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lastlib

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21. Confirmed!
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 11:25 PM
Jun 2016

One summer, at a week-long scout camp, we watched a cardinal try for all seven days to beat the ever-lovin' CRAP out of his reflection in an outside rear-view mirror. He went at it hammer and tongs, daily, for hours at a time, trying to peck that stupid "other bird's" eyes out!

I'll have to send this to my friend who has a parrot! BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2016 #1
Also matt819 Jun 2016 #2
So it's a good thing someone calls me bird-brain? Auggie Jun 2016 #3
Absolutely pokerfan Jun 2016 #5
Polly for President Ellen Forradalom Jun 2016 #4
Some birds are really smart. African greys are amazingly so. SheilaT Jun 2016 #6
Crows. Volaris Jun 2016 #7
So are crows smart or stupid? SheilaT Jun 2016 #8
Corvids are smart as fuck. Volaris Jun 2016 #10
Last week I heard a loud bunch of crows in my side yard. djean111 Jun 2016 #27
Crows watch every move you make pscot Jun 2016 #12
Even though we have a 60 acre farm the crows watch the house csziggy Jun 2016 #23
Somewhere on the internet... Chellee Jun 2016 #14
Is this it? pokerfan Jun 2016 #25
That is it! Chellee Jun 2016 #28
They also enjoy sledding arcane1 Jun 2016 #26
PBS did a good report on the intelligence of crows Omaha Steve Jun 2016 #9
My wife and I have shared our home Plucketeer Jun 2016 #11
That may be true of a lot of birds but not stupid, friggin' cardinals. Those damn stupid valerief Jun 2016 #13
Yeah, true. Chellee Jun 2016 #15
Republicans! Cuz facts don't matter to them!!!! Give me a pigeon over a cardinal any day. nt valerief Jun 2016 #16
Confirmed! lastlib Jun 2016 #21
It also happens that they're much better judges of character NorthCarolina Jun 2016 #17
I taught I saw a puty tat get outsmarted by a tweety bird itsrobert Jun 2016 #18
So being a bird brain is a good thing. GeorgeGist Jun 2016 #19
unless the bird in question is a domestic turkey! lastlib Jun 2016 #22
Makes me feel even worse about the poor chickens and geese. :( n/t Triana Jun 2016 #20
Birds lungs are much more efficient than ours too. harun Jun 2016 #24
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