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Corvids and Cake
This Corvid family of birds is inspirational. They are used as symbols, mascots, even cake decorations! Here are some of the pictures I found involving corvids and cake.
Posted: May 29th, 2010 under American Crow, art, Cake, Crow, crows, Decoration, jays, Magpie.
Tags: cakes and corvids, cakes and crows, cakes and magpies, cakes with blue jays, cakes with crows, cakes with magpies, crow cakes, jay cakes, magpie cakes
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Azure-hooded Jay
Azure-hooded Jay
Originally uploaded by hanszw
The Azure-hooded Jay, Cyanolyca cucullata, is a species of bird in the Corvidae family. It is found in Middle America. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. This species is known to have four subspecies. It is 11 to 12 inches (28 to 30 cm) in length and [...]
Posted: October 24th, 2009 under Azure-hooded Jay, corvid, Corvidae, Corvidae Family, Cyanolyca cucullata, jays, Mexico, stamp.
Tags: Azure Jay, Azure-hood Jay, Azure-hooded Jay, Azurehood jay, Azurehooded Jay, Corvidae Family, Cyanolyca cucullata, jay, Robert Ridgway
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Corvid Abnormalities
Abnormalities can be found in all life forms–corvids included. Here are some interesting photos I found of corvids with two abnormalities deformed beaks and partial albino-ism–leucistic or albino corvids.
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Read about THE MYSTERY OF THE LONG-BEAK SYNDROME here. Or you can read Passerines with Deformed Bills by Julie A. Craves (an article) here.
There seems to be [...]
Posted: May 9th, 2009 under abnormalities, Albino, beak, bill, deformed beak, deformities, jackdaw, jackdaws, jays, Leucistic, Partially-albino, Raven, ravens, Stellar's Jay, Steller's Jay.
Tags: abnormal blue jay, abnormal crow, abnormal raven, abnormal Stellar's Jay, abnormal Steller's Jay, abnormalities in corvids, albino stellar's jay, albino stellars jays, Albino steller's jay, corvid abnormalities, crow abnormalities, Crow with deformed beak, deformed beaks, leucistic crow, leucistic jackdaw, leucistic magpie, partially albino crow, partially albino jackdaw, partially-albino magpie, raven abnormality, raven with deformed beak, raven with deformed bill, Stellar's Jay with deformed beak, Steller's Jay with deformed beak
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How to keep Crows and Jays away from your bird feeders
We know many people do not share our appreciation for crows and jays. They can often been seen as pests or bullies, particulary when it comes to backyard bird feeders. If you want to keep the crows and Jays away from your bird feeders, protecting your little birdies, you can throw out whole pieces of bread [...]
Posted: April 12th, 2009 under American Crow, Common Crow, Crow, crows, Crows and Birdfeeders, feeding, How to get crows/jays away from feeders, jays, Jays and Bird Feeders.
Tags: crows and bird feeders, crows and bread, How to get rid of crows, How to get rid of jays, How to keep crows and jays away from bird feeders, how to keep crows away from bird feeders, how to keep crows away from my bird feeders, how to keep crows away from your bird feeders, how to keep jays away from bird feeders, how to keep jays away from my bird feeder, Jays and Bird Feeders, jays and bread
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Some tunes to crow about…
Well, being a corvid lover and all…I decided I would gather up some music about the intelligent birds. Some of the songs are about the bird, some are named after the bird, some liken love or life after the birds. All of them are worth listening to—so sit back, push play and enjoy. The music [...]
Posted: April 8th, 2009 under corvid music, crow music, crows, jay music, jays, music, music about crows, songs about crows, songs about jays, songs about ravens, tunes.
Tags: Are there any songs about black birds?, Are there any songs about blackbirds?, Are there any songs about crows?, Are there any songs about jays?, Are there any songs about ravens?, corvid music, corvid songs, crow music, crow songs, jay music, jay songs, raven music, raven songs, songs about corvids, songs about crows, songs about jays, songs about ravens
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Corvid cognition
Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.
Nicola Clayton and Nathan Emery
aDepartment of Experimental Psychology and Sub-department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Available online 7 February 2005.
Article Outline
What is a corvid? There are just over 120 species of corvids, a family of songbirds that includes the crows, ravens, rooks and jackdaws, as well [...]
Posted: April 1st, 2009 under American Crow, behavior, caching, Caledonian, Calls, cognition, Common Crow, Common Raven, Corvid Cognition, corvid song, Corvidae, Corvids, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Corvus Corax, Crow, egg napping, egg stealing, eggs, family, Family Recognition, feeding, Fledgling, Friends, Habitat, intelligence, jays, Magpie, Mating, Memory, nutcrackers, observation, Problem Solving, Recognition, Self-Aware, self-recognition, stealing eggs, Tool Use.
Tags: biology, bird brain, bird cognition, bird intelligence, birds, cognition, corvid, Corvid Cognition, Corvidae, Corvids, crows, crows are intelligent, crows intelligence, Current Biology, Elsevier, intelligence, jays, magpies, Nathan Emery, Nicola Clayton, nutcrackers, primates, science, ScienceDirect
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