Subject: Re: Northwestern VS Am. Crow
Date: Aug 21 08:46:55 1997
From: Steve Mansfield - steve at nwnet.net


> Hi Tweeters,
> I would appreciate your imput on the differences between Northwestern
> and American Crows and their status here in the Puget Sound. I find it
> difficult to know if I am identifying them correctly. Also do they
> hybridize? An out of town person asked me about them thinking that most
> of our crows here in the Puget Sound area should be Northwesterns.
>
> Thanks for all of your help.

>From what my wife and I have been able to tell:

The NW seem to have a slightly more pointed beak.
The NW have a lower more grating call (not unpleasing, just, well. raspier)
The NW also seem to make a call which I have never heard come from an
American, which sound almost like a woodpecker knocking on a tree.

Hope this helps!

Steve Mansfield steve at nwnet.net
NorthWestNet Network Engineer 425-649-7467