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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (171730)12/22/2008 4:00:12 PM
From: mph1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 225578
 
Is there a way to distinguish crows and ravens by looking at them? Last Wednesday, when I drove up to get Kelsey, there were a number of large black birds sitting on fence posts. I could not tell if they were common crows or if they might have been ravens.

There were a lot of hawks sitting on fence posts as well.

As long as you didn't see Tippi Hedren or Rod Taylor....:-)



To: Alan Smithee who wrote (171730)12/22/2008 5:17:01 PM
From: Neeka  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 225578
 
It's their tails:

* Ravens are not seen in flocks.
* Ravens look ruffled at the throat when they are sitting.
* Ravens have wedge-shaped tails in flight: Crow's tails tend to be shorter and rather rounded.
* A Raven's bill is thicker than a Crow's bill.
* Ravens are bigger than Crows, although the sizes of a large Crow and a small Raven would be comparable.

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