4T Thought Question: Are Birds Smart? by Michele Tedeschi https://padlet.com/mtedeschi1/lbd3sampf8kw Hit a TRIPLE with your answer! en-us 2017-03-06 20:09:28 UTC 2025-10-03 11:46:02 UTC hello@padlet.com Ryan😎 https://padlet.com/mtedeschi1/lbd3sampf8kw/wish/158186604 I think birds are intelligent because it explains in the article how they know to use tools . This shows if they can use tools that means they are smart, because some tools are hard to use. Also in the video it shows that they look around to see what they need to do.  This means they can plan what they have to do and I think that is very intelligent.]]> 2017-03-06 21:44:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mtedeschi1/lbd3sampf8kw/wish/158186604 In the article" bird Bain's? Not these birds!"states,"each bird used the stone dropping trick on its own"this proves that bird are smart because they figured out a way to drink the water. https://padlet.com/mtedeschi1/lbd3sampf8kw/wish/158197512 Ava russ]]> 2017-03-06 22:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mtedeschi1/lbd3sampf8kw/wish/158197512 RYDEA https://padlet.com/mtedeschi1/lbd3sampf8kw/wish/158537848
According to the text,I think that birds are smart because "they put rocks and estimated how much rocks they needed to get the worm in the water to eat the worm".This proves that birds are intellagent and protective in different ways.
                                      
]]> 2017-03-08 01:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mtedeschi1/lbd3sampf8kw/wish/158537848 Lexi C. Thought Question https://padlet.com/mtedeschi1/lbd3sampf8kw/wish/158543238  I do consider birds intelligent. First, the article states, "The purpose of the study was to test the intelligence of rooks—previous experiments had shown that the birds are smart enough to use tools." This shows that they already know that these birds are in fact intelligent but they are testing it out for themselves. I strongly consider birds intelligent.]]> 2017-03-08 02:07:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mtedeschi1/lbd3sampf8kw/wish/158543238 Luciana https://padlet.com/mtedeschi1/lbd3sampf8kw/wish/158843162 I consider birds to be intelligent. Their are many reasons why they are intelligent and I will give you an example. In the article it stated that birds were tested  by scientists. They where tested that their was a worm in a cylinder jar filled with water. The bird put a rock in the water to make it rise to the height that the bird could reach the worm and eat it. This proves that birds have a good brain  so they can get food. This explains that  when birds want food and they see it they think of a something  to get the food and that proves that they are intelligent because they need food to stay alive and they know how to get it.]]> 2017-03-09 00:21:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mtedeschi1/lbd3sampf8kw/wish/158843162 Leah Vasquez https://padlet.com/mtedeschi1/lbd3sampf8kw/wish/158850342 In my opinion birds are smart for example they can use tools,hunt,and defend themselves. In "Bird Brains ? Not these birds!" States that "In the study, British scientists Christopher Bird and Nathan Emery exposed four rooks to a 6-inch-tall (15.2 centimeters) clear plastic tube. The tube contained water and a floating worm. The worm, however, was too far down for the birds to reach. All four birds used the stone-dropping trick spontaneously, without being prompted. In addition, they appeared to estimate how many stones they would need. The birds learned quickly that larger stones worked better to raise the water level. As soon as the worm was within reach, all four birds stopped dropping stones into the container and took the worm. Scientists then conducted the same experiment using sawdust instead of water. The birds quickly learned that stones would not raise the sawdust level in the same way the stones had raised the water level." Also in "Don't Mess With Mockingbirds" They also dressed differently on different days. The research team instructed the participants to approach a total of 24 mockingbird nests. They came from different directions at various times of day. For four days, the same student approached and touched a mockingbird nest and then walked away. The birds began reacting to the human in advance starting on day three. Some birds fled the nest. Others sounded alarms. Some mockingbirds started dive-bombing the researcher. You may be walking by a bird and think it's just minding its own business. But if there is a nest nearby, you are its business," said Douglas J. Levey. Levey, a professor in the zoology department of the University of Florida, led the mockingbird study." As you can see in both texts it states that birds are very intelligent. 

