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Re: first fish crow of spring--Durham
A few Fish Crows sometimes winter in Raleigh at the dumps, but elsewhere
in the Triangle they're normally absent. They've never been on a Chapel
Hill, Durham, or Jordan Lake Christmas Bird Count! The earliest report I
have on record is 2/6/93, so Jeff's 1/17 hearing is a new early date. I
heard my first local Fish Crows of the year on 2/18 in Chapel Hill.
Juvenile/female begging American Crow calls are somewhat nasal, like a
Fish Crow's, but I don't think they ever have the full aw-aw call.
> A few Fish Crows do seem to linger all winter in the triangle. One good
> place to see/hear them is around the Oak Creek shopping center (Chili's,
> TJ Maxx, Outdoor Bird Co., etc) at 15-501 and Garrett Rd. They likely
> nest in the nearby woods. My "year" Fish Crow came when I was shopping
> there 17 Jan 01.
>
> Cheers, Jeff
>
>
> On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Janine Perlman wrote:
> >
> > Fish crows can be found reliably at the Orange County landfill in the
> > summer. I've been seeing and hearing (including the aw-aw call) birds that
> > I'd swear were fish crows there, periodically through this winter. Do Am.
> > crows ever call like that, or retain/use the juvenile vocalization in the
> > winter?!
> >
> > Janine Perlman
> > Hillsborough, NC
> >
> >
>
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