For WHO's birders

[Nurse Ratched]

"I thought you might like this video.



It's a compilation of different birds singing. Beautiful photography. If you expand the 'title' under the video it gives a list of species and the times they pop up in the video. Most of the species are familiar to us in the UK, but there are some 'exotics' (the cranes - wow, what a noise!) It was filmed in Belarus. The guy has a channel you can subscribe to. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it and maybe it'll take your mind off you-know-what for a few blessed minutes."

[Hermit Road]

Didn’t have time to get a photo but would love to know what it was.

[Hermit Road]

Incredible. I saw it standing on the lawn and thought it was bigger than any non-pigeon/corvid I’ve seen out there before and while I was trying to point it out to the missis it flew off and I noticed the bounty in its claws. She missed the whole thing.

[Tomshardware]

"Hermit that's a good spot. Seen a sparrowhawk killing a few times, it's amazing isn't it!"

[Hermit Road]

I just saw a bird of prey in my garden with what looked like a small mouse in its grips. Most amazing thing I’ve seen in the garden by a country mile. It was just standing there for a few seconds before taking off.

[ironsofcanada]

"WHU(Exeter) 3:01 Sun Apr 19 Ha. Is learning to get drunk intelligent or addictive behaviour? (I guess going from the Behaviour Psychology course I had to take in university, there is not a massive difference)"

[ironsofcanada]

"WHU(Exeter) 3:01 Sun Apr 19 Ha. Is learning to get drunk intelligent or addictive behaviour? (I guess going from the Behaviour Psychology course I had to take in university, there is not a massive difference)"

[gph]

"The classic crow intelligence test, which they generally pass with FLYING colours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2IBayVsbz8"

[WHU(Exeter)]

"The intelligence of various birds must have been measured? Magpies have always struck me as very intelligent as birds go. Years ago I used to put grapes out for them and at first they used to gobble them down in no time, but then they quickly sussed that if they left them there for a couple of days or so, the grapes became even more of 'a hit' for them...they nested right near the bird table and used to go mental if any other birds went near the grapes, but didn't bother when it came to other food being eaten."

[ironsofcanada]

"gph 2:07 Sun Apr 19 Seems logical. Luckily no wolves around us, coyotes were bad enough."

[gph]

"I've read that crows and wolves have a symbiotic relationship in some parts of the World, including Canada iirc. If crows find a carcass, they lead wolves to it, so the wolves open up the hide, eat their fill and then the crows can eat what they like from what's left."

[ironsofcanada]

Crows definitely seemed smarter than our dogs when I was young. Would tease them mercilessly.

[Nurse Ratched]

Of course. No disputing that.

[gph]

"Not convinced chickens have got anything on crows among birds, or pigs, among food animals."

[Nurse Ratched]

*whistles innocently*

[gph]

"You're going to use that on non-chickens, aren't you?"

[Nurse Ratched]

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170110-despite-what-you-might-think-chickens-are-not-stupid

[Nurse Ratched]

"Ha! Good, that."

[gph]

Do chickens play? They've always struck me as having intelligence very slightly above chicken feed.

[ironsofcanada]

"Nurse Ratched 1:38 Sun Apr 19 Fair enough, that was me for years. Read the lyrics then, you'll probably enjoy the message."

[Nurse Ratched]

Country: nope.

[ironsofcanada]

"Reminds me of a song Big ol Buzzard sitting on a fence, watchin them chickens play... Has fun if dark ending. https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Mike-Cross/The-Lord-ll-Provide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRFa8qlEZlQ"

[Nurse Ratched]

"Turkey vultures are great. They sometimes put in an appearance in my favourite YouTube channel, Mousetrap Monday."

[ironsofcanada]

"Coffee 1:14 Sun Apr 19 Yeah, another name I guess. Not sure I knew they were interchangeable."

[Coffee]

"Yes, the fearful aspect is clear."

[ironsofcanada]

For reference https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PSkwWFLNaaR33Co9e7e5nh-650-80.jpg https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YVXgsRUv3AXDTW5W6oMpqZ-650-80.jpg