Subject: [Tweeters] Differences In How Crows and Ravens Fly
Date: Jul 6 03:18:14 2017
From: Devon Comstock - devonc78 at gmail.com


Ravens have a coffin-shaped tail. Makes sense, right? ;)

Devon
Wenatchee



On Jul 5, 2017 10:59 PM, "Hans-Joachim Feddern" <thefedderns at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Rick Tyler
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>
>
> --
> *Hans Feddern*
> Twin Lakes/Federal Way, WA
> thefedderns at gmail.com
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