You'd enjoy London. There's tons of them here and the British love them. In my first week here my UK colleague explained to me how to tell a crow from a rook from a raven.

I also learned that a magpie is a kind of corvid too -- has distinct white-and-black plumage instead of all-black, but it's got all the intelligence and twice the thieving.

Come to think of it, the person who taught me all that is a Muslim. Meeting him might expand your horizons in other ways.

Ravens are way bigger, and crows/ravens have distinctly different tail-shapes!

I never said Muslims weren't nice. I'm sure he's very nice. He probably believes you're going to Hell, though.

We only got crows by me, but they got decimated by West Nile. That was 20 years ago and they're just starting to come back.

Ravens are definitely my favorite out of all the corvids but I love them all. I've heard horror stories of magpies traumatizing children in Australia, though. They can be aggressive during swooping season.

Yes, there is a swooping season.

"He probably believes you're going to Hell, though." Maybe, maybe not. Not everyone follows the official canon of their religion. I don't know any Muslims well enough to talk about their faith, but I know enough Christians of all stripes to know some of them think God isn't going to send me to hell, or they don't even think hell is real, etc. And I have had beers with Muslims a couple of times, so not every one is devout.

Marlon, if you can get chicken hearts, I highly recommended buying some. They’re very cheap and the crows I feed from my patio love them and it’s one of the few foods the stellar jays won’t steal.

Originally I hated having the jays come by because they’re such assholes in general, but I softened up when I saw them eating the food that fell on the patio floor, plus one of them has a deformed beak and struggles eating, so leave out easier food for it to take.