Ive watched crows pickup nuts and fly them up about 30 feet and drop them to break the shells - pretty amazing

Great video but it is missing something I have noticed. When working outside I often hear a crow having a deep discussion with itself or even another crow. The different sounds it makes leaves no doubt, whatsoever they have a language.

Stacey48, as you are probably aware ravens are very important to the cultures found throughout the Southwest. The Native cultures abound in raven and crow stories. They portend good luck and often time a messanger from beyond. The Puebloan people's of New Mecico, the Navajo, and the various Apache tribes all have a rich story lore around ravens. I do not know about the Pima and Papago tribes nearest you, but suspect they do. There is a lot of good popular and scholarly literature readily available.

On a more scientific note, ravens are known as tool makers. They are one of the few animals outside of primates that purposefully use and modify local materials to make tools. They modify twigs and branches to make a prod to stick down ant or termite holes to get food. They have been documented as having modified the stick for the job. They also have a sophisticated language structure. Go to birdnote.com and search their podcast selection for their talk on raven laguage. Podcast are only 2 minutes long each.

Corvids are amazing. They can distinguish faces, communicate ideas across generations, differentiate between days of the week and recognize week-to-week patterns.

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I can't get the video to play... Is this the one about training crows to pick up cigarette butts and help clean up the planet?

There was a female crow killed by a wolf. The mate to that crow, got the wolf to chase after him. The crow managed to get the wolf to chase him off a cliff and killed the wolf.

In my experience, crows are psychic.

amazing birds

Where I live, they've learned from water birds, and eat fish from the lake.

Oh me too! It is even on my bucket list to rescue one and train him.

I am fascintate by crows and Ravens. They are amazingly smart.

This shows them using tools to solve problems. A real "no way!" kind of episode of NOVA.
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