As the Crow Spies

“The birds were not very appreciative, however. Many of them remembered when Jiguet had caged, manhandled, and banded them. Some had never flown into his trap, but still learned from their peers and joined in the cawing. Crows even recognized him when he showed up for work in a surgical mask, after months of working from home during the pandemic. Jiguet, a lifelong bird-watcher, was learning how it feels when birds watch back.” Ben Crair with an illuminating article on crows and humans in The New Yorker: The Magic of Bird Brains. “Crows are smart enough to pick up trash. Why won’t they?” (I’ve asked the same thing about my kids.)