]]> 2017-03-09 01:32:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mtedeschi1/lbd3sampf8kw/wish/158850342 BRIANA https://padlet.com/mtedeschi1/lbd3sampf8kw/wish/159155611    I do consider birds intellegent. 
According to the text ,The birds still needed to identify one person they had seen before. But they had to do so while other people walked by. The team was surprised at the mockingbirds' response. This proves that, the bird recognized the person and that proves that a bird is smart.


Birds are smart.
The text states,"The birds learned quickly that larger stones worked better. As soon as the worm was within reach, all four birds stopped dropping stones into the container and took the worm."
This tells me, that the birds are intelligent 



]]> 2017-03-09 23:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mtedeschi1/lbd3sampf8kw/wish/159155611 Ava Vigilante https://padlet.com/mtedeschi1/lbd3sampf8kw/wish/159155686      I think birds are smart in many ways!!!  According to the text, "Bird Brains? Not these Birds!" "The birds seemed to estimate how many stones they would need".   This proves that birds are very smart with using tools.  Also, these birds can do many other things like dropping stones in the water.  They do this because they want the water in the cup.  For example, the crow is trying to get as many rocks as it can so they can drop the rocks in the water to raise the water in the cup because they cannot reach the water.  In addition, the scientists that were testing the crows put sawdust in the cup instead of the water.   Therefore, when the crows put the rock in, it will not raise the sawdust.  The birds were smart enough to figure that out!!!

     Another reason why birds are smart is because if someone walks by the bird's nest one day and then the next day he/she walks by again the bird is likely to attack!!!  They may do this because the bird thinks that you are going to hurt it.  Birds are also very smart in many other ways too!!!  From the text "Don't Mess with Mockingbirds", the text states that "scientists found that mockingbirds are able to learn to recognize people who have threatened their nests before".  This proves that the mockingbirds are smart remembering things.   For instance, the birds try to recognize the humans because they are trying to save their babies in the nest!  These mockingbirds do this since they want their home and babies to be safe and to grow up to be a big bird.                 
             To sum things up, mockingbirds and crows are a great example of a smart and talented bird!!!!!!!!!!



]]> 2017-03-09 23:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mtedeschi1/lbd3sampf8kw/wish/159155686 Eva Gargiulo https://padlet.com/mtedeschi1/lbd3sampf8kw/wish/159162571 I consider birds to be intelligent . According to the text , " The crow raises the water level by dropping stones into the pitcher. "Then the bird can drink the water." this shows,that the crow is intelligent.
Another example from the text is "British scientists Christopher Bird and Nathan Emery conducted the study. They showed a 6-inch-tall (15.2 centimeters) clear plastic tube to four rooks. The tube contained water and a floating worm. But the birds could not reach the worm. Each bird used the stone-dropping trick without being prompted. In addition, the birds appeared to estimate how many stones they would need. The birds learned quickly that larger stones worked better."this proves,that birds are smart and can get the worm using tools.
]]> 2017-03-10 01:05:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mtedeschi1/lbd3sampf8kw/wish/159162571 Sam mtedeschi1 https://padlet.com/mtedeschi1/lbd3sampf8kw/wish/159284694 I think that Mockingbirds are smart.The Article Don't Mess With Mocking Bird said "Scientists found that mockingbirds are able to learn to recognize people who have threatened their nests before."this shows that the bird have excellent memory and the birds can do it by there self which mean they are smart.The Video showed the bird were capable to find a way to get the piece of meat out of a long container this shows that the bird are very smart and was trained very well.]]> 2017-03-10 14:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mtedeschi1/lbd3sampf8kw/wish/159284694 James mtedeschi1 https://padlet.com/mtedeschi1/lbd3sampf8kw/wish/159284809 Birds are very intelligent.According to the text "Bird Brains? Not these birds!"  "Each bird used the stone-droping trick without being prompted". This means that the Rooks can decide what or what they dont want to do.
The text states "Dont mess with Mocking Birds" "She noticed that when she made repeated visits to people's yards, the medium-sized songbirds would sound an alarm.They attacked her". This shows that the Mockingbirds could reconize her.]]> 2017-03-10 15:00:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mtedeschi1/lbd3sampf8kw/wish/159284809