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I think corvids are known to mourn their dead, and hold funerals. Perhaps it was a eulogy? https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/10/151003-animals-scie

• ficklepickle 6y ago
  I saw a crow funeral once. It was so fascinating. I saw the old crow, clearly not well, then 30 mins later he had passed and there were crows all around. Another 30 mins and they had all left again (except the dead one obvs). I'm really fortunate to live directly under their flight path to a massive roosting site in east Vancouver. Every day at dusk, there is a crow highway in the sky. They are fascinating creatures.
  • m463 6y ago
    > Every day at dusk, there is a crow highway in the sky. I've seen that, big flocks of crows flying somewhere every evening. Where do they go? More than once I've wanted to follow them.
    • glenneroo 6y ago
      I used to live near the flight path of crows retreating by dusk. For years, in warmer months, hundreds would gather daily at sunset at the local kiddie pool / nature park and have communal bath parties and squawk in the huge trees until the sun set, then fly off again.
• JNRowe 6y ago
  Ologies has an interesting episode on the topic too¹. Plus, a general recommendation for the podcast, many of the episodes are lovingly holding the balance on weird and interesting. ¹ https://www.alieward.com/ologies/corvid-thanatology https://www.alieward.com/ologies/corvid-thanatology