Birds

Every continent except South America has at least one familiar roadside crow, and this is the species in North America. It is almost impossible to go into the countryside without seeing these birds along highways or flying overhead. Intelligent, wary, virtually omnivorous, and with a high reproductive capacity, the American Crow is undoubtedly much more numerous than it was before the arrival of settlers. Crows may gather in roosts of over half a million birds and are so abundant that even an ardent defender of birds might not deny that they are destructive to crops and should be controlled, although they consume enormous amounts of grasshoppers, cutworms, and other harmful insects. Crows make interesting pets if obtained while quite young; some learn to mimic the human voice. They often carry off and hide bright objects.

American Crow

Description	17-21". A stocky black bird with stout bill and fan-shaped tail. Fish Crow smaller, slimmer, and glossier; Larger ravens have wedge-shaped tails.
Voice	Familiar caw-caw or caa-caa.
Habitat	Woodlands, farmlands, and suburban areas.
Nesting	4-6 dull green eggs, spotted with dark brown, in a large mass of twigs and sticks lined with feathers, grass, and rootlets, and placed in a tree.
Other	Every continent except South America has at least one familiar roadside crow, and this is the species in North America. It is almost impossible to go into the countryside without seeing these birds along highways or flying overhead. Intelligent, wary, virtually omnivorous, and with a high reproductive capacity, the American Crow is undoubtedly much more numerous than it was before the arrival of settlers. Crows may gather in roosts of over half a million birds and are so abundant that even an ardent defender of birds might not deny that they are destructive to crops and should be controlled, although they consume enormous amounts of grasshoppers, cutworms, and other harmful insects. Crows make interesting pets if obtained while quite young; some learn to mimic the human voice. They often carry off and hide bright objects.
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