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interesting papers or news articles

• Social learning in New Caledonian crows. article is closed access but this news article talks about it. one of the authors is named Victoria M. Campbell. maybe make up a fictionalized version?
• one of various news articles about the Alala (Hawaiian crow), who uses tools in a similar way. may be a clue as to the type of ecology that gives rise to that type of behavior. isolation on an island leading to lack of predation also varying what niches are available to fill? These claws were made for foraging: Why a Hawaiian crow is a tool master
• a non New Caledonian crow example of social behavior and foraging Tolerance and Social Facilitation in the Foraging Behaviour of Free-Ranging Crows (Corvus corone corone; C. c. cornix)
• Ravens remember the nature of a single reciprocal interaction sequence over 2 days and even after a month
• Crow cameras give a bird’s eye view of tool-making in the wild
• many things tagged over time in my pinboard account, u:sky/t:corvids and u:sky?query=corvids

fun posts from corvid cognition station

• Smarta korpar ger svar om evolution interview with Mathias Osvath. fun scenes of two ravens playing with his jacket and pockets.
• more media “You are right about hte playfulness - the ravens love to go through are pockets, and enjoy tearing things apart. It could be paper, our clothes, or toys that we give them. This spring, two papers on raven play will be published, so look out for them here on the blog!”
• new lookout points “But even if the new perches are fun, they cannot beat my winterjacket all ravens’ favourite - with loads of pockets to be turned inside out. No attention paid to the fact that the one wearing it is clinging to a ladder with all hands and arms busy.”
• smelly clams “get it stuffed into our pockets or into our collars. It has happened more than once that we have sensed a weird odour half a day…before finding a piece of rotten liver, neatly hidden in one of our pockets. This is why fish and seafood is best given frozen, or when the temperature is below zero.”
• secret places “The aviaries can look quite boring and rubbishy this time of year, with old shoes and boots lying around. But when you take closer look… …you find than an old rubber boot can be the perfect hiding place for a piece of grilled chicken. Especially if you cover the chicken with a dried leaf.”<

radio interview

I was able to get a transcript in Swedish and put it through google translate. Here are some excerpts.

about neophobia

“there is something called neophobia. And that’s it … First, so are they scared of everything new. Then stir them not at all, because it can be dangerous. Then they go over a threshold and when they are sure that it is not dangerous, and it may a long time, therefore, it can take weeks if you throw in something there … then picks them break it into small pieces. So they’re both scared than other birds and much more curious. And then you never know what they are afraid of and not. I do not have a single colleague who either have arrived at exactly what they are afraid of.”

interesting interaction with stone

TEXT: Helena sits outside the aviary and gives None, on the other side of the grille, a stone. None receives it with its beak, lays it on the ground and poking out the back, through the bars, to Helena. Again and again.

-In Their own repertoire they give the stuff to each other all the time, it included as well as in social giving each other sometimes completely meaningless things to show appreciation. So it is being in judgment.

Interviewer: But she comes back all the time, she thinks this is funny?

Yeah, they think this is great fun. It is one of their favorite paraphernalia. I do not know why. They Think this is much more fun than pulling the strings. The tire of them much faster. Yes. Which is a problem when you want to do studies where they will pull the strings.