Crows Playing Swinging from a Branch

These are wild crows playing in our back yard north of Boston, MA, USA, swinging upside down on a willow branch and knocking each other off. I believe these are a group of young fish crows who have been playing this game a few times a week for the last couple of weeks, always using the same branch. There seems to be a marked difference in skill, with one crow appearing much better at it, although the others seem pretty enthusiastic anyway.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• crows
• birds
• playing
• swinging
• wildlife

[hannavisser]

Thank you. I won the bet. My wife did not believe that birds could play.

Nice pictures!!

[Cattrix999]

Very cool, I love crows, I have a small group that now "talk" to me when they see me hanging up the laundry as if prompted, I've been known to bring food out to them.

All I had today for them was a cup of stale cornflakes, but they thought that was grand and,. then had to skirmish with the squirrels to keep them from stealing their cereal. Crows are some of the best parts of my day.

[dmpell]

Crows certainly have it all figured out. In my next life I'm coming back as a Crow. (again?)

:)

[bevett1]

I have never seen crows play at swinging. Excellent video! I love crows.