Hi Kurt, wasn't able to open the link, but I can say that many corvids will gather around dead conspecifics. I believe that this serves a social function to inform group members about who is dead and begin to adjust social hierarchy, etc. I have seen it several times with magpies and crows gathering around road-killed group members, and I know Bernd Heinrich has discussed it in some of his books.
Chris Tonra
Silver Spring
On Friday, October 26, 2012 8:38:29 PM UTC-4, Kurt Schwarz wrote:
> A friend brought this to my attention, an interesting reaction. �Has anyone else seen similar behavior?
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> http://preview.tinyurl.com/9qomf4h
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> Kurt Schwarz
> Ellicott City, HowCo
> goawaybird at verizon dot net
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