#corvid — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #corvid, aggregated by home.social.
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@smashtie
Guess you like corvids given the picture. I like it when they clean the moss off our roof. They do make a mess slinging it on the drive but haven't hit anyone...yet. Today we were having a flask of tea in the car by the sea. Right in front of us were a few crows. One repeatedly picked up a seashell or it could've been something from a tree and it kept dropping it from a height until it broke. Once eaten it went and found another. Fun to watch.
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as penance for getting everyone excited that #crows do mutual aid, but the truthfulness of the story being on thin ice, here's a story of crows leaving #art (!?)
(but, again: don't believe the story automatically)
and a link to an #Audubon article diving deeper into the topic of crows and their gift giving (which indicates an anecdote of a crow leaving a candy heart for the person who fed them. which *is* food)
https://www.audubon.org/news/did-crows-actually-make-these-gifts-human-who-feeds-them
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as penance for getting everyone excited that #crows do mutual aid, but the truthfulness of the story being on thin ice, here's a story of crows leaving #art (!?)
(but, again: don't believe the story automatically)
and a link to an #Audubon article diving deeper into the topic of crows and their gift giving (which indicates an anecdote of a crow leaving a candy heart for the person who fed them. which *is* food)
https://www.audubon.org/news/did-crows-actually-make-these-gifts-human-who-feeds-them
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#Crow Mutual Aid
EDIT: there is some question as to the veracity of this. @SomeVeganCheeseIsOk alerted me to the fact that crows frequently give trinkets, but they aren't known to give food. i searched and confirmed that. it may be another animal. could be straight up make believe. also, could still be real! as the saying goes "don't believe everything you see on the internet"
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#Crow Mutual Aid
EDIT: there is some question as to the veracity of this. @SomeVeganCheeseIsOk alerted me to the fact that crows frequently give trinkets, but they aren't known to give food. i searched and confirmed that. it may be another animal. could be straight up make believe. also, could still be real! as the saying goes "don't believe everything you see on the internet"
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The North Dakota Bestiary: If you were paying attention in middle school or junior high, you might still remember hearing something about Darwin’s Finches, an 18-species group of birds that evolved diverse beak shapes to fulfill different niche roles across the Galápagos Islands.
With North Dakota Ravens, things went… the other way. With 10 distinct species sharing a common ancestor — the common raven — some of our ravens developed the plumage (and occasionally some other characteristics) of other birds in North Dakota, but opting to keep the classic common raven beak.
This mimicry appears to have no evolutionary advantages, but as far as we can discern, the ravens think they look hella cool. A prevailing theory for this anomaly is since North Dakota is a landlocked state — the opposite of an island — evolution took an opposite approach from the Galápagos finches.
Of course, some people say, “If they evolved from the common raven, why are there still common ravens?” We have found it best not to argue or attempt to reason with them; a simple “Bless your heart.” will suffice as a reply.
“Because goth is forever.” will also work if you’re feeling particularly sassy that day.
Activity: Can you tell which North Dakota bird species each raven is mimicking?
#northdakota #nature #wildlife #birds #ornithology #ravens #birding #corvid #corvidae
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The North Dakota Bestiary: If you were paying attention in middle school or junior high, you might still remember hearing something about Darwin’s Finches, an 18-species group of birds that evolved diverse beak shapes to fulfill different niche roles across the Galápagos Islands.
With North Dakota Ravens, things went… the other way. With 10 distinct species sharing a common ancestor — the common raven — some of our ravens developed the plumage (and occasionally some other characteristics) of other birds in North Dakota, but opting to keep the classic common raven beak.
This mimicry appears to have no evolutionary advantages, but as far as we can discern, the ravens think they look hella cool. A prevailing theory for this anomaly is since North Dakota is a landlocked state — the opposite of an island — evolution took an opposite approach from the Galápagos finches.
Of course, some people say, “If they evolved from the common raven, why are there still common ravens?” We have found it best not to argue or attempt to reason with them; a simple “Bless your heart.” will suffice as a reply.
“Because goth is forever.” will also work if you’re feeling particularly sassy that day.
Activity: Can you tell which North Dakota bird species each raven is mimicking?
#northdakota #nature #wildlife #birds #ornithology #ravens #birding #corvid #corvidae
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The North Dakota Bestiary: If you were paying attention in middle school or junior high, you might still remember hearing something about Darwin’s Finches, an 18-species group of birds that evolved diverse beak shapes to fulfill different niche roles across the Galápagos Islands.
With North Dakota Ravens, things went… the other way. With 10 distinct species sharing a common ancestor — the common raven — some of our ravens developed the plumage (and occasionally some other characteristics) of other birds in North Dakota, but opting to keep the classic common raven beak.
This mimicry appears to have no evolutionary advantages, but as far as we can discern, the ravens think they look hella cool. A prevailing theory for this anomaly is since North Dakota is a landlocked state — the opposite of an island — evolution took an opposite approach from the Galápagos finches.
Of course, some people say, “If they evolved from the common raven, why are there still common ravens?” We have found it best not to argue or attempt to reason with them; a simple “Bless your heart.” will suffice as a reply.
“Because goth is forever.” will also work if you’re feeling particularly sassy that day.
Activity: Can you tell which North Dakota bird species each raven is mimicking?
#northdakota #nature #wildlife #birds #ornithology #ravens #birding #corvid #corvidae
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The North Dakota Bestiary: If you were paying attention in middle school or junior high, you might still remember hearing something about Darwin’s Finches, an 18-species group of birds that evolved diverse beak shapes to fulfill different niche roles across the Galápagos Islands.
With North Dakota Ravens, things went… the other way. With 10 distinct species sharing a common ancestor — the common raven — some of our ravens developed the plumage (and occasionally some other characteristics) of other birds in North Dakota, but opting to keep the classic common raven beak.
This mimicry appears to have no evolutionary advantages, but as far as we can discern, the ravens think they look hella cool. A prevailing theory for this anomaly is since North Dakota is a landlocked state — the opposite of an island — evolution took an opposite approach from the Galápagos finches.
Of course, some people say, “If they evolved from the common raven, why are there still common ravens?” We have found it best not to argue or attempt to reason with them; a simple “Bless your heart.” will suffice as a reply.
“Because goth is forever.” will also work if you’re feeling particularly sassy that day.
Activity: Can you tell which North Dakota bird species each raven is mimicking?
#northdakota #nature #wildlife #birds #ornithology #ravens #birding #corvid #corvidae
