[mnbird] RE: [mou] Fish Crow??

[bluebill@surfbest.net]

>But...American Crows around the nest make a lot of weird sounds,
including noises like a Fish Crow.
>
>
>---- Original Message ----
>From: hpeirson@pclink.com
>To: earlorf@uslink.net, mnbird@lists.mnbird.net, mou-net@cbs.umn.edu
>Subject: RE: [mnbird] RE: [mou] Fish Crow??
>Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 13:12:37 -0500
>
>>I can give you no help on your particular bird, but a note for all…
>>
>>Later in winter or earlier this spring, I got a call from a person
>who calls
>>me regularly with questions about birds. He doesn’t own a computer,
>so he
>>calls the MOU RBA hotline every so often, and he sometimes also
>reports
>>birds he has found. He is very good at observation, cares more to
>find out
>>about the birds he’s seeing than to add to his list, etc.
>>
>>One day he called me with a pretty darned good description of a Fish
>Crow,
>>with the correct song/call also documented (not taped just correctly
>paid
>>attention to.) He doesn’t take a bird book into the field with him,
>but
>>takes good notes, and always has some interesting bird happening to
>report
>>when he calls me. He lives someplace in the Minnetonka/Chaska area.
>>
>>This report from Earl also makes me wonder about Fish Crows. Once
>you have
>>heard one, you can recognize the difference in calls. This time of
>year
>>there should not be any juvenile crows around yet… It might be a
>good bird
>>to watch and listen for, I’ve heard they are expanding their range.
>>
>>Holly Peirson
>>Forest Lake area birder
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu [mailto:mou-net-admin@cbs.umn.edu]On
>Behalf
>>Of Earl Orf
>>Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 10:50 PM
>>To: MnBird Listserve; MOU Listserve
>>Subject: [mou] Fish Crow??
>>
>>This weekend at our home in Itasca County I heard a crow calling
>that
>>sounded exactly like a Fish Crow.  I know how improbable this
>sounds.  I am,
>>however, familiar with the sound of Fish Crows.  For the last 5
>winters my
>>wife and I have spent 6 weeks in northern Florida and have heard
>plenty of
>>Fish Crows.  I also verified it by listening to my Stokes CD’s.
>>
>>I know that ravens make lots of weird sounds but I saw this bird
>flying over
>>our yard about 30 yards overhead and the tail was that of a crow,
>not a
>>raven.
>>
>>Has anyone heard of an American Crow making sounds like that of a
>Fish Crow?
>>
>>I don’t have good recording equipment to document what I was hearing
>and a
>>picture would do no good because hardly any of us would ID a Fish
>crow by
>>sight.
>>
>>I could use some help on this one.
>>
>>Thanks,  Earl Orf
>>
>>
>>