We live in a wooded area and put out food for the birds. Watch them for a while and you notice some species are impressively smart. Corvids (crows, grackels, ravens, bluejays) are smarter than some people (not literally but you get the point).
Do they bring you gifts?
I love my crow friends. I feed them. The other day I saw a hawk repeatedly swoop at a terrified sparrow that repeatedly evaded it and sought refuge in a nearby tree. Seconds later there were 4 crows headed towards the tree. They really fuckin hate hawks.
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