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)
okay before anyone else says anything: yes, it is difficult to tell the difference between a crow and a raven if you don't have any indicators as to relative size, then you have to start squinting at the tail shape
but in general if you see a raven up close you KNOW it's a raven because it is LARGE 😊
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@astronomerritt not so hard to tell the difference in my home town. All the 'crows' in Perth are Australian ravens.
FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRK!
@skribe Are they as violent as Australian magpies? I know an Australian magpie isn't actually a corvid but I kind of love that Australia has a version of the magpie which is known for being super aggressive.
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They're very gentle and friendly, but they can be sneaky!! When I was at uni there were two ravens working a con - one would come and feed from your hand or stand on your knee while the other one would attempt to pinch things from your bag while you were distracted 😅
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They're very gentle and friendly, but they can be sneaky!! When I was at uni there were two ravens working a con - one would come and feed from your hand or stand on your knee while the other one would attempt to pinch things from your bag while you were distracted 😅
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@3TomatoesShort @skribe That is DELIGHTFUL. Actually, reminds me of a video I saw with crows. One crow was distracting the human by cutely requesting food and eating from his palm. The other crow was industriously untying his shoelaces.