Smarter than a Three year old Human?...I think so!

They are so clever!

Great photo and very smart pijjies.

Marvellous - but it does not astonish me at all. So many times I have noticed that they are excellent observers and that they are capable of logic - the basic pre-requisite for intelligence. It is not even try or error it is clear observation, consideration and then action.

I only wished there would be more articles and photos such as these to be found in the media

pigeonwriter wrote:

Marvellous - but it does not astonish me at all. So many times I have noticed that they are excellent observers and that they are capable of logic - the basic pre-requisite for intelligence. It is not even try or error it is clear observation, consideration and then action.

I only wished there would be more articles and photos such as these to be found in the media

Your blog is a wonderful teaching tool for this to happen.

Fancyfeathers wrote:

Your blog is a wonderful teaching tool for this to happen.

Thank you so much, Cindy. When I started that blog my ultimate thought was to make people aware that pigeons are something very special and that they are clearly underestimated.
Unfortunately people who would not be interested in pigeons or any birds would not spend their time to browse through that blog either. That's the dilemma.

I even wrote to the University of Cornell in order to gain some more readers of course and to add some "compassionate component" to their scientific research (pigeon watch project). They seemed very interested at first but then one of the responsible deans declined adding my link to their pages, probably for lack of "scientific appearance", but told me that I could send photos - for free
Well - that was it. I am not that stupid and I know how it works at universities - have been there long enough and through the same procedures - profs taking the credit for all the ideas and work of students, writing their books based on the results but the creators of the true work are not even getting mentioned.