Familiar birdie faces in a new setting

[bluebird]

Aww Smitty...isn't that a nice prezzie! Even nicer than Marsi's jingle bell earrings! Thanks and you just scored yourself an A+ as I'm easily bribed-laf!

Laura, I think that could be possibly so. I'm sure they'll all be back to Laura's Garden of Eatin'!

Thanks K for the detailed info...I had three AMCRs in the back today sitting high up on a branch and I did some serious studying of their bill profile in silhouette with bird guide in hand. Definitely not ravens that time!

[Smitty]

Aww Smitty...isn't that a nice prezzie! Even nicer than Marsi's jingle bell earrings! Thanks and you just scored yourself an A+ as I'm easily bribed-laf! !

...after all these years still haven't lost the touch

[Eeyore]

I've gotten crows and ravens confused too Smitty but in general if you see a lot of them together like that it's probably crows rather than ravens...

Lyn - atthebackofbirdID10aswell....

[Smitty]

now that is why I like this forum so much...learning, learning and lots of good folks too. thanks Lyn
smitty now settling in at the back of class with friends again

[Ron Evers]

One other difference is the raven will have a more crooked/hooked beak. And a much lower caw than the crow....Have only seen them at a friends cottage in the Dorset (ont) area....

wadabout beak colour?

[bluebird]

The bill is the same colour in both Ron...

Crows have a fan shaped tail while ravens do not. But that only helps if the crow fans his tail out to see.

[kelly_m]

AND...if you manage a close up of the head, the AMCR has a more rounded silouhette than the CORA....I know a Cora....she doesn't have an odd head.....