CORVIDS & CONSERVATION
CROWS IN CULTURE
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Emergency Care for Baby Crows
It is that time of year again, and the baby crows keep coming! In most cases, crows should be left to fend for themselves, particularily if they are fledgelings. Before you attempt to rescue a baby bird, consider the fol...
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To Cull or Not to Cull, Caw Crow Lovers
According to popular media, so-called scientists in the U.K. plan to execute a cull of thousands of corvids in a bid to save songbird populations. Many of us in the community, which include scientists, rehabilitators...
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Crows and the Great October Roost
It is the time when the crows begin to form small roosting groups in the evening. Observers may note flights of crows all heading in one direction in late afternoon/evening or gathering in a group in the treetops. Th...
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Crows,Ravens & The Science of Sleep
Crows roost in large, sometimes huge murders (a flock is called a murder) at night. A hundred years ago one could find these roosts just outside villages and towns, and it was thought they did this for safety from dogs, ...
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Crows & Ravens vs The World
Mobbing behavior by crows and others in the avian family is very common. The crows are reacting to the potential threat another lifeform or (until they quickly figure it out) an object poses as a predator to the adult cr...
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The Giant Cowbird
Not a Corvid! Last month we brought you a delightful and silly un-corvid, the Willy Wagtail. This month is a much more sinister subject – the Giant Cowbird (Molothrus oryzivorus). The Cowbird one of the few entirel...
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The Jungle Crow
The Jungle Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) is a crow (or Karasuçƒ in Japanese) specific to Southeast Asia, and most prevalent in Japan. They are slightly larger than the Carrion Crow, and are affectionately called Corvus...
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Empathy is For the Birds Too
Many birds are highly social and very intelligent, two traits that might be prerequisites for empathy. Although very little is known about empathy in birds, (read our previous article here) there is some tantalizing evid...
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10 Really Weird Crow Facts
In our last top ten fact list about Crows we highlighted corvids from a scientific angle – they are intelligent, persistent, prolific, and hardy. In this list, we want to explore some of the stranger things about o...
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Who You Callin a Bird Brain?
The amazing smarts of crows, jays, and other corvids are forcing scientists to rethink when and why intelligence evolved. This article highlights the life and work of Nicky Clayton of Cambridge University....
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The 10 Best and Worst Things to Feed a Crow
Whether you own a pet Crow, take care of one in your back yard, rehabilitate corvids, or take frequent walks in the wilderness to feed them, you should know what things will delight them the most – and which to avo...
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10 Amazing Crow Facts
Corvids can be found all over the world except southern S. America, the Poles and various islands. They are believed to have originated in central Asia and species diversity is still high there. The oldest corvid fossils...
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Raven Empathy & Compassion Indicators of Higher Intelligence
Over the past few decades, researchers have started finding behaviors that were once considered uniquely human, like tool use and empathy, in a number of other species. Many of these findings have come from our fellow pr...
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Featured Creature: The Jackdaw
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) This month our focus is on a European bird, the Jackdaw. These Jay-sized mini-crows are an extremely lively and social bunch, and are most (in)famous for their compelling infatuation with sh...
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Why Crows Aren’t Black
A pair of House Crows (Corvus splendens) was observed in a residential area perched on a television antenna. One was black and the other was a light brown colour- and that was something odd. Feather shafts of birds sink ...
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Shade, a Very Smart Raven
Amazon.com Widgets Author Diane Phelps Budden witnessed firsthand the special relationship between Sedona resident Emily Cory and a raven and found it so inspiring that she has written a book for children, “Shade: ...
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Off the Beaten Path – Willy Wagtail
For this feature, we thought we would give you somthing unconventional - a bird that is not normally associated with Crows and Ravens, but shares many characteristics both scientifically and mythologically....
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When Grackles Attack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy2SlbolT6o Women won’t walk alone through the intersection of Chase Street and Trinity Place in West Palm Beach anymore. There have been assaults, merciless attacks… by birds. ...
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