Winged garbage collectors

June 28, 2010 in Crows with 2 comments

This post was last updated on November 14, 2023

The American Crow is a common species across much of the United States, where they are year-round residents. Their summer range extends into Canada. American Crows are known to be highly intelligent. Scientists believe part of this is their ability to communicate with one another. They have also proven to be adept at solving food-gathering puzzles. In 2007, hacker Josh Klein developed a vending machine to train crows to pick up coins in return for peanuts.

With the innovative teaching machine, crows might someday be taught to perform other tasks, including picking up trash! The American Crow has been on Birdorable since September 2006. Be sure to check out our great collection of American Crow t-shirts & gifts!

Birdorable American Crow as garbage collector

Comments

abigail ross on December 17, 2010 at 5:14 PM wrote:

i found 10 or 20 crows on my deck scaring off titmouses and chickadees.

Reed on May 6, 2020 at 1:11 PM wrote:

C R O W

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