[Magdalen] The Crows

[Jay Weigel]

By now many of you will have seen this, but I thought I would bring it to
the pub. You will never look at crows the same way again.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31604026

When we were on Sanibel last month, every morning about 10 am a flock of
fish crows would arrive at our condo complex. They were fairly noisy on
arrival and then would settle down to a round of chit-chat. Along about 3
in the afternoon, one of them (I have no idea if it was the same one every
day) would suddenly give a long and impassioned speech about something that
lasted about 20 minutes. They would depart perhaps a half hour later for
parts unknown. We speculated what that speech was about, whether a tide
report, weather report, sermon, political speech..... In any case, I find
crows particularly interesting birds, despite their noisy behavior. I was
aware that they were smart, but they above article certainly confirms it.