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  2. Alexei Savrasov - Wikipedia

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    In one of his letters he wrote that no academies in the world could so advance an artist as the present world exhibition. The painters who influenced him most were British painter John Constable and Swiss painter Alexandre Calame. The Rooks Have Returned (1871) is considered by many critics to be the high point in Savrasov’s artistic career ...

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  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. If You See a Cardinal, Here's the True, Unexpected ... - AOL

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    The spiritual meaning behind seeing two of them is that you should take a closer look at your relationships. "Two has a highly intuitive meaning, it is the most relationship-focused number ...

  7. 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.

  8. Rookery - Wikipedia

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    A rookery is a colony breeding rooks, and more broadly a colony of several types of breeding animals, generally gregarious [1] birds. [2] Coming from the nesting habits of rooks, the term is used for corvids and the breeding grounds [3] of colony-forming seabirds, marine mammals (true seals or sea lions), and even some turtles.

  9. Read the touching love letter Jimmy Carter wrote his wife 75 ...

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    Amy Lynn Carter, daughter of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, read a love letter written by her father 75 years ago during Rosalynn's tribute service in Atlanta Nov. 28.