If you ve spent much time watching corvids in person or online, chances are you ve come across one doing a Fred Armisen-level impression of something else. Perhaps it was the Steller s jay in your backyard tricking you into thinking there was Continue reading
Breeding season is often a hard time for the tender hearted among us. The joy of watching an animal construct a nest just to see their efforts cut short by predation is painful. Likewise, finding a dead chick is tough, Continue reading
That birds travel seasonally is perhaps one of the most familiar facts about the natural world. Whether it s the arrival of technicolor spring migrants, or the din of waterfowl above our heads in the fall, it takes no formal training Continue reading
It’s no mystery that garbage is one of the most pervasive issues of our time. From oceanic microtrash to seeping landfills, people are trying to work out how to address the world’s garbage crisis with increasingly grand ideas. Corvids Continue reading
It s September 8th, 2020 when I step out my front door in Eastern Washington into a landscape that looks like the aftermath of a Martian dust storm. The video I am recording captures my bizarre, sepia-colored surroundings as I try Continue reading
One of the most common audience queries that follow my public corvids presentation is, Who s smarter, a raven or a ___ ? The blank can been filled in by any number of animals, but most people want to know either Continue reading
Watching a crow eagerly eye me for a peanut, I can t help but wonder what it s thinking about. Is it thinking the same thing as its flock mate, or is it having its own experience? Is it aware of me? Continue reading
Whether you want to finically support the blog, or simply get more corvids in your life, my etsy shop is the perfect way to do either. With corvid themed stickers and magnets designed by artists like Madison Erin Mayfield and Continue reading
Recently, a marvelous set of blue crow photos from Carl Bergstrom had the internet s corvid fans doing a collective double take. In addressing what could be responsible for such spectacularly odd images, many people s first instinct was to wonder if Continue reading
There are few animals that generate the kind of enthusiasm and following that ravens, crows, magpies and other birds in the corvidae family do. Their presence in our lives is so significant, they appear in the creation stories and fables of Continue reading