They seem to be teaching the younger ones to use directional smelling (olfactory navigation) to find food. First they clean their beaks on the ground and then take a good sniff of the surrounding air. There is evidence of this in pigeons, and ravens have been shown to have a good sense of smell.
That’s very interesting, I hadn’t heard of that. I looked it up and there are many articles about olfactory acuity in ravens, for finding food via smell. It would fit with the timing as the youngsters were fully fledged. There were so many ravens (I’d never seen so many together before), it ‘s like they all got together for their youngsters graduation! Thank you for sharing that info!
@@Rockymtnchick when they spread out uniformly at the end, that looks like a foraging formation I've observed in American crows. I love this stuff, thanks for sharing
I live in Tasmania, and the Ravens that visit me have beautiful blue eyes, anyway, when I go outside and see one in a tree I say hi, and he bows so I say hi again and bow, and he bows back with his low raven gargle sound, at first I thought it was just coincidence, but this happens every single time I go out and say hi. And I'm sure we could keep it up for a long time, but I politely excuse myself and we go about our business and as he flies off he gives me one last low gargle sound. I know it's a funny little story but I just thought I'd share it, so maybe it's just a form of ok we accept you and we're happy to have you in our territory, anyway, it's just a thought. Cheers!
@@becool_444 thank you for a reply, really! Photographic memory! Wow, so he/she recognises me that's nice and I admit pretty cool. This year is the first year they brought their fledglings to sit in the tree where I can see them that's nice too. We're in a bit of a rodent plague at the moment and I don't use poisons at all, but I have a very efficient indoor ninja cat and a battery operated zapper so between the device and the cat who spits them out at my feet the ravens and currawongs are getting some free meals. Although it's summer now and the currawongs are mostly back up in the forest where it's cooler so it goes to the Ravens mostly but they'll disappear up into the high country in winter where there's more shelter.
@@becool_444 yes I do! I use to video the wallabies and their Joey's, but since my last phone software update I'm not able to down load my videos into TH-cam ☹️ As soon as I figure it out I'll be videoing again and I'll include the birds.
I’m a truck driver and used to stop to do a break check at sayward canyon twice a week … there was a male and female raven that I would leave food for .. it was there territory or their turf . Anyway driving that area is like a tunnel of trees and I was looking forward to getting to the break check to see and feed my friends.. I was surprised when I was about 2 kms away and one of the ravens jumped from the tree as i truely believe he recognized my truck and followed me to the check stop .. I fed these two wonderful birds for five years until I had to move to another province… I asked my dispatcher to replace me with a driver that would continue to feed my beautiful Ravens …I miss them so ❤
Cool! i wouldn't be surprised one bit. They remember individual human beings intergenerationally which is as-yet inexplicable. Truly wondrous. Magpies are my favourite birds of the lot! They stop me to sing at me sometimes. I've hand-fed others many times now, and received songs back to my face , 30sec to 1min in length... Has brought me to tears. I want to talk back SO much. I hope they understand, but if not, they understand my intention and energy - I have absolutely no doubt of that.
Sometimes I think birds are smarter than a lot of humans. These in this video are, in my opinion, much more polite than many of the humans I encounter every day in stores and in traffic.
I live in a rural, mountain town in southern Colorado, and I have been fortunate to form a trusting relationship with the local, native wildlife that I share a home with.. birds in particular. Over the last four years, there is a pair of adult ravens that visit me everyday, and they will forage for food and eat carrion from around the property. I decided to set up a GoPro so I could observe them without disturbing them, and I have about 3 terabytes of video footage showing all sorts of behaviors, in addition to this one! It's one of my favorites, and it always makes me laugh a little because they are just so animated in their interactions with one another and myself! In my observations, this behavior has always been linked to a show of dominance and a sort of territorial display. It's more likely their way of settling a territorial dispute; though it can lead to a physical altercation, it rarely has to come to that. I have only seen this become physical on two occasions. Each July, the raven's will bring their fledglings over to introduce us all, and we will usually see the juveniles around for a few months before they go off on their own; however, there is always one juvenile that lags behind and wants to stay. I have seen the adult male raven posture like this when the juvenile tried to join them for a meal. Usually, they pair this motion with a vocalization. Also, there were a few occasions where a group of crows stopped by, and I saw the male and female displaying in this manner. They also performed a synchronized "trot" around the area in a large figure-eight form. I'd love to hear if anyone else has any other observations as well! Thank you for sharing! 🤍🤍
I just commented similarly. I’ve been studying corvid behavior for over 20 years now. However, I think this might be a territorial pair’s offspring (the one that stays behind, as you mentioned) bringing a new mate into the family. The grooming posture isn’t always territorial in my observation but can be a signal of endearment.
Thanks for this, wonderful! At my Mass. family home we had a bird-popular feeder and the crows/ravens would often leave a thanks on a pine branch very near our front door---half a bagel, for example, a dingy slice of bread, a molded dinner-roll. The funniest gift was half a cheeseburger laid down in our mailbox.
In der Nähe meiner Wohnung gibt es auch eine Kolonie von Rabenvögeln. Wenn ich morgens da vorbei laufe sitzen sie alle auf dem Zaun, strecken ihre Flügel in die Sonne und schwatzen miteinander. Es erinnert ein bisschen an den Frühstückstisch mit der Familie. 😊 Ich finde diese Vögel absolut faszinierend und kann nicht verstehen, dass viele Menschen sie nicht in ihrer Nachbarschaft haben wollen. Danke für den schönen Film! 😊
Wow. You might be able to interact with them a bit. Maybe offer them some snacks? Become a honorary member of their conspiracy? I just used ChatGPT to learn that a group of ravens is actually called "conspiracy" or "unkindness". I have a question of my own. What is the slang name for Germans who used live in the East Germany?
