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I just saw the biggest crow I have ever seen in my life. It caught my eye as it was dodging a parking car by hopping away from it on both legs, rather than walking in a normal gait or flying. I thought "what the heck is that crow doing?" and turned to look at it more closely. It was at least a third again as big as a regular crow and its beak was a different shape and size. Thinking it might be a raven, I examined its tail shape when it finally flew off (it allowed me to get closer than a crow normally would), but I didn't really know what shape I was supposed to be looking for. According to this site, I think it had the more rounded shape of the regular crow, which means it was just a damned big one. It would be odd for me to see a raven around here as I'm not aware that this is a habitat area for them, but who knows.

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I just saw the biggest crow I have ever seen in my life. It caught my eye as it was dodging a parking car by hopping away from it on both legs, rather than walking in a normal gait or flying. I thought "what the heck is that crow doing?" and turned to look at it more closely. It was at least a third again as big as a regular crow and its beak was a different shape and size. Thinking it might be a raven, I examined its tail shape when it finally flew off (it allowed me to get closer than a crow normally would), but I didn't really know what shape I was supposed to be looking for. According to this site, I think it had the more rounded shape of the regular crow, which means it was just a damned big one. It would be odd for me to see a raven around here as I'm not aware that this is a habitat area for them, but who knows.

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I bet you always wondered what "Snape" could mean.

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I bet you always wondered what "Snape" could mean.

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Now you know where they go for the winter. ( A few more )

It's funny, though. The geese that wintered in the Sacramento area would honk up a majorly affronted storm if you so much as dared to walk on their riverbank while they were floating in the middle of the American River. These geese were positively serene by comparison and let me get quite close to them, within a few feet. I was pretty surprised when they simply ran away from the kid who was chasing them around and didn't turn on him and start doing threat displays.

Also odd is what they are doing in these pictures (besides sunning themselves). They are not picking through the grass for seeds or insects or anything. They are, in fact, actually grazing. I didn't know geese ate grass. Oh, and they are also leaving lots of grassy goose poop around. But I digress...

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Now you know where they go for the winter. ( A few more )

It's funny, though. The geese that wintered in the Sacramento area would honk up a majorly affronted storm if you so much as dared to walk on their riverbank while they were floating in the middle of the American River. These geese were positively serene by comparison and let me get quite close to them, within a few feet. I was pretty surprised when they simply ran away from the kid who was chasing them around and didn't turn on him and start doing threat displays.

Also odd is what they are doing in these pictures (besides sunning themselves). They are not picking through the grass for seeds or insects or anything. They are, in fact, actually grazing. I didn't know geese ate grass. Oh, and they are also leaving lots of grassy goose poop around. But I digress...