You've got to adapt to survive and the Jungle Crow is a survivor.
Amusing Planet
reports that many of these birds live in Fukuoka City, Japan. They're
open minded about building materials. Some freely use coat hangers left
outside:
In such a large city, there are few trees, so
the natural materials that crows need to make their nests are scarce.
As a result, the crows will often steal hangers from the people who live
in apartments nearby, and carefully assemble them into intricate nests.
The completed nests almost look like works of art.
Nests built
from hangers were also discovered in other Japanese cities. In Fukuoka
City, the Jungle Crow would often make nests atop power lines during the
breeding season that could cause large blackouts due to short
circuiting. The Kyushu Electric power company actually has "crow
patrols" that search out and destroy hanger nests on their power grid.
You can see more photos of these nests
at Amusing Planet.
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