Sunday Mar 15, 2009

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Crows, ravens, rooks, almost all the corvids = smarter than a psittacine any day of the week, and three times on Sunday. It's a fact (and I should know).



















And then there's the Philippine Eagle, possibly the most beautiful bird I have ever seen:



And then there's the cassowary, possibly the most awesome bird in existence:




Check out this galliforme breeding display:

The Temminck's Tragopan



Then there's the majesty of the cranes:




I could go on and on, but I'm getting restless
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pyromethious:
Spanks!

Oh and I really don't think anyone would wish to spit you out...gotta savour the moments as you get em. wink
pennilesswriter:
I've had a funny experience with corvids. A few years back I worked at a water bottling plant. We had these birds everywhere. One day one of them figured out that if it pokes a hole in the top or our bottle with it's beak it could drink the water. Then all of the other birds started doing the same thing anytime they were thirsty. Next thing we know, we have to schedule a time once, or twice, a day to take out these opened bottles of water and replace them before loading the trucks. We even had to put a tarp over the cases every night before leaving to protect them from being damaged. It's a perfect example of how adaptive they are and how they teach eachother new tricks. Very smart birds!

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