Northwestern Crow is very much like Bigfoot.
Many people claim to have seen them, but no one seems to be able to
prove they really exist.

The evidence for their existence in Oregon is equivical at best, yet
they are not even a review species. Get yourself a copy of Johnston's
_Biosystematics of American Crows_. Northwestern Crow is a subspecies.


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>
>On Mon, 21 Aug 1995, Alexander (Sandy) Koonce wrote:
>> Would someone mind filling me in on what is known both about the
>> identification of this species and its distribution in Washington? How
>> common are hybrids (and how the heck does one know when one has seen a
>> hybrid)?
>>
>
>I'd love to have someone reply to the group as a whole. I have been
>asked this question on field trips in Oregon and don't really have an
>adequate answer for people beyond, "don't try to separate the two in
>July, young crows sound hoarse." Thanks
>
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>Ray Korpi "The intimate revelations of young
>Wk: Clark College men . . . are usually plagiaristic and
>Vancouver, WA marred by obvious suppressions."
>Hm: Portland, OR --F. Scott Fitzgerald
>address: rkorpi at clark.edu _The_Great_Gatsby_
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