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Discussion => Behaviour => Topic started by: Raven11:11 on January 15, 2012, 10:23:45 PM

Title: Snowboarding Russian Raven / Crow
Post by: Raven11:11 on January 15, 2012, 10:23:45 PM

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tho ... row-video/ (http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtful-animal/2012/01/13/friday-fun-snowboarding-crow-video/)

Smart suckers.  :idea:

Title: Re: Snowboarding Russian Raven / Crow
Post by: Dr. John on January 16, 2012, 02:10:26 PM

Very cool to see. Thanks for posting this.

-John

Title: Re: Snowboarding Russian Raven / Crow
Post by: thouc on January 16, 2012, 02:44:07 PM

Very neat. The video was on the Weather Network page too.

The bird is a Hooded Crow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooded_crow), common in Northern and Eastern Europe.

/Thomas

Title: Re: Snowboarding Russian Raven / Crow
Post by: Raven11:11 on January 16, 2012, 03:17:44 PM

mt pleasure, my dad was an avid outdoorsman growing up on a ravine similar to having a home on the humber here, ina small town, taught me how to make a whistle from a tree branch, etc....

these were the ONLY birds that could not be trapped or hit with a slingshot , rarely ~~ now we would never think of such a thing but kids were kids.

Smart , VERY smart birds.