Ingenious Crows of Kalimpong: Photo Story

Crows, often denounced as annoyance by city-dwellers, and as invaders and thieves by farmers, in fact are interesting birds. Fables associated with crows announce their intelligence. The fact that we can spot crows almost everywhere on this planet speaks of their adaptability. Crows eat anything; they live anywhere; back their folks for good and for bad. Yes. Crows are toughies; and they are survivors. They are here to stay.

Crows have huge brains! They have the largest brain-to-body ratio of any bird. Their brain to body ration is even bigger than humans. Therefore they do a lot of intelligible things, like, making tools, making vehicles at traffic to help crack hard nuts, and others.

Photo story/documentary photography on Crows

Crows: Photo story

Something that amused me as I was birding in Kalimpong, West Bengal, on a rainy day was seeing a crow gathering all remaining biscuits from the hotel yard and flying away. It came back again and again carrying away more and more biscuits. I followed it thinking that it is taking it to feed its young; but to my surprise it kept piling it up in the cavity of a tree. Yes. Crows store excess food. Crows store food in trees or rain gutters, or even bury food in the yard and cover it with leaves or grass. Like squirrels, crows retrieve the stored food when needed.

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