[mou] Fish Crow-follow up
Earl Orf
earlorf@uslink.net
Sat, 1 May 2004 23:03:17 -0500
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Thanks to everyone who sent comments about the crow that I thought =
sounded
like a Fish Crow.
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Most comments mentioned that young American Crows have a begging call =
that
can be confused with the call of a Fish Crow. I just didn't think that =
we
would have young crows this early in the year. =20
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Paul Budde sent along a link to a site that tackles the ID issue of =
American
vs. Fish Crows. It also mentions that female American Crows give a =
begging
call around the nest that sounds like a Fish Crow. When I listened to =
it,
however, it was distinctive enough that I don't think I would confuse =
the
two. Here is the site:
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http://birds.cornell.edu/crows/FishCrow.htm
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I haven't heard the call again so I don't think we will get a definite
answer on this one. This incident has raised the following question for =
me.
If we were to really get a Fish Crow in Minnesota how would we know? =
With a
Fish Crow being as unlikely as it is, would we all just assume it was a
young American Crow and miss the real thing?
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Earl Orf
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks to everyone who sent comments about the crow =
that I
thought sounded like a Fish Crow.</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Most comments mentioned that young American Crows =
have a
begging call that can be confused with the call of a Fish Crow. I =
just
didn’t think that we would have young crows this early in the =
year.
</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Paul Budde sent along a link to a site that tackles =
the ID issue
of American vs. Fish Crows. It also mentions that female American =
Crows
give a begging call around the nest that sounds like a Fish Crow. =
When I
listened to it, however, it was distinctive enough that I don’t =
think I
would confuse the two. Here is the site:</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a =
href=3D"http://birds.cornell.edu/crows/FishCrow.htm">http://birds.cornell=
.edu/crows/FishCrow.htm</a></span></font></p>
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I haven’t heard the call again so I don’t =
think
we will get a definite answer on this one. This incident has =
raised the
following question for me. If we were to really get a Fish Crow in =
</span></font><font
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Minnesota</span></font><font=
size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> how would
we know? With a Fish Crow being as unlikely as it is, would we all =
just
assume it was a young American Crow and miss the real =
thing?</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Earl Orf</span></font></p>
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