Das Problem ist sie sind durch uns Menschen und der Landwirtschaft eine Plage geworden, da sie viele andere Vogelarten zusätzlich verdrängen und wir Menschen tun durch unsere Monokulturen und die Urbanisierung den Rest. Aber ja es sind definitiv interessante und intelligente Tiere. Bei mir auf der Arbeit gibts auch ein Krähenpärchen das ständig wiederkommt nachdem ich es gefüttert habe. Habe auch schon beobachtet wie sie Wallnüsse aus der Luft fallen lassen um die Schale zu knacken.
I have seen this behaviour many times and it seems to be associated with the resolution of boundary disputes , when things have calmed down after loud interactions..a kind of diplomacy to reestablish dominance hierarchies .
Thank you for sharing that insight. There was a very large gathering of ravens in the fields, I’d never seen so many in one spot, so it’s interesting to think this may have been about keeping things orderly.
Absolutely fascinating behavior ! All members of the corvid family are highly intelligent critters and seem to enjoy watching we humans as much as we enjoy them, too. Thanks for sharing this video !
I've had 3 pet cockatiels over the years and they also bowed. Notice how the wings come up. My parakeets do that when they are very happily engaged, such as when I tell them their night time story.
I have not seen any ravens in our area, but we have lots of crows. They are quite fascinating! One time we figured out that a group of the adults were either encouraging or chastising an adolescent one. When we occasionally hear a big commotion up in the trees they nest in, we know they have declared war on a red-tailed hawk who has attempted to get their chicks. I watch amazed at the aerial combat as the fearless crows chase away the hawk in a very organized and coordinated fashion, almost like a dance!
Crows around here will take on a peregrine falcon. As they start squawking, other crows will join in until the falcon flies off and goes elsewhere to hunt.
I do this with Ravens in the Seattle area...I perform several low, slow bows, stop to look around, walk a few steps...repeat. Pretty soon I have an audience!
I'm starting to think all the animals do that; or maybe my cats and dogs just think I'm the Ruler of the Food Bowl. All of them greet me with a bow. At first I thought I was just misinterpreting, but I always bowed back, but now...
This is how the past year's flock history is being recalled and written down by the horde's elders.When they seem to be done, they start walking away satisified. But then one of them remembers that funny incident when Manny fell into the bucket of milk, thinking it was a jacuzzi of accumulated snow. That calls for a 2nd debate on whether the event is truly important or educational enough as to be included as well. Manny disagrees, blushing. Incredible video, you managed to capture a golden moment there, thank you for sharing it with us! 😍❤
I raised a Raven this past summer. Chose to stay around and is never caged, clipped or tethered. If you're interested in our interactions , I filmed some videos. Experience and Blessing of my lifetime!
This is so cool! I've seen birds do this but I never recognized it as something like a 'bowing ritual', I always just thought they were pecking the ground looking for food or something. But I think you are right, how beautiful and fascinating! So many things to understand about nature if we have the eyes to notice!
If you watch carefully, it's the same two birds who are bowing to the other two except towards theend. Then, they all start bowing. We would see that as a form of respect. All of them are ruffling their head feathers whilst performing this ritual. Personally, I don't feel that it's teaching the younger ones to use their olfactory glands because they only wipe their beaks a couple of times. I'm no expert, but that doesn't feel right to me. Definitely some sort of ritualistic communication going on, but for what reason, I'm not sure. Fascinating! It's like watching a tribe of humans doing ritualistic dance & wondering on it's meaning.
Ravens are my favourite bird. I love their vocabulary of amazing sounds. On my winter walks I always leave broken up dog biscuits on the snow and on the return trip they are gone.
I like them too. My favourite birds are pigeons because they can adapt and thrive in the most unnatural human environments and exploit is 😅. They are also interesting to watch.
I live in a neighborhood with lots of crows. I leave them whole unsalted peanuts and they've seen me doing it, so they know who I am and recognize me in different parts of the neighborhood. Sometimes they dive-bomb me to say hello. It's both scary and awesome at the same time. Them: "CAW! CAW!" Me: Hey, buddy!
Here in Fairbank Alaska about 30 years ago, there was a raven that died from electrocution after perching on a telephone pole in town. A headline news paper article with a full page picture showed at least 20 ravens congregated near the dead bird to grieve his death! They stayed for at least 30 minutes! They have the intelegence of elephants and have strict social rules of respect to elders! These parents were teaching their children how to bow to their elders. Baby ravens can be very unruly and destructive and demanding especially when they are being fledged and weaned from the parents constant provisions of food! These fledglings were showing behaviors of wanting food from the parents. The parents were trying to get them to uneerstand that they would not feed them all of the time but they would stay around when they were unable to find enough food and the parents would give them food! It is a gradual weaning that makes them become hungry enough to look for food on their own. One spring, I had 2 fledgling ravens hanging out on my roof for at least a week. They stomped and sqwaked above my bedroom at night under the midnight sun and kept me awake. I had just planted flowers outside and they picked through my flower beds for food and pulled up many plants trying to find something that was tasty enough to fill their hungry bellies! I love ravens and wish some day to gave one tame enough to be a pet!
SImply amazing. I am so glad we have such companions on this intersideral planet of ours keeping us company, it really make a difference to have other animals with us.
Just my opinion, and I could be completely wrong but these birds are SCARY SMART, VERY INTELLIGENT. Maybe it's over respect for one another and possibly territory? Making peace so they all can co-exist? Their so smart who knows??
I agree, they are super-smart birds and have some very interesting behaviour that I would love to understand. I just added a new raven video if you're interested, and they definitely sound like there's a conversation happening... th-cam.com/video/NEZEopL_Ohg/w-d-xo.html
I agree, my guess is that it has something to do with establishing or reaffirming bonds. Edit: I even wondered if they're members of the same family, such as siblings. I know crows have strong family bonds.
