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Love feeding wild birds…..there is black coloured city species I am trying to identify…any ideas?

I like feeding wild birds in Toronto with good quality grain bread…common ones…really love these clever little creatures.

Anyway, in the one park, there is this black coloured bird that sometimes comes buy.

-> Size bigger than a sparrow, smaller than a pigeon
->Adults are very jet black, almost purple around neck
->Kind of shy, and a little agressive sometimes
->Juveniles (females?) seems to have a speckled white neck sometimes
->The seem more intelligent…enjoy blackberries sometimes, mostly bread though.
->Very clean looking birds, well groomed

I don’t think its a “raven” (??) but its quite black.
Maybe it is.
If someone has any ideas that would be great.
If you could send a link with a picture, I could see if its the one for a positive ID.

THANX

I just started feeding wild birds with a feeder in my yard.?

I’d like to try hummingbirds also, do they all get along? Watching these little birds, along with my cats sitting below the feeder watching the birds too, is too cute.

Can feeding wild birds with peanuts during the breeding season harm the nestlings?

Can feeding wild birds with peanuts during the breeding season harm the nestlings?

WIld Bird Feeding in apartment?

My neighbor downstairs hates me feeding wild birds so I stopped it. Is it Ok for me to feed them since they wait 4 me when I come back after a 2 month break. Not only that it is so cold (below 0) that they come back to me so hungry. This is such a bad situation.
I saw a baby dove with the parents running on my balcony. They come back when they see the shutters of my window open. Also the chickadees and woodpeckers simple love the food.
The squirrel is a menace I want it to stop coming here what is my best bet.