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A sign of intelligence, or a symptom of illness?
Chris those are terrific observations. We have bird feeders and we need to control the presence of squirrels and woodpigeons as they monopolise the feeders and will sit their for hours if we let them. Our method is to squirt them with water from an old washing-up liquid bottle and they all know...- Troubador
- Post #10
- Forum: Bird Behaviour
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A sign of intelligence, or a symptom of illness?
I certainly believe Crows are intelligent and as far as I know, nobody has proved Pigeons are idiots, so I am certainly open to being convinced. The difficulty lies in separating instinctive behaviour from intelligence-driven behaviour. For example I have read several times that it is unlikely...- Troubador
- Post #8
- Forum: Bird Behaviour
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A sign of intelligence, or a symptom of illness?
Not quite what I was suggesting which was a mixture of instinct/reflex as a reaction to the behaviour of other birds of the same species and the availability of food. Now if a crow was to exhibit such behaviour I might suspect a concious motive behind the behaviour...... Lee- Troubador
- Post #5
- Forum: Bird Behaviour
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A sign of intelligence, or a symptom of illness?
A very interesting observation. I am reminded of the way a fox in a chicken coop will kill all the hens it can because its instinct is to kill available and vulnerable food, and in nature an abundance of confined and vulnerable food just doesn't occur in this way. It strikes me as a possibility...- Troubador
- Post #2
- Forum: Bird Behaviour