Subject: [Tweeters] corvid question
Date: May 10 20:45:40 2010
From: Clarke F O'Reilly - cfor at u.washington.edu


On Mon, 10 May 2010, Cromaat C wrote:

> I guess everyone misunderstood my question.?
>
> I know that the corvids recognize people - especially me.?
>
> My question is about them purposefully excreting on others they don't have a
> good relationship with if they don't like them being so close to their
> activities as a form of warning or punishment.? And purposely not hitting
> someone they interact with in a good manner with their excrement.
>
> T. Conyers
> cromaat93 AT gmail dot com
> Queen Anne, Seattle
>
I've been trying to remember - it seems to me there were some birds shown on Attenborough's Life of Birds that did this - not sure if they were Corvidae, though -

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