Steph (crisis version)Loads of rooks out and about today! Haven't seen any hooded crows for a while, though. I hope the rooks aren't displacing them.
I taught my partner how to identify a rook (as opposed to a carrion crow) and now they always call out the "little fluffy rook trousers".
Identifying a raven is dead easy. If you're looking at it and going "ooh, is that a crow or a raven", it's a crow. If instead you're going "christ that bird's fucking enormous" it's a raven.
this thread has been your annual reminder that I am a corvid person
(my favourite is still the Eurasian magpie, they're so clever and so hilariously disrespectful, plus magpie folklore is AWESOME)
Esslar2@astronomerritt Now and then, early in the morning when I'm still abed, I hear a crow flying over the house when it lets out a quick "croak." It may not be "birdsong," but it's just a lovely thing to hear.
@flyhigh I also love crow caws. They're so atmospheric!
@astronomerritt That's a lovely way to say it.