@ielenia I feed mine with cat food. Do magpies also count?
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Have Scrub Jays, Magpies, Crows & Ravens to watch near SLC. Stellar Jays live nearby at higher altitude. The Scrub Jays come the closest and stash peanuts in long grass and Spruce trees.
@stevewfolds @ielenia sounds great! Jays are the rarest birds of this size round here: lucky if I see one a day. I think itโ€™s after acorns from the nearby oak.
Stephen Bannasch (316 ppm) (@[email protected])

@[email protected] fun raven story: hiked up a steep power line cut with my daughter. The wind speed picked up incredibly as we crested the top. At that moment a young raven flew right over our heads squack-croaking and did a 180 degree barrel roll and flew off inverted. Later learned they do these kind of aerobatics for fun!

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Super cool research into Ravens theory of mind! https://ruby.social/@stepheneb/111279589147804461

Stephen Bannasch (316 ppm) (@[email protected])

@[email protected] there was some research on ravens a few years back. A huge aviary divided in half. Ravens could only see to the other side at one small spot in the middle. When ravens on one side were fed they would fly to a place to stash the extra food. When ravens on the other side were watching they would go through the motions of hiding at one spot and then hide the food somewhere else. Their actions were based what they thought the ravens on the other side were thinking.

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I wish I had the link easily available. I wasn't surprised that ravens were that smart ... however I was super impressed that the scientists could figure out how to design this kind of experiment.

@ielenia outlining the agenda rn
@ielenia Yeah, especially a certain Dark Reaven.

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I will give my guarded support, HOWEVER, "the girls" insist that I bring up the upsetting tradition of "anting." They do NOT find it funny and have not agreed to help any corvids with their de-lousing needs. Perhaps some kind of agreement can be reached after all the Ant Agenda and the Corvid Agendas largely overlap and we have much to collaborate on.

If this horrible practice could be stopped, or at least if the ants could be fairly compensated for their trouble it would help.

@ielenia One of the only things I miss about Facebook is the Wild Green Memes for Ecological Fiends group. This gave me delightful โ€˜corvid council, is that you?โ€™ feels.
@ielenia but I'm not a fan of Covid
@ielenia I have a raven neck tattoo so I think you can count me in as a fan! ๐Ÿ’–
@ielenia All the crows and ravens ๐Ÿฆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿฅฐ
@ielenia i am still mad that this got more than my transit post.

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I support my local murder!

@ielenia unfollowed /j
but fr those birds are bastards to the other birds in my yard