Posted on 05/31/2014 5:52:32 PM PDT by Twotone
Video of some very smart birds who have learned to open automatic doors.
They keep learning. That’s how these startlings have survived in modern society. Pigeons don’t look too bright, but can also learn. Pigeons are very good at spotting subtle signs from humans in reference to food stores.
There are people living among us that wouldn’t have figured that out.
They are a joy to have around the yard. Some years they nest under our deck, though I can never find the nest. One year as I approached the back corner where the nest is, one of the adults positioned itself on a mower handle and simply stood facing me as if to say, “please just stay back. “ I was close enough to reach out and touch it, but there wasn’t the slightest bit of agitation, just non-verbal communication that it expected me to respect the zone it had set. So I did.
English Sparrows glean insects from the radiators of RV’s at a local supermarket. Fly down and check out every new arrival for fresh insects.
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Then they did the same thing to get back out.
LOL
Smart gull! He knew what he wanted and how to get it. I bet that’s not his first time robbing that store.
But they do know how to get EBT, SNAP, WIC and SSI plus a lot more.
Absolutely amazing!
FYI, pigeons are probably the most intelligent bird of all feathered creatures, and are one of only a very few of all animals that can recognize themselves in a mirror.
Aside from the fact that they normally mate for life, not always an intelligent thing to do), they share parenthood duties, and along with their nearest cousins doves, are the only bird that produces milk for their newly hatched young.
An egg-bearing animal that produces milk? I would never have guessed that as a Jeopardy question. I would have said the ugly Platypus was the answer, not the ever-adaptable Pigeon.
People can giggle if they want to, but I believe in the possibility that some animals can pick up on our thoughts. Ask most hunters. Another explanation is they may notice our eye movements , rapidity of breathing and involuntary body motions, that indicate intent or preference. Dogs are trained that way, to know a feigned motion from one that will pay off.
Milk? From a bird? I don’t think so.
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