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23 February 2023 CORVID WANTS A CRACKER
P Ross Gorman
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Abstract

Reported herein is the behavior of an American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) that was photographed dunking and paddling a cracker in a birdbath. It is reasonable to assert that the birdbath's water was used to moisten and/or soften the hard and dry cracker prior to consumption. Additionally, this problem-solving behavior appears to have been premeditated, given how deliberate the crow was with each step of its behavior.

P Ross Gorman "CORVID WANTS A CRACKER," Northwestern Naturalist 104(1), 79-81, (23 February 2023). https://doi.org/10.1898/NWN22-11
Received: 18 May 2022; Accepted: 22 July 2022; Published: 23 February 2023
KEYWORDS
American Crow
avian cognition
corvid behavior
Corvus brachyrhynchos
food-dunking behavior
problem-solving behavior
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