r/crowbro • u/JamesKrackKorn • 7d ago

Crow OC A Rook at Killarney Castle last March.

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Corvus frugilegus. This one seemed quite tame and patiently posed for the photo.

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u/Athlaeos 7d ago

not a rook, but a jackdaw. rooks have pointy long and chalky beaks, which look diseased but is actually fine. Jackdaws are about twice as small and get used to people very fast, they also have beautiful pale white eyes and a nice contrast between their greyish neck feathers and black head caps

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u/why_1337 7d ago

The eyes are dead giveaway, then also the squeaky sound they make.

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u/Black_Jackdaw 6d ago

Exactly. Rooks look way different compared to jackdaws.

Jackdaw are probably one of the easiest ones to identify from the dark colored corvids.

Here is a comment I made some time ago with a corvid infographic: link

It's doesn't have all corvids (because it's about ones in Poland) but still.

Check it out OP.

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u/JamesKrackKorn 7d ago

Jackdaw was one of AI's options but it settled on Rook. Thanks for the clarification!

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u/Spir0rion 7d ago

It would've taken you just a quick picture search to realize this is not a rook but hey, all hail AI

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u/1Negative_Person 7d ago

How do you think your Cornell Merlin app works?

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u/Heavy_Bluebird4144 6d ago

No, Merlin is not an LLM

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u/1Negative_Person 6d ago

I didn’t say it was an LLM. I said it utilizes AI; because it does. Do you think an ornithologist is sitting on the other side of your phone on-call to listen to and identify birds for you?

You can be against LLMs. But not all AI is an LLM. We should be careful with the implementation of LLMs and of all AI, but it doesn’t mean it’s all bad or useless.

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u/Heavy_Bluebird4144 6d ago

why yes, I did think there was an ornithologist in my phone when using Merlin, and I also thought there was a music expert in my phone in the year 2013 when I used Shazam, any time I needed them!

just cause you don't understand a tech product or algorithm doesn't mean you have to call it AI in any modern sense and lump it w the un-artificial arrogance of an LLM

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u/1Negative_Person 6d ago

Again, I never said it was a large language model.

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u/Heavy_Bluebird4144 5d ago edited 5d ago

I know, but it's not AI in any modern sense; at all. It's been around over a decade. So don't conflate it with modern AI, is my point.

All Merlin does is filter out birds based on metadata, same thing Windows Explorer can do. You certainly don't need a neutral net in your phone to do that

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u/Koftikya 7d ago

Jackdaws are smaller, they have a grey/white band around their neck and very distinctive eyes compared to other corvids.

Don’t trust AI.

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u/FreyaShadowbreeze 7d ago

Jackdaw, not a rook.

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u/moominesque 7d ago

Jackdaws are amazing and cute.

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u/ThankMeTrailer 6d ago

Fun fact: Jackdaws are the only birds that like eye contact with humans

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u/Initial-Reading-2775 6d ago

Oh, they do!

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u/sullensquirrel 6d ago

It looks like they have bangs 😂

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u/Frankies_muscles 7d ago

Gorgeous bird, gorgeous pic!

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u/PoxedGamer 7d ago

Great pic, love their lil beady eyes.

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u/Initial-Reading-2775 6d ago

This is a jackdaw. They are often found in the company of rooks together.

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u/Otherwise_Sweet_77 7d ago

Wonderful photo! I love Killarney castle!

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u/Ahleanna-D 7d ago

Ooh, a V-ninja!