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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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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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The Blackbird Of Derrycairn
Spooky Morning Crows, originally uploaded by ::: Davey :::.
Stop, stop and listen for the bough top
Is whistling and the sun is brighter
Than God’s own shadow in the cup now!
Forget the hour-bell. Mournful matins
Will sound, Patric, as well at nightfall.
Faintly through mist of broken water
Fionn heard my melody in Norway.
He found the forest track, he brought [...]
Posted: October 5th, 2010 under art, corvid, Corvidae, Corvids, Crow, crows, cultural reference, Culture, Photograph, photographs, photos, poem, poetry.
Tags: Austin Clarke, blackbird poetry, crow poetry, Irish poetry, poem about black birds, poem about blackbirds, poem about crows, poetry about black birds, poetry about crows, The Blackbird of Derrycairn
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Crows and ABC’s Flash Forward
The new ABC show Flash Forward included our favorite little friends in their third episode last night. Here is a clip:
The death of these crows is a clue to why everyone passed out and saw a possible future at the exact same time. It is an interesting tidbit I look forward to following…
Posted: October 9th, 2009 under crows, cultural reference, Flash Forward, Television and Crows.
Tags: 137 seconds, ABC, crows, crows dying on flash forward, crows dying on flashforward, crows on flash forward, crows on flashforward, dying crows, Flash Forward, Flashforward, sekunden 137
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Crows and Stained Glass
Crow lovers are talented, unique and artistic as well. We came across some really beautiful stained glass works with crows. They are shareworthy. The history of stained glass is a complicated and as elusive as the history of the crow. Both have sustained the ravages of time, perservered—thrived. Both are majestic, beautiful lending to a [...]
Posted: August 10th, 2009 under art, Children, Corvidae, Corvids, crows, cultural reference, Kids, Stained Glass.
Tags: art with crows, crows and stained glass, crows in art, glass crows, Stained Glass and Crows
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The Jim “Crow” Laws
Too often crows and ravens are used negatively in literature and culture. The term “Jim Crow Laws” does not break away from this negative pattern. Read on in an excerpt from In the Company of Crows and Ravens by John M. Marzluff and Tony Angell:
“Integrating freed slaves and other black-skinned Americans into the South’s dominant [...]
Posted: April 23rd, 2009 under cultural reference, Culture, Jim Crow Laws.
Tags: antebellum, crows, crows in cultural reference, crows in culture, Jim "Crow", Jim Crow Laws, segregation laws, The Jim Crow Laws
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