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Post by Ophel on Jan 7, 2015 10:31:46 GMT
From the description City Face gave us, as well as what is shown, I can't help but feel that Crow is actually a Raven.
Edit: Hmm, I guess it is a crow.
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Post by keef on Jan 7, 2015 11:55:15 GMT
From the description City Face gave us, as well as what is shown, I can't help but feel that Crow is actually a Raven. Edit: Hmm, I guess it is a crow.  |
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Post by Elysium on Jan 7, 2015 12:52:17 GMT
From the description City Face gave us, as well as what is shown, I can't help but feel that Crow is actually a Raven. Edit: Hmm, I guess it is a crow. Crow is the english name for the Corvus genus, which includes the Raven (Common Raven here). |
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Post by Per on Jan 7, 2015 12:58:25 GMT
From the description City Face gave us, as well as what is shown, I can't help but feel that Crow is actually a Raven. Edit: Hmm, I guess it is a crow. I said basically the same thing last time, but it was pointed out that the carrion crow of England and Western Europe is differently coloured from the hooded crow that people would be familiar with in Eastern Europe and Scandinavia. |
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Post by yhbc on Jan 7, 2015 13:42:11 GMT
To continue the digression, I just learned as a direct result of this thread that the Common Raven (corvus corax) is the same bird across North America and all of Europe, while what we both call the "crow" is an entirely different species in the two regions. ( American Crow, Carrion Crow) the more you know... |
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Post by KartoffelnMcNugget on Jan 7, 2015 17:43:08 GMT
Fun fact: a group of crows is called a murder
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Post by TBeholder on Jan 7, 2015 19:47:02 GMT
From the description City Face gave us, as well as what is shown, I can't help but feel that Crow is actually a Raven. Edit: Hmm, I guess it is a crow. Hey, we got wikipedia folk here. Let's start with basic recognition techniques, shall we?  Fun fact: a group of crows is called a murder Razor
Anything that when in multiples is called a 'murder' is definitely worthy of being called 'tough.' Right on, City Face.
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Post by todd on Jan 7, 2015 23:01:17 GMT
Well, ravens might show up at the Court some day - particularly if Brinnie's "old man" wants to find out what's going on there but can't come himself.
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Post by ctso74 on Jan 7, 2015 23:32:58 GMT
The crow page reminds of the time I was feeding birds in DC. I managed to get a pretty decently sized group of birds hanging around me (even using them to attack joggers) when a crow showed up and scared most of them off. Than a duck showed up to squabble with the crow, and the rest of them got scared off. Is it weird, that I imagined you laughing maniacally, while the joggers ran screaming, "Ahhh! We absolutely did not expect this!"? |
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Post by ctso74 on Jan 7, 2015 23:39:06 GMT
Fun fact: a group of crows is called a murder Oddly enough, a collective noun for magpies is murder, as well. A group of modern hipsters is called an apathy. |
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Post by sapientcoffee on Jan 7, 2015 23:50:27 GMT
Let's see, I knew about a song/video for crows....how about ravens, hmmm. I can do owl vs raven Oh wow, look at this Sri Lanka blue magpie  The Indochinese green magpie looks like a bit of a punk  |
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Post by Corvo on Jan 8, 2015 0:10:20 GMT
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Post by sapientcoffee on Jan 8, 2015 1:01:46 GMT
That is a crow that is also a raven, if I've understood various sites correctly.