I was at a wild bird sanctuary last Summer. I bought a pasty for lunch and sat down at a picnic table. A rook landed beside me and obviously wanted some pasty, so I broke off some and gave it to him (or her). I ended up sharing it with this beautiful, intelligent and audacious bird.
I've seen this, in Ireland, one summer.when on a hill I walk up I got excited to see a huge gathering of ravens, over 36, forming. I ran beside the hedge as some swooped low up to the brow of the hill. I was so excited I thought I'd wet myself with joy. It was pouring rain but that didn't dampen the glory of the sight and sounds. I walked a path into the field and sat still....thats when I viewed a bowing ritual between five or six...very close.. magical!! A profound and unforgettable experience!!!
No ravens but the crows gather in a huge flock in our neighbour's giant cottonwood tree every fall. The greet each new pair or group and jostle loudly for position. Then there's a low "gro-onk" and everybody shuts up til the next group arrives. Grand-daddy, as we call him, has been calling court in that tree for 8 years at least, now. His minions come from all around for winter instructions & the meeting lasts two or three days. I would guess there's about 40-50 birds at a time each day, but who knows how many actually come and go.
This is actually pretty amazing, and it has so few views. You can really see the littler, scrawnier one really isn't getting it lol. I've no idea what the understanding of this behaviour is, but with something like bowing, I wonder if, at it's core, it's an act of vulnerability in front of the group as well as a test in uniformity (it looks as though our scrawny friend wasn't doing his bow low enough or straight-backed enough when compared with the others). If I'm roughly right about the vulnerability part, it's very interesting that they're all doing it to "the group". Willing vulnerability is a very interesting thing to see in animals - be it wolves offering their necks to show subservience, to great apes straightening our backs and showing our juicy undersides as a sign of strength and confidence
Corvids are my absolute favourite species of birds. I’ve had the pleasure of feeding five mating couples (and their offspring) over the years. They leave me gifts on my back step and wait patiently on our garage roof. Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful and majestic scene. Best wishes to you from Yorkshire 🇬🇧
I love ravens so much. They are essentially in their "Stone Age" in their evolutionary line. The one thing id want immortality for is to see what these little dudes end up becoming later down the road. Them and Octopuses. Crazy intelligent and the closest the planet has to offer to our intelligence. Octopus are only nerfed by their lifespan. Also just space flight in general.
This is ridiculously intriguing! I am sure some people would even think it scary. I love that you managed to see and video tape them and thank you for sharing. I am going to post this on my community page! I also subscribed!
I love this video! Crows & Ravens are such intelligent birds. They do recognize people's faces (a University of Washington study proved it) & they also recognize vehicles. I used to feed the crows at a local park in Seattle. Once they got to know me & my car, they would follow my car to the park when I was just a few blocks away. I moved away in 2016 to rural Oregon. I hope someone else took over feeding them. I've noticed they dragonflies often do a little bow of their heads when I have slowly approached them and stopped about 2-3 ft away. We often bow to each other several times. It's very sweet. ❤
So glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for letting me know. I really appreciate the comments. I just added another raven video if you're interested.. th-cam.com/video/NEZEopL_Ohg/w-d-xo.html
I fond it interesting there is one raven super consistent with the bows, does it all the time, another raven tries to follow them, and the other two don’t bow nearly as often.
I love watching bird behavior and animals too. My parakeets used to sit in more or less a circle (they had various perches and small natural branches), and seemed to take turns telling dramatic stories. The others would listen while one chattered and dipped forward and sideways or sort of bowed too, during their story. I had about 6 keets in a large flight cage.
I once saw four or five magpies lined up in a neat orderly line, standing still like that as I was walking by. Then all of a sudden they all started hopping forward as fast as they could. When they crossed past alignment of a nearby tree, they stopped their hopping and started celebrating and rolled around together. Oh my gosh, I thought to myself. I just witnessed a highly elaborate little birdy race! They were competing against each other to reach past the tree first. I never knew they had capacity for that level of intelligent social games.
Interesting...I remember seeing this with at least 8 or 10 in a circle while I was hitchhiking up the California coast... don't you just love nature?! 🧡
That was fascinating, thank you for filming and posting. I grew up around crows, but I moved a few years ago and now I have ravens! I love to watch them and interact with them - they are SO smart. I have raven friends and we delight each other.
When I lived off grid out in the woods we had a litter of black cats. One time I walked by and saw them in a circle, then realized that two of then were ravens. I wish I has a camera. I imagine they were discussing the dead mice the cats would leave out for the ravens
I was taking a wild stab of a guess about maybe establishing pecking order. Then I read the pinned comment, and voila! It all made sense! I just hadn't realized there were fledglings in that circle. I'm not an avid bird watcher, but have seen enough bird families outside my windows in the springtime to know that Mama and Daddy birds take great care to teach their young with patience and perseverance. I'm grateful for the lesson given by the person who left that comment. I'm an old woman, and I'll be learning something new every day 😊
I love Ravens. They are one of the few bird species increasing in population in New England. I also am amazed at their wide circumpolar range across Asia, Europe and North America.
I used to pop kettle corn at a nearby farmers market, and at the end of a day I had a lot of unpopped kernels left. Not wanting to throw them away I would save them for various birds who hung around, most of them crows. After a few days I noticed at least one crow who hung around. He seemed to be the "lookout" to spot me just outside the market building, and when he saw me walking home, he would take off screeching in usual crow fashion. By the time I got home there would be at least 7 or 8 crows waiting in nearby trees waiting for me to throw out the kernels. They never miss an opportunity to get food.
