Corvid Thanatology (CROW FUNERALS) with Kaeli Swift
Ologies with Alie Ward
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The Difference Between a Crow and a Raven
Dr. John Marsliff, professor of wildlife science at the University of Washington was Kaylee's PhD advisor and he's been studying crows for years. The main things to look for is ravens are about two and a half times the size of a crow. In flight, the easiest way to tell them apart is crows have more sort of squared tails versus ravens have this really distinct wedge-shaped tail. And on a raven, we call those special feathers hackles and they articulate them and use them in a lot of visual behavioral displays. But that once you get a look at a few photos, that feature becomes really easy to detect.
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