[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Ravens are very smart. In the far north, they've learned to sit on the photocell that turns on street lights -- once one of them has turned on the lights on a block, the whole flock keeps warm on top of the fixtures.

A favourite raven trick is working in a team to steal all the food from a dog tethered up outside. One raven does a little dance just out of reach of the dog -- while the dog is barking and lunging at that raven, his buddies are eating the food. After a couple of minutes the ravens rotate, so that they all get to eat. When they're done, they usually fly to a nearby tree and laugh at the dog for a few minutes.

[himno hero]

I think they have to look a little farther.

Look to the hoarders... mice, squirrels etc etc all build caches, beaver as well to carry themselves into the winter. Wolves, bears......

[Reeses]

Ravens

That's a hilarious story!

[PzLdr]

Apparently, they also enjoy playing with wolves in the wild. And it appears they may have a somewhat symbiotic relationship when it comes to finding food, with the ravens occasionally "tipping" the wolves off to a food source.

[1000 silverlings]

I have a varied thrush in the yard that has learned to walk up the cord to the bug light, carefully reach in and eat the dead moths. He's still here so he hasn't been electrocuted.

[philetus]

they've learned to sit on the photocell that turns on street lights"

Why don't they just gather round the light coming out of the butt of the one that sits on the photo cell?

[philetus]

OK, I'm not thinking straight. Must be daylight savings time.