My favorite birds. Nice capture. Thanks for posting...👍👍 We used to go to what we called the Pig Farm on the Nisqually Delta where hundreds to thousands of crows would gather. It was always interesting to watch them. They would put out sentries in the surrounding territory to warn of approaching predators from the land or sky. We saw them gang up and bring down a big hawk by grabbing on to it and riding it to the ground where they killed it. I got some great feathers out of that kill.
Its like a seed tasting. They dip, take something, then stick their beaks in the air going, "Hmmm yes, yes, a hint of sassafras." 😄 I would never believe this if it wasn't on film.
I love this so much. My friend Kylie the Crow showed me how she does anting... That was super interesting. I had never heard of bowing. Fantastic interesting amazing creatures. Great capture.
Bows probably have multiple uses depending on the context but either way they're very cute. When I say hi to the crows in the area I usually do it with a slight bow, even with the other birds too. I haven't made friends with them yet bc I haven't figured out how to without feeding them so for now I'm just looking like a weird person bowing to bushes to the people walking by.
You're so lucky to have been able to film them. Here in the desert of Southern California we have lots of ravens with several by my home. I often put dry catfood out for them. I'll stand inside and watch them eating but as soon as I raise my phone or camera they all fly away. Even when I'm inside the house there's always one watching that warns then to fly away.
I got the impression this is what they do to the ladies when they are trying to impress them to get a date, so therefore it's possible they are youngsters and their dad or elder bros are telling them how to score by doing the correct bowing and cooing and wooing style, raven chat up line style.
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They seem to be teaching the younger ones to use directional smelling (olfactory navigation) to find food. First they clean their beaks on the ground and then take a good sniff of the surrounding air. There is evidence of this in pigeons, and ravens have been shown to have a good sense of smell.
That’s very interesting, I hadn’t heard of that. I looked it up and there are many articles about olfactory acuity in ravens, for finding food via smell. It would fit with the timing as the youngsters were fully fledged. There were so many ravens (I’d never seen so many together before), it ‘s like they all got together for their youngsters graduation!
Thank you for sharing that info!
@@Rockymtnchick when they spread out uniformly at the end, that looks like a foraging formation I've observed in American crows. I love this stuff, thanks for sharing
How interesting
@@sloanekuria3249Crows and Ravens are highly intelligent birds and can learn to speak. Beautiful birds for sure. 👍🏻
Wait, what? I heard that birds don't have sense of smell....
I live in Tasmania, and the Ravens that visit me have beautiful blue eyes, anyway, when I go outside and see one in a tree I say hi, and he bows so I say hi again and bow, and he bows back with his low raven gargle sound, at first I thought it was just coincidence, but this happens every single time I go out and say hi. And I'm sure we could keep it up for a long time, but I politely excuse myself and we go about our business and as he flies off he gives me one last low gargle sound. I know it's a funny little story but I just thought I'd share it, so maybe it's just a form of ok we accept you and we're happy to have you in our territory, anyway, it's just a thought. Cheers!
They have photographic memory
@@becool_444 thank you for a reply, really! Photographic memory! Wow, so he/she recognises me that's nice and I admit pretty cool. This year is the first year they brought their fledglings to sit in the tree where I can see them that's nice too. We're in a bit of a rodent plague at the moment and I don't use poisons at all, but I have a very efficient indoor ninja cat and a battery operated zapper so between the device and the cat who spits them out at my feet the ravens and currawongs are getting some free meals. Although it's summer now and the currawongs are mostly back up in the forest where it's cooler so it goes to the Ravens mostly but they'll disappear up into the high country in winter where there's more shelter.
@@howlingwind1937 you’ve got your own nature show going on… awesome!
@@becool_444 yes I do! I use to video the wallabies and their Joey's, but since my last phone software update I'm not able to down load my videos into TH-cam ☹️ As soon as I figure it out I'll be videoing again and I'll include the birds.
Thank you for sharing your experiences! These are such amazing birds.
I’m a truck driver and used to stop to do a break check at sayward canyon twice a week … there was a male and female raven that I would leave food for .. it was there territory or their turf . Anyway driving that area is like a tunnel of trees and I was looking forward to getting to the break check to see and feed my friends.. I was surprised when I was about 2 kms away and one of the ravens jumped from the tree as i truely believe he recognized my truck and followed me to the check stop .. I fed these two wonderful birds for five years until I had to move to another province… I asked my dispatcher to replace me with a driver that would continue to feed my beautiful Ravens …I miss them so ❤
I’m blown away by how many people have such a strong connection with ravens and crows, it’s amazing.
That is a wonderful little story. :)
Cool! i wouldn't be surprised one bit. They remember individual human beings intergenerationally which is as-yet inexplicable. Truly wondrous. Magpies are my favourite birds of the lot! They stop me to sing at me sometimes. I've hand-fed others many times now, and received songs back to my face , 30sec to 1min in length... Has brought me to tears. I want to talk back SO much. I hope they understand, but if not, they understand my intention and energy - I have absolutely no doubt of that.
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I hope that you will meet them again and continue this beautiful relationship❤
This looks like a group of very important and polite business people
*business ravens
Birds are very important.
in a previous life, they were japanese salarymen
Your profile pic is so cute!
@@guineapiglady2841 Thank you ☺️ from one guinea pig lady to another.
"Nice to meet you, sir"
"Nice to meet you, sir"
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Corvids are amazing! They can recognize human faces, play jokes on each other, have funerals for the dead, and more! So fascinating
Love ravens and crows, super intelligent birds.
Sometimes I think birds are smarter than a lot of humans. These in this video are, in my opinion, much more polite than many of the humans I encounter every day in stores and in traffic.
Far more nuanced communication than people realise.
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Not at all.
@@erstzuu9298 What does npc mean?
@ConnieWojahn yea it's not like these birds are known for attacking anything they see.
