When a coworker and I were in Ginza we spent an hour or so wandering around Hamarikyu Gardens there. That was the first time I saw one of the Japanese crows. At first, I thought it was a raven, but it was brazen enough to land less than 6 feet away from me, and I got to see how big it actually was.
It was taller than my knees.
Crows in the Pacific Northwest have this delicate little "caw caw" that they make. It's sort of endearing to me because of the association with home. When this thing opened its beak it was no little bit unnerving to me. No small "caw" passed from its beak, but rather a sound proportional to the size of the thing.
Wow, that's big - 2 and 1/3rd feet. The crows I see in cities in India seem to be not more than a foot or so in body length, and I've seen some from a few few away. But they can be aggressive when in groups (as in the sense of cawing more and flying around the person), if someone seems to threaten them by throwing or waving something at them. Never actually heard of a case of them pecking someone, but it could have happened.
That seems very large. I went looking for photos of crows in Tokyo, this NPR article[1] has several. They do seem to have more impressive beaks than N. American crows...
It was taller than my knees.
Crows in the Pacific Northwest have this delicate little "caw caw" that they make. It's sort of endearing to me because of the association with home. When this thing opened its beak it was no little bit unnerving to me. No small "caw" passed from its beak, but rather a sound proportional to the size of the thing.
We backed away slowly.