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 cat food & leftover cooked egg on the ground & the parents kept feeding the raucous fledge peanuts & other goodies! Fun to watch the crowlet act like a titmouse fledgling! Donna Scott Kendal at Ithaca-377 Sent from my iPhone On Jul 1, 2023, at 9:43 PM, Kevin C Packard <kc...@cornell.edu> wrote: 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 - well yes on the levity a little 🙂 Dead fish appear on the shoreline from time to time (big kills sporadically in the spring), but I don't know their feeding habits very well, so I assumed that they like being near waterbodies as it is place to scavenge dead fish or other creatures. Cheers, Kevin Kevin C Packard 166 Surge B Department of Social Statistics, ILR School Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 607-255-8212 ________________________________ From: anneb.cl...@gmail.com <anneb.cl...@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2023 8:35 PM To: Kevin C Packard <kc...@cornell.edu> Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fish crow vs American crow ID by merlin Hi Kevin I 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 a slightly ‘gobbling’ sound. That is the fledgling continuing to beg as it is getting fed—beg calls with a parental bill in its mouth and swallowing at the same time. Lots of American Crow fledglings out or just coming out now. I assume that the comment on fish in the pond was a bit of levity? Maybe it is worth mentioning that Fish Crows don’t ‘fish’ Or particularly seek fish as far as I know. But they do seem to like shoreline or river edge scavenging, rather than foraging on lawns like American crows. And also, less popular with humans, they seem to be good at finding bird nests in trees. Anyway—that’s my Id of the crow voice on your audio. Best, Anne Sent from my iPhone On Jul 1, 2023, at 7:39 PM, Kevin C Packard <kc...@cornell.edu> wrote: 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 that includes the cawing from what Merlin was saying as fish and American crow, but I've thought that here in Tompkins County that you will see fish crows primarily by Cayuga Lake. Jennings Pond is at 1,250 ft elevation, but it is one of the larger ponds in the county and has plenty of fish. The eBird list (giving only American crow) is at https://ebird.org/checklist/S143150602 Thoughts are welcome! Kevin Kevin C Packard 166 Surge B Department of Social Statistics, ILR School Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 607-255-8212 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
