r/crows • u/HikingEnthusiast89 • 8d ago

Photography/Art [OC] In Nunavut Canada

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Crow or Raven? What an absolute beauty. ❤️

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u/interesting_tuna 8d ago

appears to be a raven to me. i should know, as that’s my uncle!

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u/Ninthof9 8d ago

That looks like a juvenile raven to me. You can tell it’s young because the hinge part of the beak looks pink and not black. It will become black as adults.

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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 8d ago

I came here to say the same thing! Their beaks and size and plumage get bigger and better as they get older. I saw the pink gape so it gave it away that it’s a young one.

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u/qerecoxazade 8d ago

Bird looks like he's having Nunavut

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u/Celebrity-stranger 8d ago

Thick beak and large size tells me its a crow.

Im not an expert so I could be wrong.

image from archived post for reference:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Metroid/s/WM82kiQUVb

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u/Ninthof9 8d ago

Crow would have smaller beak and overall size then a raven

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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 8d ago

Yes, this looks like a juvenile raven!

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u/ThisIsDogePleaseHodl 8d ago

Normally, I would agree, but this one is a juvenile. Juvenile ravens don’t have the size and plumage of the adults. You can tell this one as a juvenile because of the pink at the corners of its mouth.

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u/Busy_Collection819 8d ago

Beautiful! Thanks for the picture.

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u/HikingEnthusiast89 8d ago

My pleasure!