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1 December 2016 Hanging out at the Airport: Unusual Upside-down Perching Behavior by Eurasian Jackdaws (Corvus monedula) in a Human-dominated Environment
Todd Katzner
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Abstract

Animals occupying human-dominated environments show the capacity for behavioral flexibility. Corvids are among the most intelligent synanthropic bird species. During a layover at Schipol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands, I photographically documented Eurasian Jackdaws (Corvus monedula) perching upside down from a building cornice. In contrast to other reports of hanging birds, these jackdaws did not forage or play while upside down and appeared to use the perching spot to observe their surroundings. Although Corvids and Psittacines are known to hang upside down, especially in captive situations, such behaviors are rarely documented in the wild, and never before in association with human-built structures.

Todd Katzner "Hanging out at the Airport: Unusual Upside-down Perching Behavior by Eurasian Jackdaws (Corvus monedula) in a Human-dominated Environment," The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 128(4), 926-930, (1 December 2016). https://doi.org/10.1676/15-211.1
Received: 18 December 2015; Accepted: 1 February 2016; Published: 1 December 2016
KEYWORDS
built  environment
Corvus monedula
Eurasian Jackdaw
upside-down perching
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