FISH CROWS are well-named for they are clever fishermen and I have watched them hovering over schools of mullet, darting down and seizing the victims with Tern-like skill. They are equally clever in detecting clams hidden in sand, seldom making a mistake in the bivalve's lurking place.
Their small size is constant and together with a higher pitched caw makes identification easy.
Atlantic and Gulf coasts of United States. From Hudson River Valley and Long Island, southward.