April 27th is International Crow and Raven Appreciation Day! My comic Crow time is pretty much stuffed to the brim with crows, so it's a good way to celebrate these goth little dudes.
Created and Illustrated by Abigail Jill Harding
Script: Abigail Jill Harding with Richard Starkings
Letters and Editorial: Richard Starkings
Publisher: Comixology Originals
Release Date: April 30, 2024
Having failed to stop Malphas, Ravenscar transverses Hell to find and bring Seraphina home – but at what cost?
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April 27th is International Crow and Raven Appreciation Day (whoever decided that), so I guess I have to post some crow and raven pictures today.
I start with this crow that has some distinct white feathers around his eyes. This male crow lives in my neighborhood and has one wing that clearly has been injured some time ago and that he can't move correctly anymore, but he manages quite well. At the moment he is very busy looking for food for his partner as she is sitting on the nest all day. Last year they were unsuccessful, I hope this year they will have chicks.
celebrate today by being the pesky (and lovable) little corvid you want to see in the world ! damn the man! dismantle the system! eat those peanuts and fetch those trinkets!
The birds eating the Gavle Goat are jackdaws, which are corvids, but not crows.
People also call the family corvidae the "crow family" but that family includes ravens, jays, rooks, magpies, etc. So, I guess you could call jackdaws crows if you really want to, but if you're going to do that you should commit to that classification and call bluejays crows as well.
The jackdaws are, however, very cute, and very good for taking up the mantle of destroying the goat.
I'm not an expert, I know nothing about ornithology or biology or zoology or wildlife science or animal behaviours or animal intelligence, but sometimes I think about the fact that birdwatchers in Toronto observed a raven learn how to mimic crow calls, make a nest with a crow and raise a pair of crow-raven hybrids the birdwatchers referred to as cravens and I just think. That's gotta be love, baby.