Ravens hold "funeral" for electrocuted birds?

[Lanny Chambers]

"After two ravens roosting on top of a power transformer were
electrocuted, hundreds of ravens showed up within a minute or two and
started silently circling overhead and perching in nearby trees."

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/wildlife/story/1024030.html

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Lanny Chambers
St. Louis, MO

[bthache]

I recently watched a nature show on Crows that showed the same type of
behavior when one was killed.

Tammie in soggy Northern Ontario

[Jerry Avins]

Lanny Chambers wrote:
> "After two ravens roosting on top of a power transformer were
> electrocuted, hundreds of ravens showed up within a minute or two and
> started silently circling overhead and perching in nearby trees."
>
> http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/wildlife/story/1024030.html

From the article:
"I've never heard of ravens holding funerals," he said. "It wouldn't
surprise me if the birds that got zapped were still alive and were
acting erratically. That would attract the attention of other ravens."

Maybe.

Jerry
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