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Winning Money for Birds
Please help Los Angeles Audubon Society, our closest “sister chapter,” to win funding for our local bird environment projects, such as monitoring and protecting our threatened Snowy Plovers. Behind the scenes, our two chapters combine energies on many projects.
[Chuck Almdale & Lu Plauzoles]
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Why Crows and Ravens are the smartest birds in the world
Yes, they’re smart. They have the facts on their side. But are they as smart as that African Grey Parrot who consistently outwits Harvard students?
Seven Reasons why Crows and Ravens are the smartest birds in the world
ZME Science | by Tibi Puiu | July 10, 2020
Humans often like to relish the fact that they’re the most intelligent creatures in the animal kingdom. Sure, a generous brain-to-body-mass ratio can be a nice ego boost, but let’s not kid ourselves. After all, there are birds that act more reasonably and in cleverer ways than some humans, I know personally. That may sound like an exaggeration, but wait until you learn what corvids, particularly crows and ravens, are capable of pulling off.
Embedded within the ZME Science blog article are four videos.
Here’s one of them, but go to theto see the rest.
If no film or link appears in this email, go to the blog to view it by clicking on the blog title above. If the film stops & starts in an annoying manner, press pause (lower left double bars ||) to let it buffer and get ahead of you. [Chuck Almdale]
Why it’s perilous to go within 1.34 meters of a penguin
If you want to p…p…p…pick up a penguin, just stay 1.34 metres away from its bottom. Otherwise, a study has shown, you run a significant risk of being p…p…p…pummeled by the explosive after-effects of its “high rectal pressure”.
The Sunday Times (of London) | Tom Whipple, Science Editor | July 8, 2020
[Posted by Chuck Almdale]
Not your average bird brain
When a bird brain tops Harvard students on a test.
The Harvard Gazette | by Juan Silizar | July 2, 2020
Video by Justin Saglio/Harvard Staff
Experiment tests human vs. parrot memory in a complex shell game
What happens when an African Grey Parrot goes head-to-head with 21 Harvard students in a test measuring a type of visual memory? Put simply: The parrot moves to the head of the class.
Click the link below. If it doesn’t work, go to the blog to view it by clicking on the blog title above. If the film stops & starts in an annoying manner, press pause (lower left double bars ||) to let it buffer and get ahead of you. Thanks to Joyce Waterman for the suggestion. [Chuck Almdale]
The World’s First Freeway
Local History Files
In 1939 The Arroyo Seco (Dry Creek) Freeway – now the Pasadena or #110 Freeway – was still being built, but sections were already open to traffic. This early film captures the look of Los Angeles’ – therefore California’s, therefore the U.S.’s, therefore the world’s – first freeway.
As you might expect, drivers weren’t really ready for it. If you closely watch this film, and several other films on the same YouTube page, you’ll see some close calls, bad merging, bad exiting, too-fast cornering and people driving on the wrong side of the road.
If no film or link appears in this email, go to the blog to view it by clicking on the blog title above. If the film stops & starts in an annoying manner, press pause (lower left double bars ||) to let it buffer and get ahead of you. Thanks to Hollywood Dave for the link. [Chuck Almdale]
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