Crows

Crows gather in large communal roosts numbering between 200 and tens of thousands of individuals during non breeding months, particularly in the winter. These gatherings tend to happen near large food sources such as garbage dumps and shopping centers.Countless incidents are recorded of crows at play.As a group, crows show remarkable examples of intelligence.One species, the New Caledonian crow, has also been intensively studied recently because of its ability to manufacture and use tools in the day-to-day search for food. On 5 October 2007, researchers from the University of Oxford presented data acquired by mounting tiny video cameras on the tails of New Caledonian crows. They pluck, smooth, and bend twigs and grass stems to procure a variety of foodstuffs.Crows are omnivorous, and their diet is very diverse. They will eat almost anything, including other birds, fruits, nuts, mollusks, earthworms, seeds, frogs, eggs, nestlings, mice, and carrion. The origin of placing scarecrows in grain fields resulted from the crow’s incessant damaging and scavenging, although crows assist farmers by eating insects otherwise attracted to their crops.Did you know that crows give funeral services to other crows.Yes,when one crow dies a bunch of crows will sit in a nearby tree and look at the dead crow. That is pretty cool.