Archive for 'Corvidae Family'
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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Crows — An Australian Export?
I read an intriguing article about crows (and corvidae in general) and how they originated in an Australian part of Gondwana12, something I did not know. How very interesting! I learn something new every day! This article is worth reading but I won’t re-post it here, I will link it instead. Just visit here to [...]
Posted: May 4th, 2012 under article, Australia, Common Crow, Common Raven, corvid, Corvidae, Corvidae Family, Corvids, Crow, crows, Culture, Gondwana, History, origins.
Tags: article, crows, Crows in the United States, evolution of crows, Gondwana and crows, origin of crows, where did crows come from?
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Difference between Ravens and Crows
A fantastic video explaining (and showing) the difference between ravens and crows…
The people who made this video, Rick and Diana Boufford, have a fantastic website, Raven Diaries, with lots of goodies (information, stories, photos, a much longer video all about ravens…etc!) You should definitely check it out! And they have their own youtube account (Raven [...]
Posted: April 4th, 2012 under Calls, Common Crow, Common Raven, corvid, Corvidae, Corvidae Family, Corvids, Crow, ravens, video.
Tags: crows and ravens, differences between crows and ravens, differences between ravens and crows, how are crows and ravens different, how can you tell a crow froma raven, How can you tell a raven from a crow?, raven vs. crow, ravens and crows
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Wily Raven
What a fun video! This raven is intelligent and figures things out quickly… check it out…
Posted: April 3rd, 2012 under corvid, Corvidae, Corvidae Family, Corvids, Crow, crow videos, crows, feeding, Food, ravens, video.
Tags: intelligence, Intelligent, Raven, video
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F. Yeah Crows
Well, I think I came across some corvid enthusiasts… at “F*** Yeah Crows” a tumblr site. If you can get past the name and perhaps the enthusiastic language, there are some great photos and art pieces with crows at this site. You can check it out here.
Posted: March 21st, 2012 under Common Crow, Common Raven, corvid, Corvidae, Corvidae Family, Corvids, Crow, Crow art, crows.
Tags: corvid art, corvid lovers, corvid photographs, corvid pictures, Corvids, crow art, crow photographs, raven photographs
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Lecture on Crows by John Marzluff
You might have heard of this fellow, John Marzluff. He is a professor at the University of Washington who studies crows. He is the one who led the research with the ability of facial recognition by crows. If you haven’t read it, you can read it here. Yes, crows can recognize a person’s face and [...]
Posted: March 19th, 2012 under corvid, corvid brain, Corvid Cognition, Corvidae, Corvidae Family, Corvids, Crow, crows, facial recognition, intelligence, John Marzluff.
Tags: academic on crows, crows, john marzluff, lecture on crows, University of Washington
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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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The Crow Girls
After the fantastic response to my audio recording of Charles de Lint’s Make a Joyful Noise (listen to it here), I decided to make a concerted effort to find all the literary references to these two magical characters, the Crow Girls. I have read them in various stories and books of Charles de Lint’s. I [...]
Posted: January 10th, 2011 under art, Charles de Lint, corvid, Corvid Art, Corvidae, Corvidae Family, Crow, Crow art, crows, folklore, Literature, mythology, Rook, The Crow Girls.
Tags: Charles De Lint, Crow girls, Mary Ann Harris, Newford series, The crow girls, The Crow Girls Christmas
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Make a Joyful Noise Audio Recording
A few weeks ago I posted about Make a Joyful Noise written by Charles de Lint (read post here). I enthusiastically shared two of my favorite literary characters, the Crow Girls, Maida and Zia. This story is not available to purchase anymore but since I had a copy I thought I would ask the author [...]
Posted: January 4th, 2011 under art, corvid, Corvidae, Corvidae Family, Corvids, Crow, Crow art, crows, Crows in literature, cultural reference, Culture, Fables, folklore, fun, intelligence, Literature, lore, myth, mythology, Myths about ravens.
Tags: Charles De Lint, Charles DeLint, Crow girls, crows and literature, literature about crows, Make a Joyful Noise, The crow girls
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