Crows can mimic human speech, recognize faces, count, remember people by face, and much, much more. These clever little fuckers are friendly as hell when you’re nice to them and this story is almost certainly true, you can befriend your local murder pretty easily by finding a spot they frequent and feeding them with your face uncovered. Talking to them might help as well. They absolutely will bring you shit and if you try to train them to you can get them to speak simple words and sentences. They will also recognize you if you’re a dick to them, and they’ve been known to harass people who are mean to them. tl;dr Corvids are smart bastards who will be your good buddies if you let them.