Archive for 'conservation'
An Injured Crow
I have many bird visitors daily to my feeders. The past few days a crow has been visiting. This crow is beautiful, younger but this crow is injured. And it makes me so sad to see the bird limp. =(
You can see him/her nursing its leg. =(
The crow didn’t fly away like most do when [...]
Posted: May 15th, 2012 under behavior, captivity, conservation, corvid, Corvidae, Corvidae Family, Corvids, Crow, crows, deformities, hurt crow, hurt raven, injured bird, Injured birds, injured corvid, Nestling.
Tags: abandonded bird, hurt bird, hurt crow, what to do with a injured crow
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The Crow from Six Feet Under
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I have been watching Six Feet Under and the opening sequence includes a corvid. I thought it was a raven because it is much bigger than a normal crow and its feathers around the neck are shaggier, it also has a larger bill. So, I did some research and here is what I found out. [...]
Posted: February 15th, 2011 under Common Crow, conservation, corvid, Corvidae, Corvidae Family, Corvids, Corvus Albus, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Crow, crows, Crows and Movies, cultural reference, Culture, Laws protecting crows, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Pied Crow, ravens.
Tags: bird in six feet under, black bird, corvid, Crow, crow in six feet under, Illegal to film crow, Is it illegal to film a crow in the United States?, pied crow, Raven, raven in six feet under, Six Feet Under, What is the bird in the beginning of Six Feet Under?
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Crows and ravens can nest as early as February
Most birds start to nest in the late spring and throughout summer but there have been observations of crows and ravens nesting as early as February. According to these observations,1
American crow: Allen Larner observed adults nest building on Feb. 23, 2000, and Feb. 21, 2005, both in Staunton. American crows live on territories the year [...]
Posted: February 3rd, 2011 under conservation, Corvidae, Corvidae Family, Corvids, Crow, crows, Nestling, Nests, Raven.
Tags: Crow, crows nest early, crows nesting season, nest, plastic, Raven, ravens nest early, ravens nesting season
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Crow Cull Petition (Save the crows!)
In attempt to ‘save the song birds’ “Crows and magpies in Britain are to be trapped and killed in the first large-scale trial of culling.” It has to be more complicated than simply the crows killing the birds. It is more likely a combination of many things but killing off many of any species cannot [...]
Posted: February 2nd, 2011 under conservation, corvid, Corvidae, Corvids, crows, Magpie.
Tags: conservation, crow cull, magpie cull, Save the crows
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