Talk:American Crow

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[edit] Talking Crow

check out this article Here

[edit] life span

What is the typical life span of this species? Funkyj 18:42, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Use in film

The commentary short on the making of the opening sequence for Six Feet Under (found on disc 1 of the first season DVD collection) says that, for legal reasons, filmmakers must use pied crows with dyed plumage. Can anyone confirm this?

[edit] GA Passed

I have passed this article's GA because I believe it feels the GA criteria, being well written, factually accurate, broad in coverage, neutral, and stable. To take this article further, I think a few more inline cites are needed, and a few sections could be fleshed out more. I personally would like to see a more developed section on Nesting and maybe fleshing out Crows in Popular Culture - it's a little too like a Trivia section at the moment. Good work overall, and a great corvid article. Cheers, Corvus coronoides talk 14:11, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA Sweeps (on hold)

Hi again. This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force in an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria. In reviewing the article, I have found there are some issues that may need to be addressed. There is one {{fact}} tag that needs to be taken care of. I will check back in no less than seven days. If progress is being made and issues are addressed, the article will remain listed as a Good article. Otherwise, it may be delisted (such a decision may be challenged through WP:GAR). If improved after it has been delisted, it may be nominated at WP:GAN. Feel free to drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions, and many thanks for all the hard work that has gone into this article thus far. Regards, Corvus coronoides talk 23:27, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA Sweeps (Pass)

This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force. I believe the article currently meets the criteria and should remain listed as a Good article. The article history has been updated to reflect this review. Regards, Corvus coronoides talk 14:39, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Confused about Long-Distance Visual ID

The text says: If seen flying at a distance from where size estimates are unreliable, the distinctly larger Common Ravens (C. corax) can be distinguished by their almost lozenge-shaped tail...

But, the Raven entry says: Apart from its greater size, the Common Raven differs from its cousins, the crows, by having a larger and heavier beak, a shaggy throat, and a wedge-shaped tail.

What I remember from a vertebrate biology class from about a hundred years ago, the second entry is correct. The raven has a wedge -- or somewhat diamond -- shaped tail in flight; the crow has the lozenge tail. I'm not sure, however.

Should this be changed?

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eoraptor013 (talk • contribs) 20:50, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Minor formating edit

I edited the Taxonomy headline so it was no longer obscured by the sound sample.--Evilbred (talk) 13:44, 5 June 2008 (UTC)