Is this corvid rehabilitator starting a crow army? 🐦‍⬛

Leonor Mattos is a corvid rehabilitator and social media influencer who grows areness about crows and her relationship with them.
During the pandemic, she had a fascinating experience that changed her outlook on mental health when she started going for walks to clear her head.
She kept meeting the same group of crows and decided to start feeding them. When they started following her and expected the daily routine, she then developed a bond with the corvids that has changed her outlook on life and led her to become a corvid rehabilitator, scientist, and speaker about the lives and stories of these birds.
Leonor can be found online at linktr.ee/thecorvidcorner and www.tiktok.com/@thecorvidcorn...
Find out more about the misfit heroes podcast at www.misfit-heroes.com and www.beacons.ai/misfitheroes

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I reared an ill crow baby last summer. Got straight up adopted by the other crows right before the snow came, when i thought i had a whole winter raising a baby bird coming up. Etta (what we call the crow, no bld test to confirm a lady but; were sure) still comes around, and has started building up the crow crew round our apt. Serious limits on the research around the American crow, and they are changing, by the great lakes, from the (my theory) 90s/00s west nile virii induced regional population collapse. Raising one, by hand, at an already chaotic time, and being uneducated, i wasn't concerned with enhancing the publications about them, but i was keenly aware of how much we observed which was of insightful scientific value. That little passerine... you want to talk smart? She learned all the other bird species calls around us, and loved concerts on the tv. When she started getting bigger, stronger, and curious (fledgling) and i plucked the cage bar like a guitar string, and she lost it! Tried to show her tapping on wood, to hear if it were hollow, and she clearly understood, but thought that boring (and she werent a woodpecker bu dum ching) so instead of practicing insect catching skills; she built a drum kit. No joke, sounds unreal, but imagine walking by a birds cage, little baby crow, who tries to get you into a guitar cage, and bottle cap drum, jam session😂 This baby bird also thought knives taking apart meat or veg was FASCINATING, and my lady (who garnered similar mental health benefits from helping the baby bird as this talk discussed) took to calling me Crowmetheus, because etta wanted to understand fire, and liked playing with my lighters.... As im writing this she's (lady in the vid) talking about Icarus (waxwing!) Another crow with Grecian mythology in its tail feathers! Who plays piano, so the thing about crows and music is getting into the zeitgeist! Fk yeah. Weird timing, yall giving me a particularly synchronous morning rn lol

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LOL Crowmetheus is a dope name for a avian friend. These are mesmerizing, fascinating creatures, and I learned so much speaking about them. If you'd like to learn more, you can find the corvid corner channel on youtube at www.youtube.com/@thecorvidcorner

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Dog and cat, can be similar but; in their way. If i sing, my cat tries to bite my chin(if im actually holding the right note) Dogs respond to music, ive one who dances, one who showed recognition when younger, but acts pretty "meh" towards music these days. Ive known dogs who will sing, but not join with artistically determined tool use, as my crow did, but the one dances in a clear demonstration of understanding rhythm. Also an obvious joy akin to humans interacting with music. Subscribed, what an interesting show! I came to your channel to show my brother in law a video about electropyrolic degradation of plastics into fuels, stayed for the erudite, and familiar, discussion of crow psychology

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Thanks for the kind words! I’ve been on a little bit of a hiatus for interviews recently, but rest assured, they will be starting back up again promptly. Thanks again for checking out the podcast! 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