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Get to Know Corvids
Corvids—the family of birds including crows and ravens—are everywhere! What is it about corvids that makes them so fascinating? Join this free, live webinar with corvid researcher Dr. Kaeli Swift to learn about what makes them so appealing!

Corvids can be found on nearly every continent, and many of them thrive alongside humans. Love them or hate them, they have impacted our hearts and minds, influencing art and literature throughout history. Simply being “common” isn’t enough to earn this level of connection. What is it about corvids that makes them so prominent in human traditions? And how does that relationship impact the birds themselves? Dive into these questions with Dr. Kaeli Swift at this free, 90-minute webinar as she reveals what makes corvids so captivating. You’ll leave with a deeper appreciation for some of the bird world’s most intelligent species, and how human attention has shaped them.

Find out why corvids are something to crow about with ornithologist Dr. Kaeli Swift.
Dr. Swift earned her PhD in avian behavioral ecology from the University of Washington. While there, she studied American Crows, with a special emphasis on behaviors around death. She is currently a research scientist at the University of Washington, where her work has taken her to the remote Pacific island of Tinian. For the past five years, she has lived and worked on Tinian where she studies rare forest birds. You can read her popular science articles on her blog, corvidresearch.blog. You can also find her on Instagram and TikTok at the @corvidresearch handle. Video, audio, and print reports of her research have been featured by: National Geographic, PBS, the New York Times, The Atlantic, and the Ologies podcast.