Ravens are huge and they make a sound that to me sounds hilariously like a person doing a bad imitation of a crow.
The description is so spot on.
How to tell a raven from a crow (2012)
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Re: How to tell a raven from a crow (2012)
#12An old English farmer with a strong Dorset accent once explained the difference to me: “If you see a raven, and there’s only one of them, that’s a crow that is. If you see a crow and there’s lots of them, that’s a raven, that is”. Simple!
Shouldn't that be the other way round then, according to the article?
Re: How to tell a raven from a crow (2012)
#13An old English farmer with a strong Dorset accent once explained the difference to me: “If you see a raven, and there’s only one of them, that’s a crow that is. If you see a crow and there’s lots of them, that’s a raven, that is”. Simple!
Uh, ok, but, FTA: "Ravens often travel in pairs, while crows are seen in larger groups."
Re: How to tell a raven from a crow (2012)
#14An old English farmer with a strong Dorset accent once explained the difference to me: “If you see a raven, and there’s only one of them, that’s a crow that is. If you see a crow and there’s lots of them, that’s a raven, that is”. Simple!
Shouldn't that be the other way round then, according to the article?
That's the joke.
Re: How to tell a raven from a crow (2012)
#15Birds are so awesome. They make me feel so happy. They are also so much more elegant than anything people made that can fly, I think. I absolutely love them.
Re: How to tell a raven from a crow (2012)
#16Ravens are huge and they make a sound that to me sounds hilariously like a person doing a bad imitation of a crow.
In Swedish, the names are Korp and Kråka. The birds obviously know this and take every chance to introduce themselves.
Re: How to tell a raven from a crow (2012)
#17Many will have heard the collective noun for crows via the Simpsons episode reference or otherwise (a “murder of crows”), but ravens get one of my absolute favorites: an “unkindness of ravens”.
Re: How to tell a raven from a crow (2012)
#18I'd always heard it was a matter of a pinion... (supposedly the pinion feather is longer in Ravens)
Re: How to tell a raven from a crow (2012)
#19Crazy to see this posted today. Last night my wife and I were on a reservation in Arizona and watching the birds. She googled this very topic. Then when I looked at HN today, here it is!
I showed it to her and the first thing out of her mouth was, “Is Facebook listening to me?”
Then I had to explain that HN is human-powered and the chances of Big G and Facebook and HN sharing data is pretty close to zero.
Re: How to tell a raven from a crow (2012)
#20I think the entire corvid family is fascinating. They are extremely intelligent. Some of them not only use tools but actually make tools: