Subject: "Bird Brains" - on KCTS
Date: Feb 4 01:58:02 2000
From: Joaw9 at aol.com - Joaw9 at aol.com


I watched Bird Brains. What I found disconcerting was the part where the crows were breaking the clam shells by dropping them on the rocks below. The over-voice showed a gull and said that they never exhibit this behavior. Maybe the over-voice was only talking about that specific gull (and like Lydia, I have no idea what species they showed).
I have definitely seen gulls dropping clam and mussels shells from the air to crack them on the rocks below. Has anyone else seen this behavior in gulls?
-- Jo Waldron
-- Everett, WA
-- joaw9 at aol.com