Maybe we should retire the insulting term “birdbrain”?

I find this pretty amazing:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/09/19/pigeons-can-distinguish-real-words-from-gibberish/#.V-KpxGW0zdm

But there’s a lot of pretty stunning material coming out about the surprising intelligence of birds.  For example:

“Crows Understand Analogies”

“Crows Have Human-Like Intelligence, Author Says”

“Crows are as intelligent as CHILDREN: Study reveals birds are as clever as a seven-year-old human”

And this slightly long but fascinating piece (which, unfortunately, contains two absolutely unnecessary f-bombs):

“6 Terrifying Ways Crows Are Way Smarter Than You Think”