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[–] [email protected] 198 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Funny but snopes says merely a legend https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/field-of-seeds/

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yep, pigeons can differentiate human face traits (generally speaking).

Though many keepers have told me that raptors tend to distrust them if their clothing is different (shirt, hairstyle, hat, glasses, etc.)

Haven't heard the same behavior from columbidae.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago

I have pet parrots, they can be put off by a change of clothing. My husband bought a hawaiian shirt and became persona non grata for a couple of hours before the birds accepted that he hadn’t been replaced with a colorful imposter.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago

You can tell it's made up because it has "it's said that" in it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

All my homeys hate Snopes.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Snopes says you don't have any homies.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Get better homies

[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 month ago

https://www.xkcd.com/1156/

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

When I go into my garage right after work it's usually to fill our bird/squirrel feeder. I've noticed for the last couple months that when I go into the garage in the late afternoon now, I'll hear the crows and scrub jays start to call each other moments later. They've usually found all the in-shell peanuts in the feed within an hour.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago

Scrub Jay's call:

Derek Peanuts

Derek Peanuts

Crow's call:

Protect Derek

Get Peanuts