Archive for 'Corvids'
Making a Spectacle by Chris Pilkington
I came across a fantastic limited edition graphic novel about a crow named Jim. It is geared towards children and has a moral story to it. It looks lovely! Anyone know how I can get my hands on a copy?
Posted: May 18th, 2012 under art, Books about crows, Children, Children's Books, Common Crow, corvid, Corvid Art, Corvids, Cover art, Crow, Crow art, Crow collectibles, Crow illustration, crows.
Tags: book about crows, Chris Pilkington, graphic novel, illustration, Making a Spectacle, sketch
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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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Black Storm by Larry Toogood
A fantastic short animated film all about the dynamics between crows and humans. I won’t try to articulate a description, I’ll just copy and paste the original from the maker.
What is Black Storm?
Black Storm is an animated short film set in Malaysia, about a man and a crow who must learn to trust each other [...]
Posted: May 4th, 2012 under art, behavior, cartoons, Common Crow, corvid, Corvid Art, corvid brain, corvid play, Corvids, Crow, Crow art, crow videos, crows, Crows and Movies, video.
Tags: animated crow, animated crow video, animated short film, animation crow, Black Storm, crow animation, crows, humans, Larry Toogood, New Zealand
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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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A Pinterest in Crows and Ravens
I love Pinterest. =) And I love corvids, so what better than the two together?
You can visit the site here.
Posted: April 23rd, 2012 under art, corvid, Corvid Art, Corvids, Crow, Crow art, crows, Raven, Raven art.
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Leather Crow Nook Cover
For all you e-readers out there who also love crows… you can get this fantastic leather Kindle/Nook (e-reader) cover…
And no… I don’t get a commission for this or most anything I post. I just like to share corvid related things… =)
Posted: April 21st, 2012 under art, Common Crow, Corvid Art, Corvids, Cover art, Crow, Crow art, crows.
Tags: crow e-reader cover, crow kindle cover, crow nook cover
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The Crow Zone
I came across an interesting crow-related site today, The Crow Zone. According to the person who runs the site, The Crow Zone:
The blog posts here [on The Crow Zone] are stories sent from visitors to this site, who offer up their own version of the crow/human connection
Posted: April 13th, 2012 under Books about crows, corvid, Corvidae, Corvids, Crow, crows.
Tags: crow books, crow sites
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A story about how a crow changed one woman’s life
Crows can make a difference.
Read the story of how a crow changed Ingrid’s life here.
Posted: April 10th, 2012 under captivity, corvid, corvid play, Corvidae, Corvids, Crow, crows, Culture, Rescue.
Tags: Crow, crow story, how a crow changed my life, rescue
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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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