Excellent shots of a very unusual corvid, Words!
At least unusual to us in the New World, although they must be sufficiently numerous in Britain for there to have been a firearm developed called a “rook rifle”.
dW, they’re common as muck over here, but in many ways the most engaging of the corvids. They can become very friendly, but always retain an air of battered servility about them.
Darko
25 Sep 2014
There are quite a lot of them in Serbia but is usually mistaken as raven or crow.
Darko, they are about the same size as a crow so it can be easy to make the mistake (unless you are fairly close). Ravens are another matter. Much, much larger.
Darko
26 Sep 2014
I have seen proper ravens when I came to Canada – they were in size of a smaller eagle 😛 Not many of them are left in Serbia, well, not in Belgrade, but maybe in some smaller places they still have them. Crows rule in our cities 😀
We do have ravens locally (two nearby towns have them roosting), but I think I’ve only ever seen them from a distance. The Tower of London is the easiest place to see them!
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derwandersmann
23 Sep 2014Excellent shots of a very unusual corvid, Words!
At least unusual to us in the New World, although they must be sufficiently numerous in Britain for there to have been a firearm developed called a “rook rifle”.
Words
25 Sep 2014dW, they’re common as muck over here, but in many ways the most engaging of the corvids. They can become very friendly, but always retain an air of battered servility about them.
Darko
25 Sep 2014There are quite a lot of them in Serbia but is usually mistaken as raven or crow.
Words
25 Sep 2014Darko, they are about the same size as a crow so it can be easy to make the mistake (unless you are fairly close). Ravens are another matter. Much, much larger.
Darko
26 Sep 2014I have seen proper ravens when I came to Canada – they were in size of a smaller eagle 😛 Not many of them are left in Serbia, well, not in Belgrade, but maybe in some smaller places they still have them. Crows rule in our cities 😀
Words
29 Sep 2014We do have ravens locally (two nearby towns have them roosting), but I think I’ve only ever seen them from a distance. The Tower of London is the easiest place to see them!