I live in a rural, mountain town in southern Colorado, and I have been fortunate to form a trusting relationship with the local, native wildlife that I share a home with.. birds in particular. Over the last four years, there is a pair of adult ravens that visit me everyday, and they will forage for food and eat carrion from around the property. I decided to set up a GoPro so I could observe them without disturbing them, and I have about 3 terabytes of video footage showing all sorts of behaviors, in addition to this one! It's one of my favorites, and it always makes me laugh a little because they are just so animated in their interactions with one another and myself! In my observations, this behavior has always been linked to a show of dominance and a sort of territorial display. It's more likely their way of settling a territorial dispute; though it can lead to a physical altercation, it rarely has to come to that. I have only seen this become physical on two occasions. Each July, the raven's will bring their fledglings over to introduce us all, and we will usually see the juveniles around for a few months before they go off on their own; however, there is always one juvenile that lags behind and wants to stay. I have seen the adult male raven posture like this when the juvenile tried to join them for a meal. Usually, they pair this motion with a vocalization. Also, there were a few occasions where a group of crows stopped by, and I saw the male and female displaying in this manner. They also performed a synchronized "trot" around the area in a large figure-eight form. I'd love to hear if anyone else has any other observations as well! Thank you for sharing! 🤍🤍
send that data to some university or institute that studies birds!
Awesome!
I know it's a lot of editing, but... if you made a You Tube channel out of that footage, I would subscribe, and I'll bet many others would also.
I just commented similarly. I’ve been studying corvid behavior for over 20 years now. However, I think this might be a territorial pair’s offspring (the one that stays behind, as you mentioned) bringing a new mate into the family. The grooming posture isn’t always territorial in my observation but can be a signal of endearment.
You should post some to TH-cam ^ ^
Thanks for this, wonderful! At my Mass. family home we had a bird-popular feeder and the crows/ravens would often leave a thanks on a pine branch very near our front door---half a bagel, for example, a dingy slice of bread, a molded dinner-roll. The funniest gift was half a cheeseburger laid down in our mailbox.
Ravens are truly humans' best friends. When was the last time rover or kitty brought you a cheeseburger? Let alone share half of one with you?!
My cat left me a dead shrew outside my bedroom door the other morning T^T I'd much rather the cheeseburger...@@kitty_p__6665
They are extraordinary birds, so smart, and have their own culture!
if i would do this with my friends, would it be cultural appropriation?
Other birds do this too and is to impress female
@@neshifuturo this is different
@@ralle3447 Asking the same question
In der Nähe meiner Wohnung gibt es auch eine Kolonie von Rabenvögeln. Wenn ich morgens da vorbei laufe sitzen sie alle auf dem Zaun, strecken ihre Flügel in die Sonne und schwatzen miteinander. Es erinnert ein bisschen an den Frühstückstisch mit der Familie. 😊 Ich finde diese Vögel absolut faszinierend und kann nicht verstehen, dass viele Menschen sie nicht in ihrer Nachbarschaft haben wollen. Danke für den schönen Film! 😊
Wow.
You might be able to interact with them a bit. Maybe offer them some snacks? Become a honorary member of their conspiracy?
I just used ChatGPT to learn that a group of ravens is actually called "conspiracy" or "unkindness". I have a question of my own. What is the slang name for Germans who used live in the East Germany?
Das Problem ist sie sind durch uns Menschen und der Landwirtschaft eine Plage geworden, da sie viele andere Vogelarten zusätzlich verdrängen und wir Menschen tun durch unsere Monokulturen und die Urbanisierung den Rest. Aber ja es sind definitiv interessante und intelligente Tiere. Bei mir auf der Arbeit gibts auch ein Krähenpärchen das ständig wiederkommt nachdem ich es gefüttert habe. Habe auch schon beobachtet wie sie Wallnüsse aus der Luft fallen lassen um die Schale zu knacken.
@@ID-8491 Ossies 😄
@@sonjabaumann8982 Thank you :)
Old superstitions about ravens being death birds.
I have seen this behaviour many times and it seems to be associated with the resolution of boundary disputes , when things have calmed down after loud interactions..a kind of diplomacy to reestablish dominance hierarchies .
Thank you for sharing that insight. There was a very large gathering of ravens in the fields, I’d never seen so many in one spot, so it’s interesting to think this may have been about keeping things orderly.
That's amazing if it's true.
Basically peace talk huh?
Он показывает: вот здесь моя территория и вот здесь. За нее не заходить!
That's amazing
Absolutely fascinating behavior ! All members of the corvid family are highly intelligent critters and seem to enjoy watching we humans as much as we enjoy them, too. Thanks for sharing this video !
other birds do this to female and I think there is one female and 3 males
@@neshifuturoNo that is most certainly four males
. . . at a safe distance!
You don't see many dead corvids as roadkill etc. Very intellegent birds.
"critters" were here before us. These birds are spirit animals in many ancient cultures.
This is excellent documentation of social raven behavior. Very important video at that! Thank you!!
I've had 3 pet cockatiels over the years and they also bowed. Notice how the wings come up. My parakeets do that when they are very happily engaged, such as when I tell them their night time story.
I recently adopted a parakeet after my 'tiel passed in July. Very smart indeed!
That is so cute
Super smart birds. You can tell they are deep thinkers and are analyzing each other and learning movements and sounds from each other. So cool!
These ravens are clearly all important business owners getting together for a meeting.
I have not seen any ravens in our area, but we have lots of crows. They are quite fascinating! One time we figured out that a group of the adults were either encouraging or chastising an adolescent one. When we occasionally hear a big commotion up in the trees they nest in, we know they have declared war on a red-tailed hawk who has attempted to get their chicks. I watch amazed at the aerial combat as the fearless crows chase away the hawk in a very organized and coordinated fashion, almost like a dance!
The dance of life and death...
