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Re: Birds of Feather/Ornithology

Posted: May 30th, 2009, 11:46 am
by robotman
here is a mexican crow picture
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Re: Birds of Feather/Ornithology

Posted: May 30th, 2009, 1:11 pm
by croman74
That didn't work either. Let's try this one:
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Re: Birds of Feather/Ornithology

Posted: May 30th, 2009, 1:14 pm
by croman74
Ok, that one worked. To me it looks like their tails are a little different.

Re: Birds of Feather/Ornithology

Posted: May 30th, 2009, 1:17 pm
by robotman
yea and their feet are a bit differant

Re: Birds of Feather/Ornithology

Posted: May 30th, 2009, 1:19 pm
by croman74
It might just be the picture, but the feathers of the mexican crow are smoother.

Re: Birds of Feather/Ornithology

Posted: May 30th, 2009, 2:21 pm
by gyourkoshaven
According to my bird guide, the key difference is that the american crow has a "flat" tail, while the mexican crow has a "squared" tail

Re: Birds of Feather/Ornithology

Posted: May 30th, 2009, 2:22 pm
by sewforlife
gyourkoshaven wrote:According to my bird guide, the key difference is that the american crow has a "flat" tail, while the mexican crow has a "squared" tail
yeah. the mexican crow looks as if the tail is a bit more chiseled.

Re: Birds of Feather/Ornithology

Posted: May 30th, 2009, 2:59 pm
by soobsession
sewforlife wrote:
gyourkoshaven wrote:According to my bird guide, the key difference is that the american crow has a "flat" tail, while the mexican crow has a "squared" tail
yeah. the mexican crow looks as if the tail is a bit more chiseled.
ahh...i see it now...so the american crow is like a randomish maybe triangleish tail whereas the mexican crow has a square taill....

Re: Birds of Feather/Ornithology

Posted: May 30th, 2009, 3:00 pm
by sewforlife
soobsession wrote:
sewforlife wrote:
gyourkoshaven wrote:According to my bird guide, the key difference is that the american crow has a "flat" tail, while the mexican crow has a "squared" tail
yeah. the mexican crow looks as if the tail is a bit more chiseled.
ahh...i see it now...so the american crow is like a randomish maybe triangleish tail whereas the mexican crow has a square taill....
its not exactly randomish, its just like, kinda the same as the body.

Re: Birds of Feather/Ornithology

Posted: June 1st, 2009, 2:35 pm
by gneissisnice
Personally, I would wait for the list to come out before I started learning stuff.
But that's just me.
Actually, I would probably start learning the basics on birds, but I would wait until I got the list before I went into specific birds.