The American crow is the “default” crow across most of North America. It overlaps broadly with the common raven, and to a lesser extent with the Chihuahuan raven, fish crow, and northwestern crow.

Their ability to “exploit urban riches,” as one 2001 avian ecology paper titled “Causes and consequences of expanding American Crow populations” described their capacity to optimize a good ...

In Europe, the word “crow” is used to refer to the carrion crow or the hooded crow, while in North America it is used for the American crow or the northwestern crow.

Wild bird populations are declining nationwide, and a trend map from Cornell University’s eBird site shows that drop applies to the American crow. “Many, many species are declining right now ...

Last week, driving home from Audubon Community Nature Center, my daughter and I were so captivated by a flock of crows that I ...

the most common bird found was the American crow — 20,000 strong, accounting for about half of the birds seen. The Christmas Bird Count was held in some areas in the region Dec. 31, New Year’s ...