this post was submitted on 22 Feb 2024
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Crows

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Bring stories and images of your encounters with crows, ravens, and other corvids. Link articles and anecdotes. Note here your literary references. Art welcome.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Hooded crow, eurasian magpie, western jackdaw and another eurasian magpie

These are super common where I live. It's a shame I almost never get to see ravens up close. They're huge even compared to crows.

[–] aeronmelon 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] OccamsTeapot 4 points 8 months ago

The magpies always outnumber them. Five minutes before this was taken there were like 10 magpies, one or two jackdaws, this crow and his buddy

[–] snek 3 points 8 months ago

Counting Corvids

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

At first I was gonna be like "There are 4 of them, look at me I'm the counting crows now"... Then your comment stole the thunder. Have a boost.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Murder on the dancefloor

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Huh, I've never seen crows with such striking coloration!

Ive seen lots of variance in seagulls and pigeons, but nothing beyond basically sheen intensity with crows.

Neat!

[–] OccamsTeapot 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah this is a hooded crow! Super cool. You can recognize individuals pretty easily if they have a unique chest pattern too. We call this guy Bob

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago
[–] isthingoneventhis 5 points 8 months ago

The jacket crows are the best