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How can I tell the difference between an American Crow, and a Common Raven that lives in America?
According to this article, (How to Tell a Raven From a Crow):
Ravens often travel in pairs, while crows are seen in larger groups. Also, watch the bird’s tail as it flies overhead. The crow’s tail ...
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How can I tell the difference between an American Crow, and a Common Raven that lives in America?
The biggest difference between ravens and crows is that ravens average 2 feet long with a 4 ft wingspan, while crows are about 1.5 ft long with a wingspan of 3 feet. These numbers can vary a bit ...
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Do crows ever use calls to gauge distances?
Good question - I had a dive through the literature and found very few publications on the vocalizations of crow or other corvids. Apparently though, the features that you noticed have been identified ...
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What factors should be considered when helping to feed crows/ravens in the yard?
I am a little late in answering, but thought I would answer in the event you were still feeding your local Corvids. As Olin said, they are intelligent and amazingly so. That is important when trying ...
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What factors should be considered when helping to feed crows/ravens in the yard?
Birds of the genus Corvus are intelligent and generalists. They are not picky, and can survive on lots of different types of food. They are also more able than other birds to find clever ways to get ...
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How can I tell the difference between an American Crow, and a Common Raven that lives in America?
Ravens spend a lot of time aloft, and fly steadily and sometimes quite high (also solo or in loose pairs most of the time). They call infrequently "cronk" or "cronk cronk" while airborne. They seem to ...
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