Thanks, everyone for the ongoing conversation. This is all so fascinating. Corvids and parrots have been known as game-players (and tricksters) for a long time, and it doesn't surprise me that gulls, already adept at a creative kind of tool-using (stationery rocks to drop clams on), might also turn objects into toys. But swallows did surprise me...and made me wonder what other species/families might engage in play. Warblers? Gnatcatchers? It's hard for me to visualize, but that doesn't mean it can't happen.
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