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AMERICAN CROW

Corvus brachyrhynchus

Description:

The American Crow is a distinctive bird with iridescent black feathers all over. Its legs, feet and bill are also black. They are 40–50 cm (16–20 in) in length, of which the tail makes up about 40%. Each wing is around 27–34 cm (11–14 in) long. The bill length is on average 5 cm (2 in), varying strongly according to location. Males tend to be larger than females. -wikipedia

Habitat:

The range of the American Crow extends from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean in Canada, on the French islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, south through the United States, and into northern Mexico.Virtually all types of country from wilderness, farmland, parks, open woodland to towns and major cities are inhabited; it is absent only from Pacific temperate rain forests and tundra habitat where it is replaced by the raven. This crow is a permanent resident in most of the USA, but most Canadian birds migrate some distances southward in winter. Outside of the nesting season these birds often gather in large communal roosts at night. - wikipedia

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2 Comments

rsimmons
rsimmons 12 years ago

Ashish,
I do not believe we have forest crows (ravens) here in Connecticut.
http://www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/wildlife/p...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

This one looked like forest crow..

rsimmons
Spotted by
rsimmons

Connecticut, USA

Spotted on May 24, 2011
Submitted on May 25, 2011

Spotted for Mission

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