THE NOBLE

 

CROWS MAY BE SMARTER THAN A SEVEN YEAR OLD HUMAN

Excerpt from YouTube station reYOUniverse...

How crows revealed Archimedes' principle. Why crows have been painstakingly taking revenge on a resident of India for many years. What do crows prefer - cash or bank cards? And how come that with a brain the size of a hazelnut crows are smarter than many monkeys? 

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I like to post pictures of crows and crow information from time to time, not only because I've been fascinated watching these birds, but because they are associated with the Magyars on certain family crests...

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Varjú (pronounced: vahr-yoo) is Hungarian for the English word crow.

CROW EATS A WORM

 

MAY FANTASY

 Where do the apple blossoms bloom in January?

THINK

 

ATTENTION

 

THE KEY

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WHO ME?

 

YOU CALLED?

 

ONE FOOT

 

SAYS WHO?

 

FLYING CROW

 

FIVE REASONS TO LIKE CROWS and A CROW FUNERAL

I like crows.
I once lived near some telephone lines where there was a male, who carried a stick in his beak which he seemed to move back and forth in his mouth, who had two females, one to the left and one to the right. They were out there most mornings - until they weren't.

GARDEN CROW

source is reusableart.com

Johnny's Garden Crow may be the work of artist

Leslie Brooke (1862-1940)

PROOF THAT CROWS MAKE TOOLS!

DISCOVERY - CROWS CAUGHT ON CAMERA BUILDING and STORING TOOLS  VIDEO LINKED

Excerpt:  Poring over the footage captured on the cameras' micro-SD cards (the cameras safely detach from the birds within a few days), the scientists witnessed two instances of the birds fashioning hook tools they would use to probe tree crevices for food....

It was clear to the researchers that these tools seemed precious to the birds.
“In one scene,” said Troscianko, ”a crow drops its tool, and then recovers it from the ground shortly afterwards, suggesting they value their tools and don’t simply discard them after a single use.”

The birds are highly attuned to disturbances in their midst, and their tropical habitat can also be a hindrance to anyone wishing to get a close look at how they earn their living. But the cameras the team employed afforded just such looks.
“By documenting their fascinating behavior with this new camera technology,” said Troscianko, “we obtained valuable insights into the importance of tools in their daily search for food.”

CROWS! UTNE READER WRITER LYANDA LYNN HAUPT WROTE THIS FANTASTIC ARTICLE!

UTNE : AS THE CROWS FLY 

The urban wild's most resilient creature shows us what's beautiful, what's ugly, and what's missing. By Luanda Lynn Haupt, from the book Crow Planet
November-December 2009





EXCERPT:

" I heard of a crow that accompanied a mail carrier on his daily route every day for more than two years, walking behind him like a golden retriever before inexplicably disappearing. I heard from a Benedictine nun that a crow in the woods surrounding her monastery befriended a large black, green-eyed cat named Ashford, and that the two shared in feasting on the birds that Ashford caught and killed. I heard from a friend that she was watching a crow work for some time to balance a medium-size stone atop a larger stone. “Was it making art?” she wanted to know. I heard from a pilot friend that his friend (for many crow stories spiral compellingly through some kind of lineage in this way), also a pilot, watched the Snowbirds (the Canadian Forces’ equivalent of the Blue Angels) practicing for an air show, and afterward, a crow in the trees near the airfield practiced flying upside down. Am I incredulous? Certainly, somewhat. But can I deny it? Who hasn’t seen a crow do something we do not expect of “simple” birds, or any animal, for that matter? Who doesn’t have a crow story? And the more attention we offer, the more the crow stories spring up around us, like grass..."

A MURDER OF CROWS : NATURE FILM

Crows are seen on many a Hungarian surname/family crest or shield.  The image begins with the early people of Hungary who fought against the Turks - the Muslims - and saved Hungary for Christianity. I wanted to know more about the crow.  This is why I decided to watch a film called "A MURDER OF CROWS."  The video could use a better title, though there is a reference to murder somewhere in the film.

Actually, this film is about the latest scientific research about crows, which is so revealing of their nature and aptitudes.  It made me proud to think that early Hungarians were thought of as crows.  The surname Corvin or Corwin is the Latinized version of the word crow, as in Mathias the Crow, the first King of Hungary.

Crows turn out to be one of the most intelligent animals alive3, smarter than dogs, and on par with apes!

They must be to survive because 50% of them don't make it to their second year of life, though they have been known to live up to 20 years.  Crows live in family groups and sometimes parents have help feeding their young by brother and sister crows. These days many of them get hit by cars and are killed.  Scientists believe that when a crow dies, its group holds a silent vigil for the departed!  The crows mate for lie and raise their young for up to five years.  This long period of time is thought to have aided in their mental development.

Crows recognize individual faces and inform their fellow crows if someone is a friend or enemy.

Scientist have proven that this information is transmitted to younger generations.

They are always watching and learning.  They even memorize the garbage truck routes so that they will arrive in prime time to forage from the garbage bags!

Hawks are their natural enemy.  Crows will remember a field where one of their members was attacked and avoid it for a couple years.

Perhaps most fascination was the way scientists have set up experiments to let crows prove themselves.  One of these experiments shows that a crow not only uses tools but makes them and can think ahead to a third move in using tools to get a prize piece of food.

C 2013 Magyar American