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In reply to the discussion: Crows Keep Bringing Presents To Woman Who Is Kind To Them [View all]Botany
(70,294 posts)27. Crows are part of the corvidaes
Very smart birds. I had a Canada Jay that used to "steal" fishing lures and hang them around camp no higher then what we could reach and used to sit and watch us find them. By the 2nd day we just put a dozen on a table before we went fishing.
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The item she has in her hand in the last photo. Is a standoff to carry a cable. Probably TV cable.
usaf-vet
Sep 2019
#42
PBS had a couple of documentaries about crows. Their intelligence surprised me.
Arkansas Granny
Sep 2019
#2
These crows use moving cars to crack nuts in a crosswalk, using the lights to let
tblue37
Sep 2019
#17
I've watched crows do that with liquidambar tree pods. A good wind comes and the street ....
Hekate
Sep 2019
#39
Our local small airport had a nesting hawk in the vines surrounding one entrance...
Hekate
Sep 2019
#65
Crows, ravens, magpies and jays are all part of the corvid family. All very smart and cable of...
brush
Sep 2019
#40
A young girl also got gifts from cross she fed. I remember reading an article about her. nt
tblue37
Sep 2019
#15
It would be wild if this turned out to be a key to a treasure chest or vault.
Uncle Joe
Sep 2019
#25
Hold on! Could it be that there's a moral to this story? Kindness promotes kindness?
Karadeniz
Sep 2019
#38
My mother and her sister had a pet crow when they were kids in the '30s.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Sep 2019
#50
Crow shifters play a major role in Anne Bishops fantasy world set out in the series The Others
bobbieinok
Sep 2019
#55
Bless these beautiful critters. Thank you for this wonderful information. n/t
Judi Lynn
Sep 2019
#59