Tag: corvid
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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Corvid Sculptures by Terence Coventry
I came across these beautiful corvid sculptures by Terence Coventry and thought I would share them. According to kingsplace.co.uk,
In each of these animal and human figures Coventry masters an amazing balance between anatomy and sculptural form. He distills and refines everyday subjects into powerful and monumental images that have a connection in all of us.
Posted: August 21st, 2010 under art, corvid, Culture, jackdaw, jackdaws, sculptures, Terence Coventry.
Tags: artist, corvid, corvid sculpture, jackdaw, jackdaw sculpture, sculpture, Terence Coventry
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Raven queen
Raven queen
Originally uploaded by ultradialectics amsterdam
Crows and ravens often inspire art. This is one I found while perusing flickr. Gorgeous, isn’t it? Can I challenge my readers to write me a story from this picture? Write me a story of the Raven Queen. I will post it with a link to wherever you wish! If [...]
Posted: May 30th, 2010 under art, Crow, Raven, Raven Queen, ravens.
Tags: bird woman, birds and art, corvid, crow art, Raven, raven art, Raven Queen, raven woman, ravens, ravens and art
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the peace of wild things
the peace of wild things
Originally uploaded by dawn m. armfield
petrified forest national park, arizona
“I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief…. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.”
Wendell Berry
Posted: October 4th, 2009 under art, Crow, crows, Photograph, photographs, photos.
Tags: arizona, corvid, Crow, crow photo, petrified forest national park, photo, Raven, wendell berry
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Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
The Red-billed Chough is a popular bird in the corvidae family.
The Red-billed Chough or Chough (pronounced chuff), Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, is a bird in the crow family; it is one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax. Its eight subspecies breed on mountains and coastal cliffs from Ireland and Great Britain east through southern Europe [...]
Posted: September 22nd, 2009 under chough, Culture, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Red-billed Chough, stamp.
Tags: chough, corvid, Corvidae, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, red-bill chough, Red-billed Chough, red-billed chuff, redbill chough, redbilled chough, redbilled chuff
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Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia)
Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia)
Originally uploaded by ConstantineD
The Black-billed Magpie is a bird in the crow family that inhabits the western half of North America, from Central Western British Columbia to Southern Manitoba, Kansas, and Nevada. There is also a separate population in Southern Alaska.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-billed_Magpie
Posted: August 30th, 2009 under Black-billed Magpie, corvid, crows, Magpie, Pica hudsonia.
Tags: Black-billed Magpie, Blackbilled magpie, Central Western British Columbia, corvid, Kansas, Magpie, Nevada, Pica hudsonia, Southern Alaska, Southern Manitoba
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Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga Caryocatactes)
Spotted Nutcracker near Morskie Oko (Poland)
Originally uploaded by Wesley Danes
Spotted nutcrackers are named for their appearance and the way they use their large bills to take the shells off of nuts. There are white spots and streaks in their feathers. The spotted nutcracker’s brown body plumage is the color of chocolate. The lower part of [...]
Posted: April 29th, 2009 under Corvidae, Corvids, Nucifraga Caryocatactes, Spotted Nutcracker.
Tags: corvid, Corvidae, Corvids, Nucifraga Caryocatactes, nutcrackers, Spotted Nutcracker
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The Social Life of Corvids
Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.
The social life of corvids
Nicola S. Clayton1, and Nathan J. Emery2,
1Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EB, UK
2Sub-department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 8AA, UK
Available online 20 August 2007.
Article Outline
Of the 120 species of birds in the corvid family, which includes [...]
Posted: April 4th, 2009 under American Crow, behavior, bird brain, bird brain size, caching, Caledonian, Calls, cognition, Corvidae, Corvids, Crow, crows, eggs, family, Family Recognition, feeding, Fledgling, intelligence, Mating, Memory, metatools, monogamous, Parental care, Problem Solving, Range, Recognition, scientific article, Self-Aware, self-recognition, sociable, Tool Use.
Tags: behavioral flexibility, behavioural flexibility, bill holding, bill twining, bowing, breeding, cache, coloniality, communal, cooperative, cooperative behavior, corvid, corvid sociality, corvids social, crows, crows are sociable, cues, cultural variation, defending the nest, development period, dominant status, fanning, fission-fusion society, florida scrub-jay, food caching, helpers, jays, juvenile, linear dominance hierarchy, magpies, mated pair, mates, Mating, Mexican jay, monogamous, mutual preening, nesting, non-breeding relatives, offspring feeding, post-conflict affiliation, predator watch, ravens, Recognition, relative status, rookery, Rooks, roost, sociable, social, social bonds, social life, social network, social stimulation, social support, stress management, support, territory, vocal sharing, vocalizations, western scrub jay, winter roosts
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Corvid cognition
Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.
Nicola Clayton and Nathan Emery
aDepartment of Experimental Psychology and Sub-department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Available online 7 February 2005.
Article Outline
What is a corvid? There are just over 120 species of corvids, a family of songbirds that includes the crows, ravens, rooks and jackdaws, as well [...]
Posted: April 1st, 2009 under American Crow, behavior, caching, Caledonian, Calls, cognition, Common Crow, Common Raven, Corvid Cognition, corvid song, Corvidae, Corvids, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Corvus Corax, Crow, egg napping, egg stealing, eggs, family, Family Recognition, feeding, Fledgling, Friends, Habitat, intelligence, jays, Magpie, Mating, Memory, nutcrackers, observation, Problem Solving, Recognition, Self-Aware, self-recognition, stealing eggs, Tool Use.
Tags: biology, bird brain, bird cognition, bird intelligence, birds, cognition, corvid, Corvid Cognition, Corvidae, Corvids, crows, crows are intelligent, crows intelligence, Current Biology, Elsevier, intelligence, jays, magpies, Nathan Emery, Nicola Clayton, nutcrackers, primates, science, ScienceDirect
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Biggest and Smallest Corvids
Most people do not know that there are over 120 species of corvid family of birds—including many jays, choughs and treepies—not just crows, ravens and magpies. Well, I was not certain where to begin with this fascinating family of birds so I decided to start with telling you the biggest and the smallest amongst them.
The [...]
Posted: March 25th, 2009 under Common Raven, corvid, Corvus Corax, Corvus crassirostris, Cyanolyca nana, Dwarf Jay, Raven, size, Thick-billed raven.
Tags: biggest corvid, Common Raven, corvid, Corvidae, Corvids, Corvus Corax, Corvus crassirostris, Cyanolyca nana, Dwarf Jay, largest corvid, largest in crow family, Raven, smallest corvid, smallest in crow family, Thick-billed raven, what corvid is biggest?, what corvid is smallest?, what is the smallest corvid?
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