A raven and a hawk are fighting outside my office. They've been body checking each other into my window. Those sumbitches sure can fly fast.
HOLY CARP!
A raven and a hawk are fighting outside my office. They've been body checking each other into my window. Those sumbitches sure can fly fast.
I'm not happy until you're not happy.
That's nice, but what do divine fish have to do with this?
You must be new here....Originally Posted by SoonerStormchaser
I'm not happy until you're not happy.
dude, that's awesome
my money's on the hawk
what kinda odds you gonna give me?
They've calmed down now. No body slamming or hawk or raven cries for awhile. I would have guessed that a hawk would have to give points to a raven, but the raven is bigger than the hawk.
I'm not happy until you're not happy.
Raven, or grackle?
Grackle = big, evil, and most of them have some sort of parasite living in their brains.
The Dude abides.
Aw hell. It was confusing enough trying to figure out if it was a raven or a crow.
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Grackles don't look very big from the pictures I've found online. This thing is huge.
I'm not happy until you're not happy.
yeah, it wouldn't be a grackle. they're WAY smaller.
"I'm a mother****ing party all by myself."
NEVER MORE............
the big difference is that ravens are about the size of a hawk--crows are about the size of a pigeon. But it's still really hard to tell the difference between a raven and a really big crow. The call they make is different...
but probably the easiest way to tell (especially if it's flying) is by the shape of its tail. If the tail is wedge-shaped (comes to a V) it's a raven. If the tail is rounded, it's a crow.
crows are more common in cities, though, and ravens prefer to stay away from people and buildings.
"I'm a mother****ing party all by myself."
I once saw a small hawk or kestrel pw3n a sparrow or something that was going in the front door of its nest underthe eaves of a house near me. The victim was fluttering by the nest and getting ready to go in and say "Hi, honey, I'm home!" when Mr Raptor-bird flashed up and grabbed the dude in his claws and flew off is a little cloud of feathers. That was the most violence I've seen in my neighborhood since I told Mrs TU she could paint the &@%# kitchen herself, any time she wanted to.
You tell me it's the institution. Well, you know, you'd better free your mind instead.
(Shoo-bee doo-wah)
I was thinking the same thing...
(Just in case i forgot to put one in my post)
oh, and their flying style is a little different too. Crows tend to fly in a straight line (hence "as the crow flies") and ravens tend to alternate flapping with soaring like a hawk
"I'm a mother****ing party all by myself."
and me all out of spek....<shakes head>
You tell me it's the institution. Well, you know, you'd better free your mind instead.
(Shoo-bee doo-wah)
"I'm a mother****ing party all by myself."
Now you're showing off.
You tell me it's the institution. Well, you know, you'd better free your mind instead.
(Shoo-bee doo-wah)
I'm just helping....
"I'm a mother****ing party all by myself."
Re: HOLY CARP!
So, yer sayin' women and crows share a certain characteristic?
Who'da thunked it?
LF
The only time we see him he's either walking (and his tail isn't spread) or he's flying too fast to get a good look at.
If I saw a raven and a crow side by side I could tell them apart by size, and if I knew what either of them sounded like I would know what this one was for sure. It looks like he has a raven beak. Now that we've actually seen it next to a hawk we're pretty sure it's the size of a hawk, and thus is a raven.
I'm not happy until you're not happy.
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