From RRP's FB page about the Mississippi Flyway:
November 20, 2021: Subadult with reflection -
https://youtu.be/sjOuGPC0JuQ. #FlywayDreaming
November 20, 2021: Young eagle and a crow -
https://youtu.be/4luS1ckY2c4. A crow has something to say to the young eagle next to it! Listen for sandhill cranes, mallard ducks, geese, and a few birds that I can't identify. The two birds sit peacefully near one another, occasionally glancing away when something else catches their attention.
Crow or raven? We wouldn't be especially likely to see a raven here, but I thought I would go over a few ID points. As we hear, this crow is cawing, not croaking. Ravens sound like crows with a serious cold, so the sound alone rules 'raven' out. See the bird's smooth throat? Ravens have elongated throat feathers called hackles, while crows have smooth throat feathers. This bird's smooth throat says 'crow'. While we can't really see its tail, crows have a rounded, fan-shaped tail while ravens have an angular, wedge-shaped tail - a very helpful ID tip for birds in flight! Ravens are also a lot larger, with much bigger beaks, although size isn't always helpful when there isn't anything to compare them to. But I think of ravens as big enough to fill two hands, while crows would be more like a hand-and-a-half. Birdnote has a nice video and blog comparing the two species:
https://www.birdnote.org/.../shows/ravens-and-crows-whos-who.
November 20, 2021: A bald eagle and a crow share the Flyway!
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