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  2. Rook (bird) - Wikipedia

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    The rook (Corvus frugilegus) is a member of the family Corvidae in the passerine order of birds. It is found in the Palearctic, its range extending from Scandinavia and western Europe to eastern Siberia. It is a large, gregarious, black-feathered bird, distinguished from similar species by the whitish featherless area on the face.

  3. Corvidae - Wikipedia

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    Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, jays, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers. [1] [2] [3] In colloquial English, they are known as the crow family or corvids. Currently, 139 species are included in this family.

  4. Corvus - Wikipedia

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    Hooded crow (Corvus cornix) in flight Jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) scavenging on a dead shark at a beach in Kumamoto, Japan. Medium-large species are ascribed to the genus, ranging from 34 cm (13 in) of some small Mexican species to 60–70 cm (24–28 in) of the large common raven and thick-billed raven, which together with the lyrebird represent the larger passerines.

  5. People Are Swooning Over Crows ‘In Love’ at the Graveyard

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    Taken in a graveyard (naturally) Liv saw the crows tangled to each other's claws. Although we'd like to think they're holding claws like partners. The birds didn't even try to free themselves.

  6. Cultural depictions of ravens - Wikipedia

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    The crow (sometimes a raven or vulture) is Shani's Vahana. As a protector of property, Shani is able to repress the thieving tendencies of these birds. Dhumavati, the widow goddess associated with strife and inauspiciousness, is depicted riding a crow or in a horseless chariot bearing an emblem of a crow.

  7. Falconry - Wikipedia

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    The books include A Witness Above, A Killing Sky, Cold Quarry (2001, 2002, 2003), and Kitty Hitter (2009). In Irish poet William Butler Yeats's poem, "The Second Coming", Yeats uses the image of "The falcon cannot hear the falconer" as a metaphor for social disintegration. American poet Robert Duncan's poem "My Mother Would Be a Falconress" [57]

  8. Movies, Monkeys, Maria: Counting Crows’ Most Signature Songs ...

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    Temporal Locations. Four Counting Crows songs mention months of the year. Those months are November (twice), December (twice), and February. A lot of cold months, in the world of Counting Crows.

  9. List of birds of Belgium - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the bird species recorded in Belgium.The avifauna of Belgium include a total of 477 species, of which 8 have been introduced by humans.. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follows the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.