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Stealing Crows Even
Victimize Own Kind
Probably because of the popu
larity of crows as pets, people
who have owned one come up
uith intprpsttnff fnpta mnrmti.
ing these birds. Most agree that
uie crow is a preiiy gmari oper
ator. Owning a pet crow gives
the owner an insight into crow
behavior that is often rather
surprising. Talking with hunt
ers, farmers, and others that
have had occasion to observe
those hirHs with the hlnrlf olns.
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RV faathprfi rpvpalfi snmp hp.
havior traits that would seem to
indicate the crow is gifted with
a knowledge pretty closely as
snriatpH with intplli0pnrp
Farmers usually hate crows
so violently tnat tney mldjudge
the bird's actions. The crow-
hunter treats the crow with
some respect, but usually re
fuses in Admit thp hirrt nflun
out-smarts him. The student of
nird behavior, usually viewing
the subject imnnrlinllv is fr.
quently amazed at what these
isungiess Diras seem to know.
Th pnmhinpH nnininn nt all
however, is that the common
:row is reasonaoiy nigh in IQ.
jib eai iy aaopis in, "1 - won I
believe - it until - I see - it"
attitude. Even after the ac
cumulated mass of data is be
fore him and is mulled over, he
admits there are many perti
nent questions still without a
satisfactory Answer hut oaa
that he is dealing with some
remarttaDie ana astonishing
ing birds.
Clannish Creatures
The survival pattern of the
crow clan, is phenomenal. They
have survived And inrrpnQp4 in
numbers mainly because their
uutauuy aoimy 10 lane care of
themselves. Being exceedingly
clannish creatures, they almost
knock themselves out helping
one another. The "all for one
and one for all" formula finds
fulfillment in crow society.
Among themselves crows are
mischievous to the point of be
ing actually pests, often driving
some of their fellow flock-males
almost to distraction. Yet they
readily forgive their friends if
the trick backfires and will try
desperately to repeat the trick
on some other crow. Toward one
another they hold no grudge. To
forgive and forget, to the crow,
is a virtue.
Knowing that pet crows pos
sess what amounts to an obses
sion in thievery, we decided to
concentrate on this facet of
crow behavior in observing a
large rookery that we had under
observation with binoculars. We
had constructed a blind but. it is
doubtful if we fooled the birds
by it.
They early found that we
meant them no harm so pro
ceeded on their daily activities
as if we were not present.
Odd Possession
Daily we watched individual
birds come to their nest with
some object, aside from food,
in their bills. Usually the ob
jects were shiny. We saw
spoons, flashlight bulbs, sea
shells, small, odd shaped stones,
and a wide assortment of odds
and ends that appealed to the
bird's sense of possession.
We noticed too, what happen
ed when some other bird, aside
from the real owner of one of
these treasures, decided to steal
from his neighbor. He would
wan unui uie owner was away,
then swoop down onto the nest,
Crab the nnVi nnH m.
away Some of the birds would
yauui careiuily. Hying high
over thp rnnlrpr,, ...u...... n
could look down Into the nests
ana see whether or not the own
er was awnv if ihs
j . ui waoi was
clear, down they would fly to
fcmu wiini appealed to them.
When the owner of the nest re
turned, he often noticed the ar
ticle was missing. He would
know what to do; up into the air
e wuwa go ana look over the
other nests and storage spots
If he found what he was looking
for, he would steal it back. At
the same tiwie he would usually
take somethit g else. Even if
caught in the act, there seemed
to be no hard feelings. He might
set up a holler for a while, bul
m the end he forgave the trans
gression. By a broad interpretation the
moral oi crow society would
seem to be "send a thief to
catch a thief or, "to err is
crow-like, but to forgive is di
vine."
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