friend or foe?

[lizziebelle]

There's a nifty article about crows on the NY Times site. It seems that they're able to recognize individual humans!

Crows and their relatives — among them ravens, magpies and jays — are renowned for their intelligence and for their ability to flourish in human-dominated landscapes. That ability may have to do with cross-species social skills. In the Seattle area, where rapid suburban growth has attracted a thriving crow population, researchers have found that the birds can recognize individual human faces.

Neat!