D espite their colorful appearance, blue jays are actually in the genus corvidae, the same as crows and ravens. These birds are typically 9 to 12 inches long from beak to tail and weigh under 3.5 ...

Crows and ravens may look similar, but they have distinct differences. Ravens are larger with chunkier beaks, longer shaggy feathers on their necks, deeper croaks, and more acrobatic flight patterns.

Corvus is a widely distributed genus of birds in the family Corvidae. Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-size jackdaws to the common raven of the Holarctic region and thick-billed ...

One winter, more than 20 years ago, I noticed that every day, after I had filled my bird feeders, a flock of crows would come to feed within about five ...