Subject: [Tweeters] Differences In How Crows and Ravens Fly
Date: Jul 5 22:58:07 2017
From: Hans-Joachim Feddern - thefedderns at gmail.com


In my experience, Ravens are vocal in flight. We have suspected a breeding
pair in Dash Point State Park for a few years now. I have only seen one or
both of them a few times this year flying towards the park. My attention
was always called by their croaking (instead of crows cawing). Most field
guides will describe a ravens table as "wedge"- shaped...

Hans

On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Rick Tyler <rhtyler at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ravens frequently soar, crows rarely do. I have seen soaring crows in a
> high wind, but it's pretty rare.
>
> Ravens are also (generally) quiet when flying, while crows are noisy.
>
> Crows also look more compact when flying, and have those feathery wing
> tips that can bend up a little. To me, Ravens look like flying crosses,
> with relatively longer tails and heads.
>
> And, of course, the classic difference is that crows have semi-circular
> tails and and ravens have spade-shaped tails.
>
> I really liked "Ravens in Winter" by Bernd Heinrich. John Marzluff of UW
> has written a couple of good books on crows.
>
> -- Rick
>
> On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 3:34 PM, Scott Clausen <scottclausen at mac.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> During the recent holiday a relative told me that you can distinguish
>> crows and ravens by how they fly. He stated that crows always flap their
>> wings while ravens will glide and flap intermittently? IS this a valid way
>> to distinguish the two in flight?
>>
>> Also, does anyone have a good recommendation for a book on the corvids?
>>
>> Thanks for your time.
>>
>> Scott Clausen
>> Sequim
>>
>>
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>> not sure about the former.
>>
>> -Albert Einstein
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*Hans Feddern*
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