Post Ak8TZah51Npecp34jo by futurebird@sauropods.win
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 (DIR) Post #Ak8TZah51Npecp34jo by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2024-07-20T22:28:07Z
       
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       @deco The mourning doves my husband sometimes feeds can tell us apart, and will tapp on a window when he's near it and look at him when the feeder (which is at a different window) is empty. They have even learned how to "give him eyes" like Pica does. Just looking so sad and cute, and not leaving.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ak8UTZXsThsXHQREn2 by darabos@mastodon.online
       2024-07-20T22:38:30Z
       
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       @futurebird @deco Experiments show that bees can be trained to recognize human faces the same way. (On photos, so it's not our smell.) Any data on ants?
       
 (DIR) Post #Ak8UnNWaseVXn3HYHI by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2024-07-20T22:41:59Z
       
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       @darabos @deco It would be interesting to try this with bull ants, they have excellent eyesight-- most ants do not have very good eyesight and could not see a human face.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ak8ZE0JtfAUrSPIKvY by kevinrns@mstdn.social
       2024-07-20T23:31:42Z
       
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       @futurebird @deco Always enjoy your varied informative clever posts.
       
 (DIR) Post #Ak8aEavzdCOky8xXzE by skip_lacaze@sfba.social
       2024-07-20T23:43:01Z
       
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       @futurebird @deco OTOH, doves are among the most incompetent nest builders. We had a pair that built one on top of a folding ladder leaning against the side of our house. It was sloped about 15 degrees below horizontal. Fortunately, the nest slid off before any eggs were laid. Another pair just lost one that they started on a smooth 6” beam. A breeze blew it off yesterday. House finches have managed to fledge chicks at least 10 times over the past 20 years and only lost one nest during a strong wind.