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.
Tom Smith@astronomerritt The very best way to tell the difference between rooks and crows.
How to tell the difference between a crows and a rook. Worzel Gummidge
@everythingability oh god, the nostalgia!
also, he gets it wrong, which is the sort of joke that probably amused like fifteen people nationwide (and I am apparently one of them). it’s the other way around!
@astronomerritt WHAAAAT!?!?
Worzel got it wrong??? I've been quoting that for 45 sodding years.
So the CORRECT quote should be
"cuz any scarerook will tell you: if he sees a crow flying in a flock of crows, it's a rook. But if he sees a rook flying on its own, it's a crow"
@everythingability Yep! Rooks are almost always seen in big groups. Crows tend to be alone or in pairs unless they're roosting.