As per Anne’s message that fledgling Amer. Crows are out & about now, today I
had my first ever “show” of a young A. Crow begging near a parent this morning.
It flapped its wings & made a series of begging calls and chased after a parent.
I scatter mixed bird feed, as well as dried-up used wet
Thank you Anne and Jared for sharing on this question. I really like your
suggestion Anne in that these could be juveniles begging. The calls were
nasally but seemed a bit longer than the short 'uh' or 'uh-uh" fish crow calls
I'm used to hearing around Cayuga Lake.
As for the fish comment -
Hi KevinI think I see why Merlin was back n forth. I think your audio is of a demanding American crow fledgling whose nasal begs come close to the slightly down slurred and nasal ‘simple version’ fish crow. If you listen toward the end of the recording , you can hear a quickening of the notes and
Hi everyone,
I was birding at Jennings Pond in Danby the other day and found a group of
crows in trees by the pond which the Merlin app was giving as both fish crow
and American crow. How reliable do you all feel about distinguishing these two
species using Merlin? I made some recordings
