Can crows help explain human interest and rituals surrounding death?
Tag: corvids
The Camera Trap
Steller’s Jay on a Hidden Camera — What’s It Thinking?
A great deal has been written about the intelligence of crows and ravens, and for good reason. They’re charismatic, and it’s easy to anthropomorphize their behavior, to see something human-like in their use of tools and their family squabbles. The … Read more
Winter Issue 2019
Crows are Wicked Smart
Should an animal’s intelligence change the way we treat it?
Ask the Naturalist
Are There More Crows and Ravens in the Bay Area These Days?
Corvids move noisily into new areas. Are they arriving, or returning?
Ask the Naturalist, Wildlife
What’s that western scrub-jay doing, anyway?
A western scrub-jay standing tall caught the eye of photographer Dave Strauss, and his photo gave us an occasion to celebrate the intelligence of jays, crows, and their relatives.
Summer Issue 2007
Nature at the Table
On summer weekends, the nearly 4,000 picnic tables of the East Bay Regional Park District are packed with families from many of the Bay Area’s diverse communities, returning year after year to their favorite spots, along with great blue herons hunting gophers, crows and ravens pillaging trash cans, and raccoons swiping meat right off the grill. All just part of the curious ecology of our local picnic areas.
Wildlife
Learning More About Ravens
To learn more about ravens, you might first dive into a field guide—Audubon, Golden, Peterson, Sibley, among others. In addition to a clear, concise description of your bird in question, most field guides will point to distinguishing features (in the … Read more
