Are crows occupied with rearing, feeding, teaching their fledglings more so at this time of year????
It might depend on what area of the country you are in, if it is early spring wherever you are. But in my area, if the baby crows have hatched yet, then they just got snowed on. In my part of the country, I usually see the baby crows following their parents around in early/mid summer. (Hard to tell, since the baby crows are as black and nearly as big as their parents, but occasionally you’ll catch sight of one doing the baby bird “open-mouthed feed-me-shiver”.) So I would guess that the drop off in crows this early in the spring might be due to them finding mates and nesting places more than actually raising their young. Wikipedia says that early April is about the earliest they start nesting, and it takes about 7.5 weeks for the babies to actually fledge and leave the nest. Also, during fall and winter, crows tend to flock together more, so there might just be more of them in the general area to notice your feeding them; while in spring and summer, crows seem to spread out more. Sourc
