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A collage of crows in various poses with the caption: “This is a crow appreciation post” An image of a crow walking with the caption “strut!” An image of a polite looking crow with the caption “this one looks so polite” A list at the center of the image that says: “Crows are: - beautiful - intelligent - sassy - amazing” An image of a crow flying with the caption “graceful af” An image of a crow with it’s beak open with the caption"you too could yell ‘CAAAAW’ ominously nothing’s stopping you" The remaining captions are without accompanying images: “Just look at them?!!” “a group of crows is a ‘murder’ how badass does that sound? very.” “I just love crows.” The image is watermarked as “@undeaderthanthou”

    • Reyali@lemm.ee
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      28 days ago

      Fun fact: that’s a baby crow!

      Only young crows have pink/red inside their mouths. Adults have black mouths. I learned this after we started feeding crows at our house and in the summer I noticed some had bright mouths. It’s the only distinguishing feature because by the time the babies are out of the nest, they’re as big as the adults!

      Though the way they followed the adults around and begged to be fed also distinguished them a bit!

      • celeste@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        27 days ago

        Fun fact: that might be a raven considering the man on the chair is a famous german singer called Max Raabe (Raabe is raven in german).

        • Reyali@lemm.ee
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          27 days ago

          Ah, actually that seems likely! I’ve only ever seen bright red mouths on baby crows, so this being pink was a bit of a surprise, but it seems pink is normal for fledgling ravens. The feathers extending onto the beak also do indicate it’s more likely a raven.

          Thanks for the call out!

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    28 days ago

    I love crows. If I was a less responsible person, I’d make an effort to incentivize a gang of crows to loiter near my apartment.

    • jabathekek@sopuli.xyz
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      28 days ago

      Is it irresponsible because you live in an urban environment and also incentivize them to not forage themselves?

      • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        28 days ago

        Yeah, it would be one thing if I was living in an ultra-rural area and I could justify myself as just another intermittent food source for the resourceful little guys, but I think I would feel a touch awkward and guilty explaining to my neighbors and my landlord why the local Crow Gang™ always seemed to hang around my windows and were suspiciously well-fed.