thejoke I bet you’re gonna love this one.
This certainly dispells the myth of "bird brain"........:)
Re: Bowerbird [Amazing]
^What is that, details please?
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Nice! :k:
I also enjoyed the episode about the lyre bird - it mimics the calls of other birds… as well as the sound of a camera shutter, an alarm and a chainsaw!! 
Will try to find the video…
Re: Bowerbird [Amazing]
^ this one?
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maroush and toxi i've seen it before many times and it's one of my favorite bird videos....I've heard that Blackbird can also imitate some instrumental sounds.
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Intoxi, thanks for posting the video! :k:
^What is that, details please?
Well most birds are considered not as smart as mammals.......
one good example being the domestic Turkey:
The old canard about turkeys drowning in a rainstorm has more than a grain of truth: young turkeys don't know enough to seek shelter from the rain, and farm-raised turkeys don't have their mothers around to teach them. Before the age of eight or nine weeks, when their down is replaced by feathers, they are likely to die of exposure (not drowning) if they get wet. It's the same story with food: the poults (turkey chicks) must be taught to eat or they'll starve, even if they're surrounded by feed. In the wild, their mothers teach them. Turkey farmers make use of poults' natural attraction to bright colours: marbles or strips of foil are placed into their food, or their food is sprayed with green food colouring. In pecking at the colours, the turkeys learn to eat. Some never catch on and die; these are called 'starve-outs.' "
hence the term **birdbrain!
**on the other hand the Bowerbird could be considered an architect and an interior/exterior decorator!