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Post by philman on Jan 8, 2015 9:06:12 GMT
Fun fact: a group of crows is called a murder Oddly enough, a collective noun for magpies is murder, as well. A group of modern hipsters is called an apathy. Magpies are related to crows I believe, so not too surprising maybe. |
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Post by machival on Jan 8, 2015 10:32:58 GMT
Oddly enough, a collective noun for magpies is murder, as well. A group of modern hipsters is called an apathy. Magpies are related to crows I believe, so not too surprising maybe. Magpies are part of the family Corvidae, but unlike the common raven (Corvus Corax) or American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) are not part of the genus corvus. Other corvidae birds include the blue jay, the spotted nutcracker, and treepies. |
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Post by jasmijn on Jan 8, 2015 10:58:05 GMT
I'm not small  |
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Post by foresterr on Jan 8, 2015 12:14:59 GMT
I'm no expert on birds of Britain, but can't help but wonder if this will be the occasion when we finally see some tits on GC. (sorry ) |
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Post by philman on Jan 8, 2015 12:24:07 GMT
I'm no expert on birds of Britain, but can't help but wonder if this will be the occasion when we finally see some tits on GC. (sorry ) Possibly, although they aren't renowned as the most fighty or tough of birds, unlike robins and crows! |
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Post by fortran on Jan 8, 2015 13:12:58 GMT
Oh yeah, I always forget that the European Robin is a wee bird compared to the American Robin (big thrush). Cuter too.
I have wondered though if Europeans are confused by "robin's egg blue" since, well, European Robins' eggs are sort of tan, I think.
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Post by Per on Jan 8, 2015 13:31:44 GMT
We'll see how tough the robin is when we shall have snow.
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Post by pasko on Jan 8, 2015 15:07:48 GMT
We'll see how tough the robin is when we shall have snow. Then the crows will be the only survivors. Winter is coming. |
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Post by keef on Jan 8, 2015 15:27:18 GMT
I'm no expert on birds of Britain, but can't help but wonder if this will be the occasion when we finally see some tits on GC. (sorry ) Possibly, although they aren't renowned as the most fighty or tough of birds Search Youtube: Blue tits fighting.. I remember walking the dog a few years ago, and a couple of (male?) blue-tits fighting each other at the side of the road, rolling around in the sand like crazy. They didn't even notice my dog sniffing them. Shame I didn't have my camera with me. |
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Post by ctso74 on Jan 8, 2015 16:04:41 GMT
If I remember correctly, European robins have a type of magnovision. They'll see blue light as darker or lighter, depending on magnetic fields. A bit different from the homing pigeon's beak compass. Fascinating stuff.
I wonder if this will end in a "Usual Suspects" lineup, but with birds.
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Post by zimmyzims on Jan 8, 2015 17:03:23 GMT
Bets on the next bird of the book? After Robin, logically it must be Batman. I call it!
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Post by shadowhunter on Jan 8, 2015 17:20:12 GMT
I wonder if Tic-tocs will get a page. I have no idea how tough they are.
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Post by eightyfour on Jan 8, 2015 18:08:46 GMT
Bets on the next bird of the book? After Robin, logically it must be Batman. I call it! We already have a big, black guy that's all serious business (the crow).  |
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Post by warrl on Jan 8, 2015 18:38:45 GMT
although they aren't renowned as the most fighty or tough of birds, unlike robins and crows! I'll attest that robins are fighty. One summer we spent a couple weeks trying to dissuade one from getting into fights with our motorhome. |
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Post by todd on Jan 8, 2015 23:23:33 GMT
I wonder if this will end in a "Usual Suspects" lineup, but with birds. Maybe Winsbury will describe birds as just a bunch of boring, useless things with feathers, and they get back at him. |
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Post by keef on Jan 9, 2015 0:00:09 GMT
I wonder if Tic-tocs will get a page. I have no idea how tough they are. Or angels? They're birds aren't they? And tough. |
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Post by Ophel on Jan 9, 2015 0:13:50 GMT
From the description City Face gave us, as well as what is shown, I can't help but feel that Crow is actually a Raven. Edit: Hmm, I guess it is a crow. I said basically the same thing last time, but it was pointed out that the carrion crow of England and Western Europe is differently coloured from the hooded crow that people would be familiar with in Eastern Europe and Scandinavia. Well, I'm certainly not familiar with the Hooded crow, that's for sure. There's also this video, to which I get my references from: Edit: And this video made me incline more towards ravens. I feel like cuddling with a tame one. I forgot about the beard thing too. And since Crow appear beardless, I guess it's not a raven. P. S. @corvo , keep the avatar!! It's awesome! |
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