Help from someone with knowledge of birds...

[Morag2]

I took this picture, and now I want to know whether it's a crow or a raven... help?

[granthagen]

Can't see much of his body, but I'll go with a crow. Head and bill are smoother than the illustrations of Ravens in my Sibley Guide. American Crows like to summer in Canada, too.

You might have to post this on a birding site to get anything authoritative, though.

Grant

[Morag2]

When you say this country, do you include Western Canada?

Here is another picture, showing a bit more... This is all I have of it.

[granthagen]

Morag says: When you say this country, do you include Western Canada?

Sorry, bro'. I edited my reply when I noted that your location was Canada.

Just out of stubbornness I'll stick to the Crow answer. But, I'm just going by four illustrations in one book.

Grant

[Old Jim]

The answer lays in the size of the bird and the shape of its tail.

http://www.shades-of-night.com/aviary/difs.html

[DBB]

Old Jim wrote:

The answer lays in the size of the bird and the shape of its tail.

http://www.shades-of-night.com/aviary/difs.html

Unfortunately a Big Crow will be the size of a small Raven. The sure fire method is the tail IN Flight. A Crow keeps the tail narrow, while the Raven spreads theirs into a fan...

The bill is also smaller, but once again, that is on average. So based on the bill, I would say Crow, but only the tail in flight would confirm that...

Dave

[Morag2]

Lol! Old Jim, that is the link I just looked at before I came and asked here.

Well I guess I will assume it's a crow then. That is what I posted on my blog, I didn't consider that it could be a Raven until somebody else mentioned it to me. Thanks for the help.