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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (103215)5/4/2005 10:26:41 PM
From: ManyMoose  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
The Franklin grouse is not exactly a chicken, but they are not exactly smart either. They will let you walk up and hit them with a stick or throw a rock until you kill them for supper. That's why local people call them "Fool Hens." apc.tamu.edu

Other grouse, the blue grouse and ruffed grouse for example, tend to take flight or run when you approach them.

The smartest bird of all is the raven. When I lived in Juneau, the ravens always sat on the light poles in front of my house on garbage days but not on other days. The standard locking lid garbage cans were worthless against them. I always secured my garbage can with two bungee cords, but sometimes they managed to get in anyway. Once in, they can empty a garbage can in about 30 seconds flat.

Ravens have quite a vocabulary. I know one word they use but can't replicate it. It says: "I'm so darned full I can't eat another bite!" Ravens are usually at or near the TOP of the totem poles I've seen.
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