Learning studies on captive corvids (birds such as nutcracke…
Learning studies on captive corvids (birds such as nutcrackers and jays) have found that species such as Clark’s nutcrackers are far superior to scrub jays at finding the spatial locations of seed caches. Wild Clark’s nutcrackers rely heavily on cached seed supplies over the winter, whereas cached seeds account for only a portion of wild scrub jays’ winter diet. This correlation between feeding ecology in the wild and learning ability in captivity is an example of: