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Re: Photographer captures 'odd but exciting' crow behaviour known as anting

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Post by macintux »

My favorite, albeit not that interesting crow story...

Southwestern Indiana has some ecosystems that are unusual for the state, including a bald cypress swamp remnant. I visited Hovey Lake near that swamp two consecutive early mornings, and both days I heard an unusual (to me) bird call right at sunrise that I was able to identify as a fish crow.

We don't have typically have fish crows elsewhere in the state, not even sure they're common at Hovey Lake, so I have no idea whether this sunrise behavior is common, but I did find a similar story from much further south.

https://meadowblog.net/2018/01/good-morning-from-a-fish-crow...

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Post by bedobi »

optimalsolver wrote: post #17

>Dr. David Bird, an emeritus professor of wildlife biology with McGill University. Quite an appropriate name. Reminds me of the two most distinguished geologists of our day, Johnny Rockman and Bobby Boulders.

https://old.reddit.com/r/NominativeDeterminism

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Post by Rendello »

MauranKilom wrote: post #19
karmakaze wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People do seem to gravitate/grow into their names. The one that stands out to me is Schwarzschild radius: schwarz == black.

Also in sports: https://xkcd.com/2022/

I laughed at the fictional dentist supposedly named "Crentist" in the Office, then I remembered the largest scam in recent history was by Bernie Madoff.

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Post by thaumasiotes »

Rendello wrote: post #24
MauranKilom wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also in sports: https://xkcd.com/2022/

I laughed at the fictional dentist supposedly named "Crentist" in the Office, then I remembered the largest scam in recent history was by Bernie Madoff.

> then I remembered the largest scam in recent history was by Bernie Madoff.

I don't get it?

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Post by dwighttk »

Rendello wrote: post #24
MauranKilom wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also in sports: https://xkcd.com/2022/

I laughed at the fictional dentist supposedly named "Crentist" in the Office, then I remembered the largest scam in recent history was by Bernie Madoff.

No kidding a CPA in my hometown went to prison for fraud named…

Cheatham

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Post by dwighttk »

thaumasiotes wrote: post #26
Rendello wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I laughed at the fictional dentist supposedly named "Crentist" in the Office, then I remembered the largest scam in recent history was by Bernie Madoff.

> then I remembered the largest scam in recent history was by Bernie Madoff. I don't get it?

Pronounced “Made off”

Re: Photographer captures 'odd but exciting' crow behaviour known as anting

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Post by perihelions »

lioeters wrote: post #2

> [A]nting is..where birds rub insects, usually ants, on their feathers and skin. > Some birds will sit still on an anthill and patiently allow the creatures to crawl freely through their feathers. At other times they have been seen to pick the ants up with their beaks and rub themselves with the tiny insects. > Sensing a threat, the ants shoot a spray of formic acid from their abdomens or anal glands which gets abso…

>Beekeepers use formic acid as a miticide against the tracheal mite (Acarapis woodi) and the Varroa destructor mite and Varroa jacobsoni mite.[29]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formic_acid#Uses

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