Bird Behavior: A Discussion

[Jo UK]

Pheasants havbe been living in the wild for so long that they must be considered "native".
I want to go to the Hawk Conservancy, not far from here, to see a Great Bustard. They are being re-introduced on Salisbury Plain (near Stonehenge) which was once their native habitat.
Waiting for longer days to come round!

http://www.hawk-conservancy.org/Conserv ... stards.asp

[Kitty KCMO]

Interesting video, Jo. I hope the project continues to go well. The bird is very handsome-- but-- I can't help it, the name just sounds funny to me.

[Jo UK]

Hahaha - KItty, with one vowel change, we should have to delete it!

[Kitty KCMO]

Hahaha - KItty, with one vowel change, we should have to delete it!

I have to admit, when I listened to the people on the video, to my American ears, it sounded like the vowel had been changed!

[Jo UK]

Intelligent, fun loving crow with a surf-board.

[ame]

OMG! that was fun!

[macdoum]

OMG! that was fun!

Great fun. yes,such clever birds,out for a day's enjoyment.

[macdoum]

More birds die on New Years Eve;

http://www.cbc.ca/news/offbeat/story/20 ... again.html

[macdoum]

Intelligent, fun loving crow with a surf-board.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... dWw9GLcOeA

What a great video.

[macdoum]

An all-white Blackbird had been living in the U.K;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16646922

[macdoum]

eBIRD is reporting a great increase in Snowy Owls in more southernly regions in the USA;

http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/got-snowies

[macdoum]

Glossy Ibis sighted way up north in The Scottish Isles ;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-h ... s-16721382


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...Another one for the birders and other twitters.

[macdoum]

A clever ROOK repeats an ancient fable;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8181233.stm

The article has two little videos.( didn't we have a 'Raven' section once )

[Jo UK]

Thanks for the rook film, Carmel.
You are right about the raven topic. We used to have a raven camera. The topic has been archived for a while now.

viewtopic.php?f=49&t=282&start=240

[alice44]

A clever ROOK repeats an ancient fable;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8181233.stm

The article has two little videos.( didn't we have a 'Raven' section once )

There is the Corvid Corner

viewtopic.php?f=11&t=44

[macdoum]

There is the Corvid Corner

viewtopic.php?f=11&t=44

Than you Alice...thats what I was thinking of.

[macdoum]

The sparrows have to shout louder to be heard when courting in some environments.
I could hardly believe that when I heard the story on the radio last week but..I tried google,and there you are.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 162710.htm

[Jo UK]

Birds hold funerals for their dead.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/19421217

[macdoum]

Birds hold funerals for their dead.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/19421217

I am not really surprised. Birds and animals have been long considered as unintelligent and unimaginitive.(that a word ? Collins says yes).Non-emotive too.

[NancyM]

It is easier for humans (who often exploit animals) to think of them as lacking intelligence or emotion. Now we know, from several studies - and from watching webcams! - that that is an erroneous belief.

I read the article that Jo posted - it is interesting and shows that the jays are sharing information - but does it mean they "mourn"? I am not sure.