Some good supplemental reading if anyone is interested are the following 2 books: Gifts of the Crow by John Marzluff, and Mind of the Raven by Bernd Heinrich. -Tony Anthony Henehan Texas A&M University-Kingsville Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 27, 2014, at 4:10 PM, Dan Smith <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > While not exactly about Texas birds, this link to an article about New > Caledonian Crows’ ability to understand volume displacement of water at > approximately the level of a human 5-7 year old is fascinating. Also on the > page are links to other studies showing they understand sequential tool use > to achieve a goal. > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140326182039.htm > > > Dan Smith > dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 512-451-2632 > http://www.wordsmithofaustin.com > > > > > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at > //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds > > Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission > from the List Owner > > Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds Reposting of traffic from TEXBIRDS is prohibited without seeking permission from the List Owner