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Are crows feathers really rainbow colored?

No, but it looks like that when light glints of them.


Is there another color on a crow besides black?

There are some other colors of crows besides black, but don't look for anything bright and flashy. Use the links and sift through the 40 odd species to find out which ones have a bit of non-black coloring. Crows that are black are usually iridescent. That means if the light hits them correctly, one can see some cool color where it was black a moment before. Iridescence is an optical effect; the crows are black.


What is the black and white bird in Windex commercial?

Supposed to be magpies, with the white on the body, but are more like crows in size and beak structure. In fact, while Magpies (Pica pica) are in the same family as crows, the birds in the commercial are Pied Crows ( Corvus albus )


Is it true that ravens have six pinion feathers while crows only have five pinion feathers on their wings?

---- A biologist was asked to finally determine whether crows and ravens are really two different birds. This has been a matter of some conjecture for quite some time. Given only a cursory glance, these birds appear to be one and the same. The biologist spent considerable time watching the birds in their habitat and logging hours of observations. The observations did not appear to provide any conclusive evidence that crows and ravens are different. The biologist performed dissections of ravens and crows and found that their internal workings appeared to be similar. No significant difference was found. The biologist then performed very careful examinations of two live birds. One a raven and the other a crow. The heads and beaks are remarkably similar. The size and shapes of the birds' bodies did not show much difference. Even the legs and feet of the birds were similar. But, at last, a breakthrough. The long feathers at the tip of a birds wings, the pinion feathers, provided the conclusion that ravens and crows differ. A raven has four pinion feathers and a crow has five pinion feathers. So........................... The difference between ravens and crows is a matter of a pinion!


Are there albino crows?

Yes There Is. They look like ordinary crows but there white and there beak and feet is a pink-ish colour. They also have red eyes

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Are crows feathers really rainbow colored?

No, but it looks like that when light glints of them.


What are the release dates for White Crows - 2014?

White Crows - 2014 was released on: USA: 2014


When was White Feathers created?

White Feathers was created in 1982.


Are there ravens in middle Tennessee?

Yes. There are. But we tend to call them "Crows". Responding to the above statement... crows and ravens are NOT the same thing...very different in size, feathers, and beak.


Why do crows break off branches with their beaks to build their nests?

Because chainsaws shake all their feathers out.


Is a black crows feather good luck?

Black raven (or crow) feathers are considered to be a foretelling of a death.


Do some alien races have white feathers?

If they exist, some might have white feathers.


Does white bait have fur feathers or fins?

does white bait have fur feathers or fins


What bird has black and white striped feathers?

an ostrich and a peacock have black and white feathers


What does it mean to find white feathers?

It means that somewhere in your vicinity a fowl with white feathers lurks.


Is there such a thing as a blue backed crow?

No, unfortunately, however crows feathers show some iridescence in the blue range. The birds usually referred to as blue-backed crows are the grackles, which have a distinct bluish shine.


What are the release dates for In Search of White Crows - 2007?

In Search of White Crows - 2007 was released on: USA: 20 March 2007 (Cleveland International Film Festival)