Subject: Enormous crow, or is there a raven in Greenwood?
Date: Oct 4 09:31:04 1999
From: D. Daily - ddaily at u.washington.edu



Ravens aren't common in Seattle, but I've seen them on rare occasion.
Hope it was.


Douglas F. Daily
ddaily at u.washington.edu
Seattle WA 98195


On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Allyn Weaks wrote:

> Twice this weekend, I've been startled by an enormous black bird flapping
> by. The first time it looked like it might be coming in for a landing in
> my backyard but changed it's mind when it saw me; the next time it was
> flying over the neighbor's house. There are always plenty of crows around,
> and normally even when they sneak up on me out of nowhere, I only think of
> them as big, not shockingly huge. On the other hand, I've never seen a
> raven, wasn't able to get a really good look at this guy because each
> incident was too fast (and I'm slow), and I didn't know until I looked it
> up later that I should have looked at the tail shape (don't know if it
> would have helped me even if I had...) So what are the odds? Was it most
> likely just an extra large crow, or could it really have been a raven? I
> didn't hear any odd croaks, and it wasn't being mobbed by anything, if that
> matters.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Allyn Weaks allyn at tardigrade.org
> Seattle, WA Sunset zone 5
> Pacific NW Native Wildlife Gardening: http://www.tardigrade.org/natives/
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