Today’s #CrowOrNo photo comes courtesy of @birdturntable’s fantastic effort and ability to document urban wildlife. What do you think he captured here?

For the non general birders, feel free to phone a friend about the bird on the left. Good luck!!!!

Let me start this week’s #CrowOrNoReveal by saying well done folks! Although this picture was a bit challenging, most people found themselves on #TeamCrow which was the right place to be. So congrats!

For those that either missed the mark this week, or who just like to stick around for the lesson regardless, let’s get into it.

Often times the trouble with photos is that it’s really difficult to scale the animal. That’s part of the trick for games like @drmichellelarue’s #CougarOrNot or @grizzlygirl87’s #KnockKnockWhoseBear.

Which is why this week that second bird was a pretty useful component, and one that I encouraged you to try and ID. Obviously that’s a little easier for the general birders who are more primed to know how big various raptors are, but you could always look it up.

Because by IDing that the bird on the left was a Cooper’s hawk, the scene is sudden scaled down pretty significantly. Cooper’s hawks are a little bigger than a pigeon, which means the mystery bird on the right is fighting in the same general weight class as a big pigeon.

As we learned last week, ravens are definitely in the red-tail weight class and would therefore be significantly bigger than a roughly pigeon sized bird. That makes today’s contestant a crow. The slender bill and lack of visible hackles further confirms this.

Many thanks to @birdturntable for suggesting this photo. Please follow them if you don’t already to enjoy a steady stream of awesome nature photography, and some pearls of wisdom along the way. See you next time!!!