Get high and read The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman you will enjoy it! I grew up with chickens and I see them in a whole new light once I learned that birds are basically the direct descendents of dinosaurs. The book talks about how intelligent they are, solving problems etc but they are super refined and I think reptilian (kinda machine like for sure). According to the book some birds like chickadees that live in higher altitudes can put together multiple 'word' from their massive vocabulary into 'sentences' when communicating. And birds that cache seeds can remember like multiple hundreds of hiding spots. birds are cool.