1											2
								3								4
													5
6							7
					8
		9	10
																11
12
															13
					14
											15
							16							17
									18								19
					20											21
		22
													23
				24

Across 3. crows exhibit their intelligence by___others 8. the term for when a cowbird places its nest in another birds area *2 words 9. subfamily of blackbirds 11. look like crows, but are much bulkier 12. blackbird that is the most populous bird species in North America 13. crows post a ___to watch for danger while they feed 14. birds that are black from beak to tail 16. birds that are not native to America, but are put in the group because they feed with blackbird flocks 21. definition: This is when an individual sticks its bill into a crevice or vegetation or beneath a rock or a stick, then suddenly opens its mandibles to push aside or pry away a screening object to expose an insect, spider, seed or some other edible item 22. miles a crow can fly per day foraging for food 23. Jay's____ is not caused by pigmentation, but by structure: the feathers do not absorb the blue part of the light spectrum and, instead, cause it to scatter, giving an appearance of blue 24. redwinged birds nest in these

Down 1. crows leave the nest at ___weeks of age 2. has a sack like hanging nest 4. an owl that is a predator of the crow 5. birds that came from a controlled release of 100 in New York in the 1890's 6. aka buffalo bird 7. jay's avoid this type of forest 10. a bird that doesn't build a nest, but places it's eggs in other bird'd nests 15. may make several preliminary or “dummy” nests, using twigs brought by the male. Later the female, with help from her mate, assembles the breeding nest 17. black birds with iridescent purple, green and bronze highlights in their plumage 18. family of birds that have the largest cerebrums, relative to body size 19. a state that crows are protected in 20. blackbirds that are one of the few to be considered monogamous