Machine to reward trash collecting birds - GIF

[ToolTalkBot]

Machine to reward trash collecting birds.




Previously:

Birds cause power line arc - GIF
China using military drones disguised as birds - GIF
Light protection to deter birds at a vineyard - GIF
Netting fish from birds - GIF

[Karl_H]

Can't teach people to do it - lets try something else.

[RetiredFAE]

I'm wondering why the FIRST bird decided to drop a piece of trash into the slot............the others would learn from that, but there has to be a reason why the first one did it.........

[mklotz]

I'm wondering why the FIRST bird decided to drop a piece of trash into the slot............the others would learn from that, but there has to be a reason why the first one did it.........

Crows are quick learners and are very ingenious.

Get a (hopefully hungry) crow and let him watch you throw a bit of trash into the machine. Let him eat the reward once it appears. Chances are that with one "lesson", he'll understand and start hunting trash. Other birds will learn from him.

[RetiredFAE]

Growing up on a cattle ranch, we had pet crows and pet ravens, both very intelligent.
But unless a human does as suggested and shows the crow or raven a few times, the odds of the bird figuring it out without human intervention are slim.
Both crows and ravens we had used tools to get things they wanted, sticks with a hook on one end to get inside a bottle to retrieve a seed or nut for example.
We didn't teach them that, they figured it out on their own, so, maybe one would wonder about that slot........I guess it's possible they could learn all on their own.