tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094253214225998105.post3004144067795716678..comments2023-07-07T04:35:20.527-04:00Comments on Unstuffed: The Crows of Alta VistaAmberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14504083012497351241noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094253214225998105.post-62597447544100744712011-05-10T22:45:57.264-04:002011-05-10T22:45:57.264-04:00I saw the study that Kate is talking about on Davi...I saw the study that Kate is talking about on David Sukuzi's The Nature of Things (you can check out the website for more details).<br /><br />It's really saddening that they are getting bad press. It reminds me of a story written by Lisa Couturier on crows and how they were being displaced in Maryland. If animals are not on the endangered/protected lists they don't seem to have any rights at all. : (Urban Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201893067022813387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094253214225998105.post-75756124060439035482011-04-11T20:23:22.739-04:002011-04-11T20:23:22.739-04:00I just moved away from an area right behind the Ge...I just moved away from an area right behind the General Hospital and each night could look up to see the crows flying home to roost. I just felt super lucky because I long ago learned that seeing a crow (or a raven) with food in its mouth meant that I was going to get money! And the crows were always eating my neighbours' garbage, so to me that just meant that the whole darn neighbourhood was blessed with an abundance of money on the way. Money aside, it is just about perspective. Wish my fellow neighbours could have seen the beauty in their mass flight home each night. It was a gift on its own regardless of the money omen.<br />JackieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094253214225998105.post-72033582488699413512011-04-08T17:13:05.782-04:002011-04-08T17:13:05.782-04:00Crows can definitely recognize individual humans, ...Crows can definitely recognize individual humans, and retain the memory of them for a long time. Students at a university lab captured some crows on the campus, put them through some behavioral tests for research purposes, and soon released them unharmed. They were thereafter chased, heckled and divebombed by those individual crows for the remainder of their university education. Subsequent students continuing the research under the same professor had to capture the crows while wearing wigs and eyemasks. This is a true story, but please don't ask me for a reference as my memory is lousy for such things.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18017959421018964001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094253214225998105.post-28827590427685867982011-04-08T14:59:20.495-04:002011-04-08T14:59:20.495-04:00Check out this photo of a murder of crows in Calif...Check out <a href="http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/crows-northern-california/?source=link_fb20110223pod" rel="nofollow">this photo</a> of a murder of crows in California. Craaazzzzy!<br /><br />Thanks for the link to the article anon. Crows are really smart. Sometimes I wonder if the ones in my 'hood recognise me. "There's the crazy lady who eats weeds...."Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14504083012497351241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094253214225998105.post-37758545248812613712011-04-07T11:42:24.483-04:002011-04-07T11:42:24.483-04:00We have a lot of crows in our neighborhood. Me, I...We have a lot of crows in our neighborhood. Me, I've always had a lot of love and respect for these tricksters, but dh has said he sometimes finds them loud/pesty. But after reading the article in the link below, I told my dh that he better not do anything to get them angry with us! ;-) <br /><br />http://www.cracked.com/article_19042_6-terrifying-ways-crows-are-way-smarter-than-you-think.html<br /><br />I don't find these ways that crows are smart "terrifying", but I can certainly see where someone who messes with crows would ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094253214225998105.post-63897802307450358742011-04-06T19:33:48.175-04:002011-04-06T19:33:48.175-04:00The first time I saw that flock by the arboretum, ...The first time I saw that flock by the arboretum, I was shocked by how many of them there were. They stretched from horizon to horizon in a dense, thick, wide flock, and that didn't even include the ones that had already roosted on the trees. The noise was incredible, and that many birds in once place felt really Alfred Hitchcock-y. I remember looking at it and thinking, "this can't be a good sign. What the heck have we done…"TechChikhttp://www.techchik.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094253214225998105.post-37606579499822573442011-04-06T17:38:22.906-04:002011-04-06T17:38:22.906-04:00Great post. Keep us informed.Great post. Keep us informed.Oolon Culluphidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04113234492456968094noreply@blogger.com