American Crow , Anting
This Crow was laying in a patch of grass, rolling around and preening. If you look closely it is covered with ants!! "Anting" is a bird behaviour where they will passively allow ants to crawl on them by laying in an area of ant hills. They even have been seen to catch the ants in their beak and rub them on their body. Biologists feel that this is a way to help control mites and possibly help to alleviate skin issues from moulting or from irritation / infestation.
American Crow , Anting
This Crow was laying in a patch of grass, rolling around and preening. If you look closely it is covered with ants!! "Anting" is a bird behaviour where they will passively allow ants to crawl on them by laying in an area of ant hills. They even have been seen to catch the ants in their beak and rub them on their body. Biologists feel that this is a way to help control mites and possibly help to alleviate skin issues from moulting or from irritation / infestation.