A “crow and magpie shoot” event that’s been the subject of numerous complaints to the province is legal and can go ahead as planned, Natural Resources Minister Ian Bushie told reporters Wednesday. The event, scheduled for Saturday, is hosted by the Woodlands & District Wildlife Association, a club in the Interlake. A poster advertising the […]
Tag: Crows
Kenya revives poisoning campaign to curb invasive Indian house crows
NAIROBI ― Introduced to East Africa in 1891, in Zanzibar, to deal with domestic food waste, Indian house crows are now wreaking havoc in Kenya: killing native small birds, likely spreading disease, damaging food crops, and generally being a nuisance at tourist spots, open-space parties and businesses. The country is now battling millions of invasive […]
Wild Cam: As snow decreases, wolf stomachs rumble
The first sign that Thomas Gable and his colleagues were approaching a kill site was the calls of crows and eagles cutting through the winter silence in northern Minnesota. The ecologist in the Voyageurs Wolf Project at the University of Minnesota was surveying wolf predation last winter when snowfall was particularly low. He and his […]
Counting Crows (and more) for Audubon’s Christmas bird count
One of the longest-running citizen science projects in the world has kicked off its 125th annual event. The Christmas Bird Count (CBC), administered by the U.S.-based nonprofit National Audubon Society, takes place each year from Dec. 14 to Jan. 5. The annual bird census collects valuable data that scientists use to track the health and […]
Why birdsong matters more than you think
Imagine you’re walking across rolling hills that stretch for miles, with warm sunshine and the chirping of birds all around. This peaceful and serene scene is an increasingly rare one in the modern world. Our natural soundscapes are falling silent as bird populations decline. Humans are interacting less with nature, in what is sometimes referred […]
Hawaiian crow that went extinct in the wild decades ago released on Maui
Five Hawaiian crows on Wednesday were released on Maui for the first time as part of an ongoing effort to return the species to its home, conservationists said. The Hawaiian crows, or alala, were last found on Hawaii‘s Big Island, but they went extinct in the wild in 2002, officials with the San Diego Zoo […]
Crows Are Smart Enough to Count Out Loud Like Humans
Math is not just a human trait. Various animals show signs of mathematical abilities. A recent study reveals that crows have a unique way with numbers, similar to human toddlers. Children develop counting skills in stages. For example, when presented with three blocks, a young toddler might say “one, one, one” for each block. This […]
Highly Intelligent Crows Can Plan How Many Calls to Make, Study Shows
Crows are highly intelligent, social birds found on every continent other than South America and Antarctica. In a new study, researchers from the Institute of Neurobiology at Germany’s University of Tübingen have found that crows are able to learn to produce a specific number of calls, showing advance planning. How many calls they will make […]