He had personality. He always flew near the cabin, screeched an alarm call, waited a few minutes, then flapped to the food dish, usually giving another "I found food" call afterwards.
His crest mirrored his excitement. He had *opinions*. He always ate the walnuts first, then the pecans, then the peanuts. He wasn't very skittish, letting us get very close. Sometimes he would land right next to me, yell at me, then fly away when the food bowl was empty.
Here in the third photo, you can see just how much he wants those pecans, he's got two of them in his beak at once! A corvid (and some other species) behavior I call "stacking"
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