I love that we have two species of crows here on the east coast that are basically indistinguishable visually but have totally different calls. The American crow has the well-known "CAW!", as in the video above, while the fish crow sounds something like an American crow with a cold.
I love that we have two species of crows here on the east coast that are basically indistinguishable visually but have totally different calls. The American crow has the well-known "CAW!", as in the video above, while the fish crow sounds something like an American crow with a cold.
That leads to scenes like this morning when, while birding in Battery Park, I saw a crow fly into a tree. In hopes of identifying it, I (quietly) yelled "TELL ME WHO YOU ARE!" at it. It obliged, revealing itself as a fish crow. And then a second fish crow started calling back to it. Good times!
Also got my first of year gray catbird and possibly last of season brants this morning.
CROWS!!!!!!
I love that we have two species of crows here on the east coast that are basically indistinguishable visually but have totally different calls. The American crow has the well-known "CAW!", as in the video above, while the fish crow sounds something like an American crow with a cold.
That leads to scenes like this morning when, while birding in Battery Park, I saw a crow fly into a tree. In hopes of identifying it, I (quietly) yelled "TELL ME WHO YOU ARE!" at it. It obliged, revealing itself as a fish crow. And then a second fish crow started calling back to it. Good times!
Also got my first of year gray catbird and possibly last of season brants this morning.
Anyway, here's a video of a fish crow calling with an entertaining in-video title: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98pLAMOwDUs