Wow I wish I saw that. Crows are like mysterious sexy goth mischievous outsiders that know everything
Crows around here will take on a peregrine falcon. As they start squawking, other crows will join in until the falcon flies off and goes elsewhere to hunt.
Hated that I lost a crow to a RT hawk some months back. Saw all of it, and boy did the other crows try their best to help out.@@alexclement7221
I do this with Ravens in the Seattle area...I perform several low, slow bows, stop to look around, walk a few steps...repeat.
Pretty soon I have an audience!
My 2 African grey parrots do this too. We bow and greet them back and they are happy.
I'm starting to think all the animals do that; or maybe my cats and dogs just think I'm the Ruler of the Food Bowl. All of them greet me with a bow. At first I thought I was just misinterpreting, but I always bowed back, but now...
This is how the past year's flock history is being recalled and written down by the horde's elders.When they seem to be done, they start walking away satisified. But then one of them remembers that funny incident when Manny fell into the bucket of milk, thinking it was a jacuzzi of accumulated snow. That calls for a 2nd debate on whether the event is truly important or educational enough as to be included as well. Manny disagrees, blushing.
Incredible video, you managed to capture a golden moment there, thank you for sharing it with us! 😍❤
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Great story to go with it!
Best story, thanks!
I love ravens and am fascinated with their behaviour. Thank you for documenting and sharing this!
“Right, we all know where that pesky squirrel lives. At dawn we strike!”
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“Doctor.”
“Doctor.”
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doctor Doctor!
gahrr what is that from? lol something with chevy chase right?
I love that movie lol
@@swish007 It's from the movie Spies Like Us. A true comedy classic.
Only limited and blind humans would choose the name "common" raven to describe such spiritual, wise, beautiful beings.
I always think the exact same way.
I raised a Raven this past summer. Chose to stay around and is never caged, clipped or tethered. If you're interested in our interactions , I filmed some videos. Experience and Blessing of my lifetime!
You may want to Google "bird imprinting"
Maybe they're learning to say "Nevermore." Smile. When I think of ravens, I think of Poe.❤
looks like they're holding a thing... they are very intelligent and communicative creatures.
I appreciate you're video, thank you for taking the time to record a wild moment that most people will never see.
Aloha, and happy trails!
I love the throat feathers and the display.
That is definitely some kind of ritual! These guys sure know how to entertain...
If cats ever start doing this we've got a problem🤫
Cats already do this I'd catch them hudled, doing nothing and staring at me. We joke that we've interrupted an important meeting.
I read a fantasy story about a wizard who gave his cat hands, and what does he do? Starts playing with matches!
They’re such amazing and brilliant birds. It’s so fascinating to observe their little rituals. 🥰
This is so cool! I've seen birds do this but I never recognized it as something like a 'bowing ritual', I always just thought they were pecking the ground looking for food or something. But I think you are right, how beautiful and fascinating! So many things to understand about nature if we have the eyes to notice!
We have gathered here gentlemen to respectfully bow to one another. We may commence.
If you watch carefully, it's the same two birds who are bowing to the other two except towards theend. Then, they all start bowing. We would see that as a form of respect. All of them are ruffling their head feathers whilst performing this ritual. Personally, I don't feel that it's teaching the younger ones to use their olfactory glands because they only wipe their beaks a couple of times. I'm no expert, but that doesn't feel right to me. Definitely some sort of ritualistic communication going on, but for what reason, I'm not sure. Fascinating! It's like watching a tribe of humans doing ritualistic dance & wondering on it's meaning.
I just love ravens! It is one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time! Maybe a family group establishing hieararchy?
I think it is something like that, or maybe just their version of a barn dance :o)
Ravens are my favourite bird. I love their vocabulary of amazing sounds. On my winter walks I always leave broken up dog biscuits on the snow and on the return trip they are gone.
I like them too. My favourite birds are pigeons because they can adapt and thrive in the most unnatural human environments and exploit is 😅. They are also interesting to watch.
My parrots do a version of similar bowing. I interpret it as a bonding ritual among close family members.
I misread this as "my parents" LOL
I agree, it looked like group bonding
“Let’s go over there and discuss this for a while”, …. “Let’s go over here and discuss this for a while” ….
- Konnichiwa
- Konnichiwa!
- Konnichiwaaaaa
- Konnichiwa
Canadian ravens are very polite
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Навідміну від канадських гусей! 😅
Yes, it’s known as a ‘Sorry of Ravens’ in Canada.
@@jdanielcramer so good!!!
American ravens more aggressive?😂
Birds are my favorite specie.They have so many beautiful attributes, loyalty to each other, architecture, good parenting, and intelligence ❤❤
I live in a neighborhood with lots of crows. I leave them whole unsalted peanuts and they've seen me doing it, so they know who I am and recognize me in different parts of the neighborhood. Sometimes they dive-bomb me to say hello. It's both scary and awesome at the same time. Them: "CAW! CAW!" Me: Hey, buddy!
Here in Fairbank Alaska about 30 years ago, there was a raven that died from electrocution after perching on a telephone pole in town. A headline news paper article with a full page picture showed at least 20 ravens congregated near the dead bird to grieve his death! They stayed for at least 30 minutes! They have the intelegence of elephants and have strict social rules of respect to elders! These parents were teaching their children how to bow to their elders. Baby ravens can be very unruly and destructive and demanding especially when they are being fledged and weaned from the parents constant provisions of food! These fledglings were showing behaviors of wanting food from the parents. The parents were trying to get them to uneerstand that they would not feed them all of the time but they would stay around when they were unable to find enough food and the parents would give them food! It is a gradual weaning that makes them become hungry enough to look for food on their own. One spring, I had 2 fledgling ravens hanging out on my roof for at least a week. They stomped and sqwaked above my bedroom at night under the midnight sun and kept me awake. I had just planted flowers outside and they picked through my flower beds for food and pulled up many plants trying to find something that was tasty enough to fill their hungry bellies! I love ravens and wish some day to gave one tame enough to be a pet!
