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on how to contribute.the crow. I’ve seen crows turning on
taps to have a drink of water on hot
summer afternoons and stealing
peas from kitchen windowsills and
storing them in crevices on rooftops.
I’ve also watched them collectively
raising a ‘caw’ for a funeral chorus
to honour the death of one of their
kind. The neighbourhood is so used
to their cawing that it has become a
part of our everyday existence.Clever Crow
TASNIM ZAHIR
Early every morning I take a brisk
walk. Before the sun gets too strong,
I enjoy observing the behaviour
of the birds in my neighbourhood
in North Nazimabad, the town
where I live in Pakistan. Common
native birds I see daily include
sparrows, eagles, parakeets,
pigeons, starlings and partridges, as
well as more exotic visitors such as
nightingales in summer, finches and
hummingbirds.
However, beating all of them in
the race for survival of the fittest is
SMART ANIMALS
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