Here are some of the photos I’ve caught of New Caledonian Crows. I worked on this species’ amazing tool-using abilities for my PhD, investigating how their morphology and behaviour have evolved to enable such impressive tool-use.

This shot of an NC crow probing into a tube shows how their eyes can swivel forward. This photo also won in it’s category at the BBSRC’s photo competition

New Caledonian Crow with a crow-cam attached to the tail, looking between its legs

Illustration of the mounting method used for crow-cams

New Caledonian Crow probing for larvae with a stick tool

NC crow with a stick tool

New Caledonian Crow that has extracted a Cerambycid longhorn beetle larva from the deadwood using a stick tool