Playout date: 1 April 2007
Duration: 1:32
This hasn’t happened to me since, in my interactions with the crows of Warsaw. I’ve been divebombed by them, had food stolen by them, and been defecated on by them , but this is the first and last time I got a human impersonation out of one of them. Thankfully I had a camera to hand.
The bird is wild, in a park. Some people ventured in the comments that it must have been around people a lot, but of course that is not necessary. Being around people doesn’t give a bird a different set of vocal chords or mental functions. If a domesticated parrot or corvid will talk, then so will a wild one, if it feels like it. They don’t need years of practice.
The fact that this was uploaded on April 1 might have led people to think it was an April Fool’s Day joke, but I don’t do them and don’t normally enjoy the “humour” of pranks that people come up with in a forced way on that day.
Quote of the clip: “Hello!”
***Statistics and Credits***
Views at the time added to HTV: 26,613
Likes at the time added to HTV: 50
Dislikes at time added to HTV: 4
Popularity % ” ” ” =L/(L+D): 99.8%
Comments at time added: 33
Total interactions at time added: 87
Total interactions to views 0.3%
Camera: Panasonic DMZ -FZ31
Post Production: Windows Movie Maker – slight use
Location: Szczesliwicki Park, Warsaw
Other people featured: None
Genre: Environmental
Music used: None
Languages used: English
Animals/plants featured: Grey crow, also known as Hooded crow. Corvus cornix (L., 1758)
Other remarks: See the comments for the people who think this is fake, but I don’t do fake.