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!

Comments

[maryjdal.livejournal.com]

My older brother had a crow when he a kid. It couldn't fly. But when he played baseball his crow would run around the bases with him. It was the coolest thing.

[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is really cool! I love crows. Except when they wake me up at the crack of dawn on the weekend. ;)

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

How wonderful!