Crows With Dr. John Marzluff - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - July 7, 2025

A couple of ravens have been shouting at each other across the garden each day this spring-into-summer, and their loud-mouthed antics reminded me of a somewhat less bawdy conversation about crows and ravens that I had a decade ago on the podcast with ornithologist Dr. John Marzluff of the University of Washington—a conversation I want to reprise on today’s show. Possessing large brains for their body size, a knack for social networking that requires no internet connection, and keen powers of observation, crows and ravens are among the big personalities of the bird world. They are also what Dr. Marzluff calls,... Read More ›