SMAP - a Clever Jackdaw Or Just a Beggar

Hey, @nelinoeva.
Which bird is the smartest in fairy tales? I do not know about your fairy tales, but in Russia the wisest bird is the Raven, because it is believed that it lives for 300 years.
But my experience tells me that the Gray Crow is definitely smart, because it lives among people and acquires skills from this communication.
But there is another bird that lives in this environment and also learns skills from humans.
It's the Jackdaw.

In my early childhood, this bird was like a mystery to me. The fact is that jackdaws like to live in an urban environment, but I lived in a village and therefore saw this ordinary bird for the first time at a fairly reasonable age. More than 40 years have passed since then, but I remember this moment quite vividly.
Now I live on the edge of a small town, previously this street was a village and I can say that there are no jackdaws here! I have magpies, but no jackdaws.

I met this intelligent bird at the Kaliningrad Zoo. My daughter, son-in-law, and grandson were watching an elephant, and I decided to drink coffee and eat a sandwich. As soon as I sat down at the table and started drinking coffee, this jackdaw sat next to me. For animals and birds, the entire territory is divided into areas of responsibility, or rather, a "habitat halo", a place to search for food. I got into the territory of this jackdaw.

I couldn't stand that look and, of course, I treated the bird to a piece of my sandwich. I'm not greedy, but I still don't like feeding birds like that. It looks like extortion or begging. Birds should eat beetles and spiders, worms, and bring benefits.
But these smart birds have already learned not to work, but to live on "benefits" like many lazy people who do not want to work.

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