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An old English farmer with a strong Dorset accent once explained the difference to me: “If you see a raven, and there’s only one of them, that’s a crow that is
by GreeniFi 8y ago
An old English farmer with a strong Dorset accent once explained the difference to me:
“If you see a raven, and there’s only one of them,
that’s a crow that is. If you see a crow and there’s lots of them, that’s a raven, that is”.
Simple!
- quibono 8y agoShouldn't that be the other way round then, according to the article?
- ebg13 8y agoUh, ok, but, FTA: "Ravens often travel in pairs, while crows are seen in larger groups."
- dghf 8y agoI heard/read something similar (possibly in an Enid Blyton novel), but it was contrasting rooks and crows, rather than ravens and crows. Unlike ravens, rooks are much the same size as carrion crows (the typical crow in England), and thus harder to distinguish.