell is a big part of our family now.
02:02He's here every day.
02:04When I take the kids to daycare, he will join me sitting on top of the car.
02:10He's very interested in the baby.
02:13The main reason why Russell is so interested in Hedwig is because he has a thing for pacifiers.
02:20He will stay completely still and then he will strike and steal the pacifier away from
02:26Hedwig.
02:28Russell has a love-hate relationship with the dogs and the cats.
02:35He likes to tease them a lot.
02:44Living with Russell means there is never a dull moment in our life.
02:49He allows us to interact with nature in a way that most people are not able to.
02:55We're his flock.