We humans learn some of our earliest life lessons from our brothers and sisters, watching what toys our siblings play with and what treats they stash away for later. In this Halloween season podcast, Ari Daniel Shapiro journeys to Austria to learn how such social learning happens in a spooky bird—the raven. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain Download a transcript of this podcastread moreDuration: 5:26Published: Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:52:05 +0000
Cyanolyca armillata - black-collared jayCyanolyca armillata (=Xanthura quindiuna) - black-collared jayCatalogue of birds in the British Museum Vol.3John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912)1877
A flock of Western Scrub-Jays "Mob" something near the marsh one November day. Usually they'll mob an enemy such as an owl or snake, but I never saw what their target was this time. In the same "mob" were Song and White-crowned Sparrows (which can be heard in this sample), Flickers, Gila Woodpeckers and Abert's Towhees.