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Counting Crows
One for sorrow,
Two for joy,Three for a girl,
Four for a boy,
Five for silver,
Six for gold,
Seven for a secret never to be told.
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| Always me? Whatever. |
The genus includes jackdaws, crows and ravens, and magpies (the latter of which: are absent in Ontario!).
American Crow
| Northern Raven |
43-53 cm (17-21”)
Completely black, purplish in sunlight, with large, chunky, strong black bill and feet.
Woodland, farmland, grove, shore
As far north as mid/central Ontario (summer) and northern Ontario.
A loud caw, cah or kahr
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55-68 cm (22 – 27”)
Wedge-shaped tail
Hawk-like in its flight (gliding/circling)
Roman nosed bill, goiter-like neckfeathers.
Boreal and Mt. forests, coastal cliffs, tundra. Does not venture much to southern Ontario.
Croaking cr-r-ruck or prruk, metallic tok
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Camera-Critters #292
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12 comments:
I can hear them in my mind
i love the crows and their family units.
Cool post and photos of the Crows! Have a happy weekend!
Lovely shots!
Very regal looking crow and wonderful shots of the flock ~ thanks, carol, xxx
Great pics! I like the one where they are lined up across the road :)
Roadblock!
Love crows and other Corvids. They are so intelligent.
I'll send all out magpies your way to make you happy. We don't have jackdaws.
We have a pair of resident ravens at the cabin. The poem says joy, but sometimes they can bring grief, especially when they tear into a container looking for food. - Margy
Great pics crows, best regard from Belgium
Crows are everywhere. Here and in Oregon and everywhere else we've ever stayed. I'll be counting them from now on. And, the rhyme sounds better with "crows" than "magpies!"
I can never tell ravens and crows apart. I sure didn't know that magpies were in the same family either. This was very interesting!
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