All in a day of our life? (And more that we don’t have enough space-time to say.)It is very much a ‘rise and fall’: rise, fall, rise, fall,… after a meditation session, when one return to the hustle and bustle of the world. Maya ro Reality, which is which?

I learned some years ago that what we call ‘crows’ are actually ‘ravens’. True crows are a tad smaller have wedge-tails (ravens have fan tails); crows cry ‘caw, caw’ (ravens cry ‘kroaw, kroaw’). Crows hunt in flock - in a clan (ravens usually hunt in pair or alone). We have flocks of crows (apostle birds and choughs) come round near the house - they are somewhat noisy nuisance but good to see. Ravens too come round mostly in late winter and early spring to steal chicks and young lizards. In AUS both crows and ravens are protected.

In curiosity, I looked up a dictionary to see how Thais differentiate the birds:From English-Thai Lexitron Dictionary 2.0

raven

N. นกขนาดใหญ่จำพวกกา    relate:[นกสีดำและขนเป็นมัน] syn:[crow]VI. กินอย่างตะกละตะกลาม    relate:[ตะกละ, กินอย่างมูมมาม] syn:[be hungry; eat greedily]VT. กินอย่างตะกละตะกลาม    relate:[ตะกละ, กินอย่างมูมมาม]N. ปล้น    relate:[แย่งชิง, ช่วงชิง] syn:[plunder]

crow

VT. ขันVT. คุยโอ้อวด    relate:[คุยโว, คุยโต]N. นกกา VI. ร้องแสดงความดีใจN. เสียงร้องของนกกา

(I hope I hadn’t kept you busy for nothing ;-)