funeral ceremonies<\/a> for one another! They are also freakishly skilled at speaking.\u00a0<\/strong>Who knew?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
To that same point, I have really never paid much attention to crows either.<\/p>\n
Prior to learning more about the Hooded Crow<\/strong>, I wasn’t really even sure what differentiated a “raven” from a “crow.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Here’s what originally prompted me to learn more about crows.<\/p>\n
A Hooded Crow in Warsaw Decided to Be Brave Around Me<\/h2>\n
Perhaps it is insulting to be using the word “brave” in place of “smart.”<\/p>\n
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I always carry food for birds.<\/p>\n
In Poland, it was difficult for me to locate birdseed for sale so I purchased a little package of unpopped popcorn kernels at a local supermarket to use instead. Each morning, on my way out, I’d stop to feed the local birds… which, in that area, was basically just pigeons.<\/p>\n
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The magpies had little interest in approaching me. They were quite skittish.<\/p>\n
Common pigeons (which are technically rock doves), to no one’s surprise, are very opportunistic scavengers. They would take every chance they got to gobble up more corn niblets, sunflower seeds, or whatever else came their way.<\/p>\n
Make Way for the Hooded Crow<\/h2>\n
One morning, while feeding the pigeons, a crow swooped down and started collecting as many popcorn kernels as it could store within its beak.<\/p>\n
Right in front of me.<\/p>\n
Watch the Hooded Crow in Action<\/em><\/h3>\n