…they can even use stones to raise the water level in a tube to get at a floating worm, thus possibly proving one of Aesop’s fables to be, well, not a fable, but a fact!
Recent Posts
When Birds Give You Orchids
By Paul LewisBirding Shanghai in August 2025
By Kai PflugBirding Lodges of the World: Ngoye Lodge and Nguni Cottage, South Africa
By Editor10,000 Birds Giveaway: Solvia ED 8×32 AI Binoculars
By EditorThe Return of the Honey Buzzard
By Clive FinlaysonThe Chemistry of Birds (9): Chemical Bird Repellents
By Kai PflugThree Photos: Galapagos
By Editor
Posting Calendar
DAY | WRITER(S) | SERIES |
---|---|---|
MON | Kai (w) | Birding Lodges (w) |
TUE | Donna (m) Susan (m) Hannah (m) Fitzroy (m) | Bird Guides (w) |
WED | Leslie (bw) Faraaz (bw) | Ask a Birder (w) |
THU | Paul (w) | Birder’s Lists (w) |
FRI | David (w) | Species Spotlight (w) |
SAT | Peter (bw) Luca (bw) | From the Archives (w) |
SUN | Clive (w) | Three Photos (w) |
w weekly, bw biweekly, m monthly | ||
Any time: Jason, Mark, John, Sara, Rolf, Dragan |
See here for info on the writers.
Newsletter
Signup and receive notice of new posts!
Thank you!
You have successfully joined our subscriber list.
The history of this story, in ancient and medieval natural history, literature, and theology, is explored in Chapter One of a little book I wrote (yikes, I’ve been digitized!):
http://ia301512.us.archive.org/3/items/hielertunsdermei00wriguoft/hielertunsdermei00wriguoft.pdf
All the texts are translated in an appendix.
This article got picked up by a lot of papers(including the Middletown NY Herald), and was even a bullet on Yahoo news.