Corvid Corner

Crow by Gaz Duncan

crow, originally uploaded by Gazduncan.

What a lovely little illustration, eh?

Posted: April 2nd, 2012 under Crow.
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I watched a short little video of a clever little crow playing ball (a ping pong ball) with a man and his dog. How fun is that? They are clever and playful creatures. We do not give them enough credit! You can watch the video here.

Posted: March 22nd, 2012 under behavior, corvid, corvid brain, corvid play, Corvidae, Crow, crow videos, crows, play, playing.
Tags: crow and dog, crow playing ball, crow playing with dog, dog and crow, video
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F. Yeah Crows

Well, I think I came across some corvid enthusiasts… at “F*** Yeah Crows” a tumblr site. If you can get past the name and perhaps the enthusiastic language, there are some great photos and art pieces with crows at this site. You can check it out here.

Posted: March 21st, 2012 under Common Crow, Common Raven, corvid, Corvidae, Corvidae Family, Corvids, Crow, Crow art, crows.
Tags: corvid art, corvid lovers, corvid photographs, corvid pictures, Corvids, crow art, crow photographs, raven photographs
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Lecture on Crows by John Marzluff

You might have heard of this fellow, John Marzluff. He is a professor at the University of Washington who studies crows. He is the one who led the research with the ability of facial recognition by crows. If you haven’t read it, you can read it here. Yes, crows can recognize a person’s face and teach other crows to learn it as well. They have an elaborate way of communicating, one we cannot comprehend YET! =) John Marzluff has written a few crow related books (one will be released in June of this year!). Here is a lecture on crows I found…check it out…

Posted: March 19th, 2012 under corvid, corvid brain, Corvid Cognition, Corvidae, Corvidae Family, Corvids, Crow, crows, facial recognition, intelligence, John Marzluff.
Tags: academic on crows, crows, john marzluff, lecture on crows, University of Washington
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Crow Jokes

A little feathered-funnies…

Q: What do you call four crows milling about on the side of a road?
A: An attempted murder!

Q: Why should you never let a crow use your telephone?
A: Crows like to make long distance caws!

Q: Why do crows never receive a busy signal when they call each other on the telephone?
A: They all have caw-waiting!

Q: Where do crows congregate to have a cold one?
A: The Crow Bar! (And some of the bad crow guys hang around amidst the crocus (crow-cuss)!

Q: What is the name of one coin in the corvine monetary system?
A: A caw-ter!

Q: What do geese watch on TV?
A: Duckumentaries.

Q: What do you call a mischievous egg?
A. A practical yolker.

Q: What do you call a crow’s mother???
A. CHROMA!!

Q: What do you call a watch worn by crow in a photo?
A. Photo-cro-ma-tic

Q: What does the crow take to work in his thermos?

A. Caw-fee.

Q: What did the crow do when he didn’t want to go to work?
A. Caw-ed in sick.

Q. What did the crow do when he was tired of the disco?
A. Caw-ed it a night.

Q. What ages-old crowd-rousing technique did the crow learn in church?
A. Caw and response.

Q. Why do I make up really bad crow jokes?
A. Just be-caws.

Q. Where do crows come from?
A. Croatia.

Q. What is crows favourite game?
A. Croquet.

Q: Why did a scarecrow win a nobel prize?
A. He was outstanding in his field.

Q: What did the crow use to waterproof his nest?
A. Caw-king!

Q: At Christmas, who brings presents and toys to all good little crow girls and boys?
A. Santa Caws!

Q. What is an albino crow called?
A. Caw-casian

Q. What is the most popular FPS among crows?
A. Caw of Duty

Q. What do teen crows do after highschool?
A. Go to cawlege

Q. What is a crow’s favorite software?
A. MiCROWsoft cawffice

I understand that a crow has one less pinion feather than a raven. Therefore how do you tell a crow from a raven? It’s a matter of opinion.

Posted: March 14th, 2012 under art, corvid, Corvids, Crow art, jokes.
Tags: crow jokes, jokes about crows
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Blackbird, blackbird…have you any friends?

No, I am a bird. But, if you know anyone who loves to get mail… then you corvid lovers can send them this wonderful card. There are several reasons to do so:

1. It is cute.

2. When you open it, it plays the bird song! How nice is that? (Via the website: Quality RSPB sound card playing real sound of the bird song each time the card is opened)

3. The card is made to help protect the birds!

4. Friends love to get mail. Everyone does.

5. Because it is cute.