Thank you for this story. Appreciated.
Ps. A group of ravens is called "conspiracy" or "unkindness". I just learned that.
And a 'murder' of crows 😬 @@ID-8491
My thoughts exactly.
Doves do it, too.
I've seen this behavior from the pet doves' younglings I had.
Hello from Palmer! Fairbanks is so cold, I couldn't live there! Love to visit tho.
Finally! an accurate reenactment, showing the signing of the Treaty of Versailles😏.
Beautiful and intelligent birds👍👍
SImply amazing. I am so glad we have such companions on this intersideral planet of ours keeping us company, it really make a difference to have other animals with us.
Was für ein wunderbares lebendiges Ritual, es scheint eine tiefe Bedeutung zu haben, da entsteht etwas Neues...❤❤❤
Just my opinion, and I could be completely wrong but these birds are SCARY SMART, VERY INTELLIGENT. Maybe it's over respect for one another and possibly territory? Making peace so they all can co-exist? Their so smart who knows??
I agree, they are super-smart birds and have some very interesting behaviour that I would love to understand. I just added a new raven video if you're interested, and they definitely sound like there's a conversation happening... th-cam.com/video/NEZEopL_Ohg/w-d-xo.html
I agree, my guess is that it has something to do with establishing or reaffirming bonds.
Edit: I even wondered if they're members of the same family, such as siblings. I know crows have strong family bonds.
I was at a wild bird sanctuary last Summer. I bought a pasty for lunch and sat down at a picnic table. A rook landed beside me and obviously wanted some pasty, so I broke off some and gave it to him (or her). I ended up sharing it with this beautiful, intelligent and audacious bird.
Glad to hear it was polite and just waited to be fed. If that had been a gull, you would’ve lost the whole pasty! Manners are everything!
@@Rockymtnchick 😁
I often bow slightly to strangers. It's universally understood and healthier than shaking hands.
Yes, good point!
I've seen this, in Ireland, one summer.when on a hill I walk up I got excited to see a huge gathering of ravens, over 36, forming. I ran beside the hedge as some swooped low up to the brow of the hill. I was so excited I thought I'd wet myself with joy. It was pouring rain but that didn't dampen the glory of the sight and sounds. I walked a path into the field and sat still....thats when I viewed a bowing ritual between five or six...very close.. magical!! A profound and unforgettable experience!!!
Whatever they’re discussing is obviously very important!
I think they’re playing a bird version of rock, paper, scissors.
No ravens but the crows gather in a huge flock in our neighbour's giant cottonwood tree every fall. The greet each new pair or group and jostle loudly for position. Then there's a low "gro-onk" and everybody shuts up til the next group arrives. Grand-daddy, as we call him, has been calling court in that tree for 8 years at least, now. His minions come from all around for winter instructions & the meeting lasts two or three days. I would guess there's about 40-50 birds at a time each day, but who knows how many actually come and go.
They’re summoning Odin. They have better dance moves than I do.
These birds are so clever! I would like to have one as friend, so beautiful, so smart, really wonderful ❤
They're like Skeksis plotting against the one sitting on the fence post!
This is actually pretty amazing, and it has so few views. You can really see the littler, scrawnier one really isn't getting it lol. I've no idea what the understanding of this behaviour is, but with something like bowing, I wonder if, at it's core, it's an act of vulnerability in front of the group as well as a test in uniformity (it looks as though our scrawny friend wasn't doing his bow low enough or straight-backed enough when compared with the others). If I'm roughly right about the vulnerability part, it's very interesting that they're all doing it to "the group".
Willing vulnerability is a very interesting thing to see in animals - be it wolves offering their necks to show subservience, to great apes straightening our backs and showing our juicy undersides as a sign of strength and confidence
Corvids are my absolute favourite species of birds. I’ve had the pleasure of feeding five mating couples (and their offspring) over the years. They leave me gifts on my back step and wait patiently on our garage roof. Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful and majestic scene. Best wishes to you from Yorkshire 🇬🇧
I love ravens so much. They are essentially in their "Stone Age" in their evolutionary line. The one thing id want immortality for is to see what these little dudes end up becoming later down the road. Them and Octopuses. Crazy intelligent and the closest the planet has to offer to our intelligence. Octopus are only nerfed by their lifespan.
Also just space flight in general.
Must be a family event. 🤣😂😆🐦⬛ Very rare to see more than 2 ravens together.
Beautiful
This is ridiculously intriguing! I am sure some people would even think it scary. I love that you managed to see and video tape them and thank you for sharing. I am going to post this on my community page! I also subscribed!
Thank you so much! 😊
Anyone who thinks it's scary is a muggle
I love this video! Crows & Ravens are such intelligent birds. They do recognize people's faces (a University of Washington study proved it) & they also recognize vehicles. I used to feed the crows at a local park in Seattle. Once they got to know me & my car, they would follow my car to the park when I was just a few blocks away. I moved away in 2016 to rural Oregon. I hope someone else took over feeding them.
I've noticed they dragonflies often do a little bow of their heads when I have slowly approached them and stopped about 2-3 ft away. We often bow to each other several times. It's very sweet. ❤
Best thing I've seen all day. They're my favorite. Thanks!
So glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for letting me know. I really appreciate the comments. I just added another raven video if you're interested.. th-cam.com/video/NEZEopL_Ohg/w-d-xo.html
I fond it interesting there is one raven super consistent with the bows, does it all the time, another raven tries to follow them, and the other two don’t bow nearly as often.
I love watching bird behavior and animals too. My parakeets used to sit in more or less a circle (they had various perches and small natural branches), and seemed to take turns telling dramatic stories. The others would listen while one chattered and dipped forward and sideways or sort of bowed too, during their story. I had about 6 keets in a large flight cage.
