Re: Great Tailed Grackles, Mourning Doves, and Me

Snidely <Snidely.too@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in news:4d4a489c-e409-4d25-83aa-
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> On May 10, 1:31 pm, "Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)"
> <reunite.gondw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> I'm so glad you mentioned this book (this is sincere, not sarcastic).
>> I zipped off to Amazon just now and ordered it and his other book, two
>> books about ravens and crows (we have ravens in Lancaster), two
>> "companion" books (one about birds and one about cooking), and two
>> books on container ****pping.
> 
> You need a rook and a jackdaw, too.
> 
> How would I know if I have crows or ravens?  Is it the size, or the
> shape of the attack formation.
> 

There is something about the shape of the tail in flight, one is 
triangular, the other is rhomboidal, I always forget which.

The most obvious difference is that the raven stands nearly twice as tall 
as a crow. Perhaps 16 inches for a raven, and about 9 inches for a crow.

Sean

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