Re: Peso Raven and nut

2010-05-16 Thread P. J. Alling
I thought that the difference between Ravens and Crows were that one had 5 wing pinions and the other 6, so the real difference is really a matter of a pinion... On 5/5/2010 7:00 PM, Graydon wrote: Good shot, but pretty sure that's a crow. Ravens have deeper bills and prominent decorative

RE: Peso Raven and nut

2010-05-06 Thread Bob W
Subject: Peso Raven and nut Another K10D and Sigma 300 f4 outing. These guys started hanging around last year. I don't care for them,. but can offer some entertainment dive bombing the squirrels. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10980051 That's a lovely shot. I think it's

Re: Peso Raven and nut

2010-05-06 Thread eckinator
2010/5/6 Bob W p...@web-options.com: That's a lovely shot. I think it's a carrion crow though, not a raven. Ravens are enormous - much larger than carrion crows - with a massive powerful bill. What Bob said - we have tons of crows here and they look exactly like yours. Ravens are hard to find

Re: Peso Raven and nut

2010-05-06 Thread Christian Skofteland
On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 06:51:22PM -0400, David J Brooks wrote: Another K10D and Sigma 300 f4 outing. These guys started hanging around last year. I don't care for them,. but can offer some entertainment dive bombing the squirrels. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10980051 K10D,

Re: Peso Raven and nut

2010-05-06 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Christian Skofteland pterali...@aim.com wrote: On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 06:51:22PM -0400, David J Brooks wrote: Another K10D and Sigma 300 f4 outing. These guys started hanging around last year. I don't care for them,. but can offer some entertainment dive

Re: Peso Raven and nut

2010-05-06 Thread David J Brooks
Thanks for the comments all. Dave On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Graydon gray...@marost.ca wrote: Good shot, but pretty sure that's a crow.  Ravens have deeper bills and prominent decorative throat feathers.  They're generally also noticeably larger than crows, and using the peanut for scale

Peso Raven and nut

2010-05-05 Thread David J Brooks
Another K10D and Sigma 300 f4 outing. These guys started hanging around last year. I don't care for them,. but can offer some entertainment dive bombing the squirrels. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10980051 K10D, Sigma 300 f4 Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario.

Re: Peso Raven and nut

2010-05-05 Thread Graydon
Good shot, but pretty sure that's a crow. Ravens have deeper bills and prominent decorative throat feathers. They're generally also noticeably larger than crows, and using the peanut for scale suggests that's a crow. On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 06:51:22PM -0400, David J Brooks scripsit: Another

Re: Peso Raven and nut

2010-05-05 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David J Brooks Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 4:51 PM Subject: Peso Raven and nut Another K10D and Sigma 300 f4 outing. These guys started hanging around last year. I don't care for them,. but can offer some entertainment dive bombing the squirrels. http