Subject: Re: Speakig of crows ...
Date: Jun 27 12:45:37 1996
From: Dennis Paulson - dpaulson at mirrors.ups.edu
Susan Collicott wrote:
>Do crows stay in family groups? Or was this simply a case of "open
>mouth, must feed it!" regardless of relation or social organization?
Crows are known to have helpers at the nest--mostly (always?) young birds
from a previous brood that hang around and assist in raising the young of
the following year. This behavior is fairly widespread in the Corvidae.
Dennis Paulson, Director phone 206-756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax 206-756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416