tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post7728485688044366753..comments2024-02-15T04:42:41.606+00:00Comments on James' Empty Blog: [jules' pics] 5/10/2010 04:40:00 PMJames Annanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04318741813895533700noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-50763013270200670832010-05-11T10:18:55.451+01:002010-05-11T10:18:55.451+01:00Maybe you stake out a pedestrian crossing...
http...Maybe you stake out a pedestrian crossing...<br /><br />http://www.pbs.org/lifeofbirds/brain/index.html<br /><br />Chris S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-751307134888416152010-05-11T08:59:47.474+01:002010-05-11T08:59:47.474+01:00'Enpixilate a crow'. That's a great ne...'Enpixilate a crow'. That's a great new phrase. I will try to use that for people. 'Excuse me, but would you mind if I enpixilate your lovely face?'Peter Skovhttp://www.tsubakuro.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-78212199355285931402010-05-11T05:22:23.001+01:002010-05-11T05:22:23.001+01:00Size is problematic unless you have the species si...Size is problematic unless you have the species side-by-side. Voice is great for IDIng corvids but needs practice. The beak/head profile should be enough. Carrion Crows I think would be almost anywhere. Large-billed Crow probably get about too but shoreline/harbours should be good. Young Rooks might also be confuse-able.andrewthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04585528907970103334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-16721561905384390182010-05-11T02:36:43.616+01:002010-05-11T02:36:43.616+01:00According to Wikipedia, on the subject of jungle c...According to Wikipedia, on the subject of jungle crows:<br />"The overall size (46-59 cm in length) and body proportions vary regionally. In the far northeast in Japan, the Kuriles and the Sakhalin peninsula, it is somewhat larger than the Carrion Crow, while the form from India in the southwest of its range is appreciably smaller than the Carrion crow. "<br /><br />Another website says the two sorts are are easily confused, but sit differently to "caw". It also says the carrion crow likes the countryside and the jungle crow the city. <br /><br />...so perhaps we need to go hunting in the urban jungle!juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02591920483149775255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-68060396156030172982010-05-11T02:29:19.050+01:002010-05-11T02:29:19.050+01:00I'd just assumed that all our crows were the s...I'd just assumed that all our crows were the same sort, but now you mention it, you are right that this one's beak is much smaller than some others I have seen.James Annanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04318741813895533700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-6418088426008479842010-05-11T02:25:31.895+01:002010-05-11T02:25:31.895+01:00That's an interesting suggestion. I did think ...That's an interesting suggestion. I did think that I had seen crows of two different shapes, but was assuming I'd been mistaken, and it was just an illusion caused by their distance. Will continue hunt!juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02591920483149775255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-80698659490932798822010-05-11T01:15:57.205+01:002010-05-11T01:15:57.205+01:00Sure its not a Carrion Crow? I haven't seen t...Sure its not a Carrion Crow? I haven't seen the Japanse subsepcies of either,but the bill doesn't look large enough for Jungle (Large-billed) Crow.andrewthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04585528907970103334noreply@blogger.com