Fish Crow
Fish Crow: Medium-sized crow with black body and dark, heavy bill. Very similar to American Crow, but call is different. Feeds on fish, crustaceans, carrion, eggs, insects, larvae,fruits and berries. Flies on stiff wing beats, alternates several rapid wing strokes with long glides.
● Song:
"ca-hah", "aw-uk"
● Foraging & Feeding:
Fish Crow: Eats marine invertebrates, carrion, bird eggs and nestlings, fruits, and seeds. Forages on the ground and in shrubs and trees; opens mollusks by dropping them on hard surfaces.
● Breeding & nesting:
Fish Crow: Four to five blue or gray-green eggs with brown and gray spots are laid in a nest made of twigs, lined with bark chips, pine needles, feathers, hair, and soft grass, and built from 6 to 90 feet above the ground in a shrub or the topmost crotch of a deciduous tree or conifer. Incubation ranges from 16 to 18 days and is carried out by both parents.
● Similar species:
Fish Crow: American Crow is slightly larger and has a more typical sounding call. Common Raven is much larger and has a larger bill and wedge-shaped tail.