Re: Sparrow hawks

 


On 02/08/2011 19:39, in article 99quioF8q9U1@mid.individual.net, "Spider"


Ravens are a size bigger than rooks and crows.

We have a blackbird who we caught in the act of lifting a newt from the
centre of the pond. Apparently not at all unusual.

 On 04/08/2011 16:58, Kay wrote:

I hope you told it that newts are protected by law ;~).

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Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

 On 04/08/2011 16:58, Kay wrote:

Ravens go cronk and crows caw. Also ravens have far more attitude, comes
with the size I guess.

Sizewise from big to small: ravens, rooks, crows, jackdaws.
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Phil Cook

 On 04/08/2011 22:51, Phil Cook wrote:

Thanks.  I'm very familiar with Jackdaws and love their blue beady-eye.
  Your remaining corvid size scale is useful for comparison, but I
rarely see them side by side to make that kind of judgement.  I've also
been told to look out for feathered or shaggy 'trousers' or bare beak,
but they *all* seem to have that! :~(  Most frustrating.

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Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay

 On 05/08/2011 13:16, Spider wrote:

Shaggy trousers and a bare beak (actually a patch of bare skin at the
base of the beak) is a description of a rook. They also go caw. Ravens
have more angular heads than the others.
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Phil Cook