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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: nana on April 19, 2014, 03:05:54 PM

Title: TTP Ravens make the National Post today!
Post by: nana on April 19, 2014, 03:05:54 PM
http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/04/19 ... rld-abuzz/ (http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/04/19/ravens-spotted-in-toronto-set-the-birding-world-abuzz/)

the above is the link to a full page (almost) article with photos of the Ravens at The Spit
Title: Re: TTP Ravens make the National Post today!
Post by: thouc on April 19, 2014, 03:43:54 PM
They even mention this site  :D
Title: Re: TTP Ravens make the National Post today!
Post by: cloaca on April 19, 2014, 04:41:35 PM
"Crows, the birds most often mistaken for ravens, are the proverbial canaries in the West Nile virus coal mine and have vanished from the city over the past decade. So, if you see a big black bird, flying about, what you are looking at is a raven."

Not quite.
Title: Re: TTP Ravens make the National Post today!
Post by: thouc on April 19, 2014, 04:58:45 PM
Oops!
Title: Re: TTP Ravens make the National Post today!
Post by: Rotarran on April 19, 2014, 11:52:51 PM
It's always cool to see birding get some exposure.  But to be fair to a Raven couple a bit further north, we've had Ravens at Eglinton and Pharmacy since 2013.   :P
Title: Re: TTP Ravens make the National Post today!
Post by: yep on April 20, 2014, 09:55:59 AM
Has the Post fired all their editors?

I can possibly forgive the decision not to capitalize the proper names of the various species as a stylistic choice, but "greater scaupers"??? Plus the crow thing mentioned above.  Sorry to be so negative, I like to see birds get some press, but it seems like a bit of a shoddy article.
Title: Re: TTP Ravens make the National Post today!
Post by: yep on April 20, 2014, 01:05:45 PM
Quote from: "yep"
Has the Post fired all their editors?

Silly me, of course they did: http://read.thestar.com/?origref=#!/art ... ce-layoffs (http://read.thestar.com/?origref=#!/article/52d467fdec0691b1300001f5-national-post-globe-and-mail-announce-layoffs)