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Two crows were observed perched silently atop a street light during a misty morning in coastal California. ♡
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i wish birds brought ME presents
All That You Can Drawgust 2021
Day 4: Purple
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My Day 4 of #AllThatYouCanDrawgust2021 is about as messy as yesterday's...
Dr. Mav is back! But... he came back... Wrong
👑Kneel To The King of Crows👑
All That You Can Drawgust 2021
Day 4: Purple
(Click for best quality, Please Reblog, Don't Repost. Drink water)
My Day 4 of #AllThatYouCanDrawgust2021 is about as messy as yesterday's...
Dr. Mav is back! But... he came back... Wrong
👑Kneel To The King of Crows👑
Standing in the Snow on the Longest Night
My last piece this year!
Drew some corvids this time. So here’s some little corvidae facts:
In general, corvids are considered highly intelligent and are sometimes known by the nickname of ‘feathered apes’ because of this.
The Eurasian Magpie was shown to recognise itself in a mirror during the mirror test for self awareness.
Western Scrub Jays keep numerous caches of food, and seem to recall where each cache is. Additionally, studies show the birds also move food around to different caches, and do so more often if they know other birds have seen where their cache is.
Some corvids have shown the ability to use tools. In the wild, the New Caledonian Crow make hooks from branches to reach grub inside trees. In studies other species have also shown the ability to use tools to solve puzzles in order to reach food. Some wild crows in cities at times also drop nuts in crosswalks so cars will crack the nuts for them, and then wait for traffic to stop so they can eat safely.
Crows have shown that they can recognize and remember specific people, reacting negatively towards researchers who have caught and banded them, and sometimes even teaching other crows who are unfamiliar with the researcher banding them to react in the same manner. Some crows are also aware of certain human social cues, for instance they may only fly off if a person’s gaze is directed at the crow. In a study Jackdaws were also able to follow human eye movement and pointing gestures.
please tell me more about crows. they are very interesting creatures
AH YES OKAY.
Crows are one of my favorite birds, ravens even more so. I just really like both of them. But crows, alright. Crows.
Crows will often mate and stay with their mate for most of their lives, separating at death.
They’ll pick up sticks and rocks and drop them on predators, like “haha screw you”
Crows are very emotional and do, in fact, display these emotions. Like you can tell if they’re angry, happy, sad, confused, etc
They have an excellent memory. You know all those stories we see about crows delivering presents to people who are nice to them and visiting after migrations? They remember who is nice to them and pay them back. (I hope to be friends with a flock of crows someday.)
On that note, they also remember who is mean to them, and they tell their crow families, so whatever you do do not be mean to a crow. It will come back to bite you. Maybe literally. At the very least it’ll scream when it sees you.
They can live for up to fourteen years in the wild.
They use tools.
They can solve puzzles and understand the concept of water displacement, meaning they can think in creative and abstract ways.
Unrelated, did you know that hummingbirds know what flowers they’ve already been to? Back to crows.
Oh, not only will they remember you and tell their flock, they will tell their children, and their children will tell their children, and their children will tell their children, and you get the point.
In other words, they have a very complex language. They have to be able to describe you to other crows. It isn’t just screeching - it’s language.
If you kill a crow, the entire flock will change its migration pattern to avoid you.
They steal food from each other. As a result, crows will pretend to hide their food in one place in the presence of another crow but later hide it somewhere else.
Sometimes they drop walnuts in front of moving cars so that they tires will crush the nut for them. They’ll memorize traffic patterns and everything.
Real quick some raven facts:
Ravens will, if they come across an animal (a dead one, they’re scavengers) that is too large for them to break down, mimic the sound of a wolf pack. This will bring wolves, who will tear apart most of the animal, leaving ravens with what they want - the leftovers.
They can speak. :”Quoth the raven, Nevermore” is not just Poe personifying the bird.
Like crows, they will remember you.
They have (I believe I read this somewhere) the largest brain to body ratio of any bird.
I have to get ready for work but let’s just finish this by saying corvids are very intelligent, amazing birds.
it makes me laugh how people portray corvids as these mysterious, badass birds but in reality they’re just
Me, banging on a table loudly: CORVIDS CORVIDS CORVIDS CORVIDS CORVIDS CORVIDS CORVIDS CORVIDS
nuh uh. Ground is Snoft and good. Ground holds the material to build a nest so my eggs may stay protected from the harsh winds. On ground grows trees, and on trees I find a spot to rest my wary wings after long and tiresome flight. On ground I find many foods on which I feast. The ground may be the end of my days in flight but it is far more forgiving than that of the sky
I, Carrion (Icarian) - Hozier
Just because we’re the first technologically advanced species on this planet doesn’t mean we’ll be the last.
literally cannot stop thinking about that article talking about how crows are starting to use tools and pass down that knowledge and someone said they were entering the stone age. the stone age. bro. imagine when we entered the stone age there was just some other species already having built their shit looking at us going like “oh fuck humans are using sticks for stuff and teaching their kids how to do that haha cool”. this is the premise of a sci-fi novel. i can’t even think about it without feeling like personally responsible for the development of crows on a species level over the next several thousand years
You ever think about how crows are acting not unlike how early humans probably did and you're just like. Oh ok
A bird explaining to a hedgehog crossing so it doesn’t die.
Voltaire: Yeah, whatever The whole fandom: ASAÆLDFKJASLDKJF! SO COOL! 😭😭😭
