Skaag Wrote:Saw a crow do something rather smart at the soccer fields. He flew in and buried some bread under grass clippings left by a mower. Then went up into the trees near by. A few mins later he flew back down with 2 smaller ones and they shared the bread.

Skaag Wrote:I didn't realize my story was trying to imply higher intelligence in crows. Maybe "smart" wasn't technically the right choice of words. Instead, I was simply trying to relate an experience I recently had that was semi related to the topic. Before, I had always noticed them doing what you suggest. Flying away with the food or just eating at the spot. This was the first time I had seen a bird take any type of efforts to "hide" his food for later use and sharing. Given that the park was full of other birds and squirrel I can understand why he would need to hide it from sight. Also the size of the other crows suggest that they no longer use a nest. But are still young enough to be near the parents. Maybe he was teaching them how to "find" food but I wasn't being paid any grant money to do further study.

Correction, there is another bird that I have seen store its food. Some little bird on discovery channel was using the thorns from a local bush to skewer lizards on. It would leave them for a day to die and dry out. Then return to eat them. It even had multiple meals lined up. I believe it was behavior being shared by several of the birds of his species in the area.

Dustie Wrote:If crows are smart, how come I always see little sparrows (1/4 their size) chasing them around? =)

Seriously, I want to some how communicate to the crow that if they turned and fought, they could probably beat the crap out of those little sparrows.

Dustie Wrote:Stay tuned for Dustie's documentary: "The Crow that fought back!"