Corvids, love 'em or hate 'em...

[JuanTwoThree]

Compound tool construction by New Caledonian crows - Scientific Reports

The construction of novel compound tools through assemblage of otherwise non-functional elements involves anticipation of the affordances of the tools to be built. Except for few observations in captive great apes, compound tool construction is unknown outside humans, and tool innovation appears...

www.nature.com

 

[farmerbarleymow]

It will be sad if this lab has to close.

Queen of the corvids: the scientist fighting to save the world’s brainiest birds

A pioneering research laboratory in Cambridge proves that corvids are delightfully clever. Here, its founder reveals what the crow family has taught her – and her heartbreak at the centre’s closure

www.theguardian.com

 

[petee]

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Before he died my boyfriend said hed come back as a crow to say hi. No hi yet. I'll keep you posted Two weeks before he died I got woken up by a magpie knocking on my window which freaked my superstitious mind out.

Waiting for my never to be crow visit has made me super aware of just how many crows are around all the time especially the ones on the house opposite and how social they are

I'd love some recommends for books on them please

 

[bluescreen]

((((Miss-Shelf ))))

Mark Cocker's Crow Country

Review: Crow Country by Mark Cocker

Andrew Motion finds poetry in Crow Country, Mark Cocker's attempt to rehabilitate one of nature's most maligned birds.

www.theguardian.com

and great coverage of corvids worldwide in Jennifer Ackerman's The Genius of Birds

The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman review – a celebration of avian intelligence

An entertaining look at breeds as various as the flightless kagu and clever corvids

www.theguardian.com

 

[Aladdin]

I was drivjng yesterday and stopped at a zebra crossing to let a magpie cross the road.

Eta..said magpie looked extremely pleased with itself as it walked along the zebra crossing. I wish I had had the time to get my camera out and take a photo but I just sat there bemused by the magpie.

 

[nogojones]

Anti-bird spikes you say?

Crows and magpies using anti-bird spikes to build nests, researchers find

Dutch study identifies several examples of corvids’ ‘amazing’ ability to adapt to the urban environment

www.theguardian.com

 

[Aladdin]

Fascinating

 

[krtek a houby]

Crows will inherit the earth

 

[Oriole]

 

[petee]

 

[krtek a houby]

Nobody does wood like a corvid would

 

[newme]

Can they be trained to kill rats? It seems they will do in theory but even the owls are leaving them alone.