Archive for 'sociable'
Discussing the Weather…
I really love this photograph. It is brilliant. Ravens, as most corvids, are very sociable and this photograph captures it wonderfully. Like two elders discussing the weather… great photo—great title.
Posted: September 30th, 2009 under corvid, Corvidae, Corvids, crows, Photograph, photographs, photos, Raven, ravens, Sharon C Johnson, sociable.
Tags: crow photos, photographs, photos, photos about crows, Pictures, raven photos, ravens
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The Social Life of Corvids
Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.
The social life of corvids
Nicola S. Clayton1, and Nathan J. Emery2,
1Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EB, UK
2Sub-department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 8AA, UK
Available online 20 August 2007.
Article Outline
Of the 120 species of birds in the corvid family, which includes [...]
Posted: April 4th, 2009 under American Crow, behavior, bird brain, bird brain size, caching, Caledonian, Calls, cognition, Corvidae, Corvids, Crow, crows, eggs, family, Family Recognition, feeding, Fledgling, intelligence, Mating, Memory, metatools, monogamous, Parental care, Problem Solving, Range, Recognition, scientific article, Self-Aware, self-recognition, sociable, Tool Use.
Tags: behavioral flexibility, behavioural flexibility, bill holding, bill twining, bowing, breeding, cache, coloniality, communal, cooperative, cooperative behavior, corvid, corvid sociality, corvids social, crows, crows are sociable, cues, cultural variation, defending the nest, development period, dominant status, fanning, fission-fusion society, florida scrub-jay, food caching, helpers, jays, juvenile, linear dominance hierarchy, magpies, mated pair, mates, Mating, Mexican jay, monogamous, mutual preening, nesting, non-breeding relatives, offspring feeding, post-conflict affiliation, predator watch, ravens, Recognition, relative status, rookery, Rooks, roost, sociable, social, social bonds, social life, social network, social stimulation, social support, stress management, support, territory, vocal sharing, vocalizations, western scrub jay, winter roosts
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Plush-crested Jay (Cyanocorax chrysops)
The corvid family is big. I have to start somewhere in these posts so I have randomly chosen the Plush-crested Jay, Cyanocorax chrysops. It is a magnificent bird—so beautiful and brilliant colors. I saw this photograph and it enticed me to pick it!
How could I resist such a pretty bird?
It lives in the central-southern part [...]
Posted: March 23rd, 2009 under Bolivia, Brazil, Cyanocorax chrysops, mimic, mimicry, Northeastern Argentina, Paraguay, Plush-crested Jay, sociable, South America, Uruguay.
Tags: Bolivia, Brazil, Cyanocorax chrysops, mimic, mimicry, Northeastern Argentina, Paraguay, Plush-crested Jay, sociable, South America, Uruguay
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