Migrants pouring in

[fallen-archie]

Yes Spring is upon us so what Bird tells you Spring is here and have you spotted one? Looking for Ospreys, Chif chafs, Cuckoos,, Swallows, Swifts or Martins, eyes to the sky, what have you spotted? These miracles of nature fly thousands of miles to breed so what have you spotted and what bird do you no longer see?

[malacandran]

I don't think many women would attempt  to breast-feed a plastic doll.

Unless of course, they got a perverse pleasure from it, which wouldn't surprise me, these days

[cee-dee]

I suppose it has to be said that at least birds have the intelligence to mate in the way nature intended. Some humans should take note?

[bankhaunter]

I've been in discussion with flat earthers lately, even the daftest bird would seem highly intelligent by comparision.

Don't forget that crows use tools.

[joamur_gosof]

Now i've got the vision of a crow with a jemmy bar and adjustable spanner stuck in my head ...with a big grin on its kite I might add .

[bankhaunter]

A crow will bend a wire into a hook in order to extract food from a cylinder, they've also been seen to drop nuts on a pedestrian crossing for cars to run over and break, then fly down to collect them when the lights stop the traffic.

Not sure if they can work an adjustable spanner though.

[fallen-archie]

Springwatch is on BBC this week so tonight I thought I would tune in. What a load of garbage, a good program with awful presenters and if tonight is anything to go by Dumbed down to rival Playschool. 

[malacandran]

Crows show some ingenuity to get food. 

That's an understandable motivation. We all enjoy the satisfaction produced by a replete stomach.

But that's all the crows want.  Whereas we humans go further, beyond the stomach. Humans are interested in higher things.

Things that crows can't ever grasp, such as reading, writing, mathematics, and Science.

Therefore, let's not too fussed about avian intelligence.  Aren't all humans intellectual giants, compared to crows?

[joamur_gosof]

I was going to answer, ,but then I realized I have no idea what the hell is being said about humans vs crows on an intellectual level of understanding, establishing the incidentals of actuality.

Soooo this crow and a toolkit, smiling it's head off remains in my head lol..thanks bank 🙂

[malacandran]

Surely we shouldn't get too excited about crows bending bits of wire to hook up titbits of food.

When a crow learns the letters of the alphabet, or Chinese logographs, that will be a cause for celebration, but it won't happen.

Because  crows' brains are far too small.  Don't even the most modest posters on here, have huge brains, in comparison.

[joamur_gosof]

It's not the size of your brain that matters ,it's what your brain tells you to do with a bit of wire  

[lhasa.two]

Woken at the crack of dawn this morning by a screeching crow having an argument with a very big black and white cat... the crow won, just!

[malacandran]

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@lhasa.two wrote:

Woken at the crack of dawn this morning by a screeching crow having an argument with a very big black and white cat... the crow won, just!

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Your tale, though it lacks credibility, is interesting.

[leoleoleo123]

I am having the most amusing time, trying to work out if malacandran is just a wind up merchant, or a really stupid person.. I may never work it out, me being a bird brain...

[suzieseaside]

So far (from his own posts) he appears to be a self-confessed gay misogynist naturist who doesn't like wildlife or anything that's not of obvious use to himself, dislikes spices and foreign food, and cold ham with warm eggs, and only posts when inebriated.

Gotta be a wind-up!

[fallen-archie]

These have been stars on the Springwatch programme, A pleasant sight in between the moronic banter on that show. And some will know that these two share something with Mal and its not the beard?

[suzieseaside]

They are beautiful

[fallen-archie]

I agree, a fine pair of Reedlings 

And now a lovely Bullfinch

[bankhaunter]

First osprey chick sees daylight.

http://www.dyfiospreyproject.com/blog/2015/05/2015-first-chick-hatches

[fallen-archie]

 Having followed this story for months it is fantastic to see the three chicks approaching freedom. Two fledged  within 24 hours of each other and the third looks ready too. For the full story and more amazing pictures go to the Loch of the Lowes web site.

[malacandran]

To me it just looks like a couple of stupid birds sitting on top of a pile of inefficiently-organised sticks.