Painted

Published

1931

Volume

8

Plate

488

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Crow

Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos

DESCRIPTION

When I unreel the log line of bird memories the last knot is a Crow. I remember (back in the early seventies) asking my father what were those birds walking in a field. A set of their eggs formed the nucleus of my collection. They came from a nest in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, located in a tree far too conspicuous for daylight robbery. My brother and I staged a night foray and it fell to him to shin the tree. He got more than the eggs for there was a vine of poison ivy around the tree trunk!

A long list of good and bad adjectives could be used in the Crow's life history and around their Machiavellian reputations cling innumerable avian legends.

I soon altered my idea that it was smart to shoot a Crow but until man changes his belief in his right of death over other animals, Crows will continue to be executed.

Looking over our valley from the porch this warm September day, I see four Crows in the far field eating a grub breakfast. A faint forerunner of Autumn lingers until the sun clears the eastern rim. Their voices as they discuss the menu are mellowed.

I have watched them in grotesque love-making and wondered that such softened notes could come from the same throat which shouts raucously at an intruder; have seen them struggle thru winter-cold so hungry they almost dared our suet. They can go in peace because the spirit they show in facing the razoredge of life is fine. Egotists and dogmatists will not find me on the jury of our best known bird-citizen.

BREEDING

NEST: usually high in tall trees; a large well-built structure of sticks, leaves and grass, smugly lined with bark strips and grass.
EGGS: 4-8; pale green or olive, evenly splotched with browns and olive.

RANGE

Eastern North America from Newfoundland to Georgia. West to beginning of arid area.

crow
horned-lark
Horned Lark
474
pallid-horned-lark-prairie-horned-lark
Pallid Horned Lark, Prairie Horned Lark
474a-474b
desert-horned-lark-texas-horned-lark
Desert Horned Lark, Texas Horned Lark
474c-474d
california-horned-lark-ruddy-horned-lark
California Horned Lark, Ruddy Horned Lark
474e-474f
streaked-horned-lark-scorched-horned-lark
Streaked Horned Lark, Scorched Horned Lark
474g-474h
dusky-horned-lark-sonora-horned-lark
Dusky Horned Lark, Sonora Horned Lark
474i-474j
hoyt-horned-lark
Hoyt Horned Lark
474k
montezuma-horned-lark-island-horned-lark
Montezuma Horned Lark, Island Horned Lark
474l-474m
magpie
Magpie
475
yellowbill-magpie
Yellowbill Magpie
476
blue-jay
Blue Jay
477
florida-blue-jay
Florida Blue Jay
477a
steller-jay-bluefront-jay
Steller Jay, Bluefront Jay
478-478a
longcrest-jay-blackhead-jay
Longcrest Jay, Blackhead Jay
478b-478c
queen-charlotte-jay-coast-jay
Queen Charlotte Jay, Coast Jay
478d-478e
florida-jay
Florida Jay
479
woodhouse-jay
Woodhouse Jay
480
blule-ear-jay
Blue Ear Jay
480.1
california-jay
California Jay
481
santa-cruz-jay
Santa Cruz Jay
481.1
xantus-jay-belding-jay
Xantus Jay, Belding Jay
481a-481b
arizona-jay-couch-jay
Arizona Jay, Couch Jay
482-482a
green-jay
Green Jay
483
canada-jay-rocky-mountain-jay
Canada Jay, Rocky Mountain Jay
484-484a
alaska-jay-labrador-jay
Alaska Jay, Labrador Jay
484b-484c
oregon-jay-gray-jay
Oregon Jay, Gray Jay
485a
raven
Raven
486
northern-raven
Northern Raven
486a
whiteneck-raven
Whiteneck Raven
487
crow
Crow
488
florida-crow-western-crow
Florida Crow, Western Crow
488a-488b
northwest-crow
Northwest Crow
489
fish-crow
Fish Crow
490
clark-nutcracker
Clark Nutcracker
491
pinyon-jay
Pinyon Jay
492
bobolink
Bobolink
494
cowbird
Cowbird
495
dwarf-cowbird
Dwarf Cowbird
495a
bronze-cowbird
Bronze Cowbird
496
redeye-cowbird
Redeye Cowbird
496A
yellowhead-blackbird
Yellowhead Blackbird
497
redwing-blackbird
Redwing Blackbird
498
sonora-redwing-bahama-redwing-florida-redwing
Sonora Redwing, Bahama Redwing, Florida Redwing
498a-498b-498c
thickbill-redwing-san-diego-redwing
Thickbill Redwing, San Diego Redwing
498d-498e
northwest-redwing-vera-cruz-redwing
Northwest Redwing, Vera Cruz Redwing
498f-498g
bicolor-redwing
Bicolor Redwing
499
tricolor-redwing
Tricolor Redwing
500
meadowlark
Meadowlark
501
western-meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
501.1
rio-grande-southern-meadowlark
Rio Grande Meadowlark, Southern Meadowlark
501a-501c
audubon-oriole
Audubon Oriole
503
scott-oriole
Scott Oriole
504
sennett-oriole
Sennett Oriole
505
arizona-hood-oriole
Arizona Hood Oriole
505a
orchard-oriole
Orchard Oriole
506
baltimore-oriole
Baltimore Oriole
507
bullock-oriole
Bullock Oriole
508
rusty-blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
509
brewer-blackbird
Brewer Blackbird
510
purple-grackle
Purple Grackle
511
florida-grackle-bronze-grackle
Florida Grackle, Bronze Grackle
511a-511b
boattail-grackle
Boattail Grackle
513
great-tail-grackle
Great Tail Grackle
513a