[NatureNS] Fish Crow

Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:46:20 -0400
From: "Paul S. Boyer" <psboyer@verizon.net>
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Thanks to all of those who have advised me on Fish Crow =20
identification.  The consensus seem to be that I had a few juvenile =20
American Crows.  Particularly those who looked at the picture were of =20=

this opinion.

So, I am continuing to keep my eyes open as usual,  Just this morning =20=

I saw a "crow-suspect" at French Village (from Rt. 333 on St. =20
Margaret's Bay, just south of one of those "Welcome to Our Community" =20=

signs which annoy by their dubious sincerity, for all settlements in =20
HRM have the same, mass-produced sign).

Anyway, it was about 20 m from an ideal habitat: where a small stream =20=

enters the bay.  Furthermore, the suspect was perched on a power line, =20=

which descriptions say is characteristic of the Fish Crow, not the =20
American Crow.  Looked good, but the beak was not hooked, and there =20
was no cry when it took off at my approach, so I did not have a chance =20=

to judge by vocalisation.  Even if I had my camera, I don't thing that =20=

I would have been able to get a shot of the wing-tips.  Probably this =20=

was just a young American Crow, who hadn't yet received the memo =20
advising him that it is not the custom of his species to perch on =20
power lines.

=97 Paul S. Boyer


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<html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; =
-webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thanks to all of those who have =
advised me on Fish Crow identification. &nbsp;The consensus seem to be =
that I had a few juvenile American Crows. &nbsp;Particularly those who =
looked at the picture were of this opinion.<div><br></div><div>So, I am =
continuing to keep my eyes open as usual, &nbsp;Just this morning I saw =
a "crow-suspect" at French Village (from Rt. 333 on St. Margaret's Bay, =
just south of one of those "Welcome to Our Community" signs which annoy =
by their dubious sincerity, for all settlements in HRM have the same, =
mass-produced sign).</div><div><br></div><div>Anyway, it was about 20 m =
from an ideal habitat: where a small stream enters the bay. =
&nbsp;Furthermore, the suspect was perched on a <i>power line</i>, which =
descriptions say is characteristic of the Fish Crow, not the American =
Crow. &nbsp;Looked good, but the beak was <i>not hooked</i>, and there =
was no cry when it took off at my approach, so I did not have a chance =
to judge by vocalisation. &nbsp;Even if I had my camera, I don't thing =
that I would have been able to get a shot of the wing-tips. =
&nbsp;Probably this was just a young American Crow, who hadn't yet =
received the memo advising him that it is not the custom of his species =
to perch on power lines.</div><div><br></div><div>=97 Paul S. =
Boyer</div><div><br></div></body></html>=

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