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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fave domesticated are big mutts. All of them. Although I have fallen in love with a neighbor shiba inu and a corgi.

Fave wild are crows and ravens. I hear magpies are fascinating too but we don't have them here. Our crows all live in green worlds of plenty so they don't seem able to be tempted by feeding or else I would try it. They have their raucous days where they all seem to be up to something. It's amazing to think of them and all the raptors flying and able to see the detail on the ground. [/quote]

OP - Nice choice

Yes big and little well adjusted mutts are wonderful. I usually prefer mutts to purebreds as they tend to be less neurotic and often have fewer health problems  as long they get lots of love and adequate training.

Yes sometimes the crows are deafening along the canal. And, I often see raptors such as hawks, Turkey vultures and vultures near the canal. That is a major reason why our cats are indoor cats (plus we have foxes and coyotes near us).

I agree that carvids are super interesting.

“Crows and other corvids (a family of birds that includes ravens and magpies) “know what they know and can ponder the content of their own minds,” according to a 2020 study in Science. This is considered a cornerstone of self-awareness and shared by just a handful of animal species beside humans, such as monkeys and great apes. Crows can also use their complex brains to find creative solutions, such as dropping nuts on the road so passing cars can crack them open …

Crows are extremely intelligent. They can use tools to get what they want, like New Caledonian crows in a single South Pacific island of the same name, which shape twigs into hooks to catch grubs from rotting logs. And according to new research, crows are even smarter than we thought”.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a34165311/crows-are-self-aware-like-humans/#
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