I once saw four or five magpies lined up in a neat orderly line, standing still like that as I was walking by. Then all of a sudden they all started hopping forward as fast as they could. When they crossed past alignment of a nearby tree, they stopped their hopping and started celebrating and rolled around together. Oh my gosh, I thought to myself. I just witnessed a highly elaborate little birdy race! They were competing against each other to reach past the tree first. I never knew they had capacity for that level of intelligent social games.
Interesting...I remember seeing this with at least 8 or 10 in a circle while I was hitchhiking up the California coast... don't you just love nature?! 🧡
That was fascinating, thank you for filming and posting. I grew up around crows, but I moved a few years ago and now I have ravens! I love to watch them and interact with them - they are SO smart. I have raven friends and we delight each other.
When I lived off grid out in the woods we had a litter of black cats.
One time I walked by and saw them in a circle, then realized that two of then were ravens.
I wish I has a camera. I imagine they were discussing the dead mice the cats would leave out for the ravens
Oh my so very beautiful! Precious babies! Love them!!
Just goes to show how sophisticated these birds are
I was taking a wild stab of a guess about maybe establishing pecking order. Then I read the pinned comment, and voila! It all made sense! I just hadn't realized there were fledglings in that circle. I'm not an avid bird watcher, but have seen enough bird families outside my windows in the springtime to know that Mama and Daddy birds take great care to teach their young with patience and perseverance. I'm grateful for the lesson given by the person who left that comment. I'm an old woman, and I'll be learning something new every day 😊
What an awesome Birds, I love Them 🙏🙋💗
I love Ravens. They are one of the few bird species increasing in population in New England. I also am amazed at their wide circumpolar range across Asia, Europe and North America.
I thought it said “BOWLING” circle, and I kept waiting for them to act like they were bowling or something. 🙄
I used to pop kettle corn at a nearby farmers market, and at the end of a day I had a lot of unpopped kernels left. Not wanting to throw them away I would save them for various birds who hung around, most of them crows. After a few days I noticed at least one crow who hung around. He seemed to be the "lookout" to spot me just outside the market building, and when he saw me walking home, he would take off screeching in usual crow fashion. By the time I got home there would be at least 7 or 8 crows waiting in nearby trees waiting for me to throw out the kernels. They never miss an opportunity to get food.
My favorite birds. Nice capture. Thanks for posting...👍👍
We used to go to what we called the Pig Farm on the Nisqually Delta where hundreds to thousands of crows would gather. It was always interesting to watch them. They would put out sentries in the surrounding territory to warn of approaching predators from the land or sky. We saw them gang up and bring down a big hawk by grabbing on to it and riding it to the ground where they killed it. I got some great feathers out of that kill.
Thanks for filming! And sharing!
Really fascinating.
Wonderful to watch this. Thank you for no commentary.
Glad you enjoyed it! Not everyone appreciates the lack of commentary, so thank you for saying that 😊
Its like a seed tasting. They dip, take something, then stick their beaks in the air going, "Hmmm yes, yes, a hint of sassafras." 😄 I would never believe this if it wasn't on film.
🤣😂🤣 Love it!
I really hope I can see this again but closer someday, so I can record what they are “saying” to each other.
Absolutely stunning. Thank you for capturing this moment and sharing with us!💜
Very cool guys.😊
I love this so much. My friend Kylie the Crow showed me how she does anting... That was super interesting. I had never heard of bowing. Fantastic interesting amazing creatures. Great capture.
Magickal ravens. They look like high priests.
I love birds. They’re just the coolest.
Bows probably have multiple uses depending on the context but either way they're very cute. When I say hi to the crows in the area I usually do it with a slight bow, even with the other birds too. I haven't made friends with them yet bc I haven't figured out how to without feeding them so for now I'm just looking like a weird person bowing to bushes to the people walking by.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful interaction!! Breathtaking to me!! Love these guys!! ❤🙌🏼🙏🏼🥰🤗🫶🏻🤩🥳❤️
It looks like a meeting of crows.😀 They look very happy. Thanks for the precious video, have a great day.🌿
Thank you for taking the time to comment, so glad you enjoyed it :o)
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Fact...a group of ravens is called an unkindness!! Wow!
@@pupskin123 At least that sounds better than a murder of crows! 😄
Frequency, vibration, tone rules this world.
I misread the title and thought I'd see a _bowling_ circle. 😂🤣 I wondered how ravens could bowl, and using what. 🤣
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If I ever catch them actually bowling, I’ll be sure to let you know!
@@Rockymtnchick Well, they do like to use tools and play games, so... who knows. Lol. 😂
This is fascinating and wonderful to see, no matter the purpose. Thank you for sharing, and I'm glad you got this shot.
Fascinating, odd and intriguing!
You're so lucky to have been able to film them. Here in the desert of Southern California we have lots of ravens with several by my home. I often put dry catfood out for them. I'll stand inside and watch them eating but as soon as I raise my phone or camera they all fly away. Even when I'm inside the house there's always one watching that warns then to fly away.
I love these birds ❤
I do too. This is actually a bowing ritual AND a yoga class.
Brilliant! The Raven has always been my favourite bird since I was a child. Great footage, wish Id seen that.
Fabulous birds . Corvids . So much more than feathers .
If you put on some EDM it quickly becomes apparent that this is a Raven Rave.
I got the impression this is what they do to the ladies when they are trying to impress them to get a date, so therefore it's possible they are youngsters and their dad or elder bros are telling them how to score by doing the correct bowing and cooing and wooing style, raven chat up line style.
This is the most interesting thing the algorithm has ever offered up for me!! Awesome to witness. thanks for posting
That’s one of the nicest comments ever, thank you! 😊