The Ultimate Ground Seed Check - Tails from the Blackbird

"beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard" (beardsbynelly-Rikerbeard)
11/24/2014 at 18:58 • Filed to: None

The Common Blackbird was introduced to Australia at Melbourne in the 1850s. The male is the 'black' bird, with deep orange to yellow bill, a narrow yellow eye-ring and dark legs. The female is a brown bird, with some streaks or mottling, and has a dark bill and legs. Immature birds are similar to the female with lighter underparts.

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DISCUSSION (18)

Gamecat235 > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
11/24/2014 at 18:59

#winning

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
11/24/2014 at 19:00

We need to get this on the sidebar NOW.

For Sweden > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
11/24/2014 at 19:00

Here's the thing. You said a "jackdaw is a crow."

Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that.

As someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls jackdaws crows. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing.

If you're saying "crow family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to ravens.

So your reasoning for calling a jackdaw a crow is because random people "call the black ones crows?" Let's get grackles and blackbirds in there, then, too.

Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A jackdaw is a jackdaw and a member of the crow family. But that's not what you said. You said a jackdaw is a crow, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the crow family crows, which means you'd call blue jays, ravens, and other birds crows, too. Which you said you don't.

It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > Gamecat235
11/24/2014 at 19:05

just wait for my follow up on Schumi's Daughter, Gina.