for my 2 cents worth, I spent some time on the beaches at Yakutat, Skagway,
and Haines, Alaska this summer, and I must say I could neither see nor hear
ANY differnces between the crows there and the crows in my yard in Seattle
(or the crows in southern California where I grew up,for that matter).
Those who claim to hear differences in the greatly variable voices of these
two "forms" must have more keenly analytically ears than mine.



>>>Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 15:43:57 -0700
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>>>From: "S&C Richardson" <salix at halcyon.com>
>>>To: <TWEETERS at u.washington.edu>
>>>Subject: Re: Northwestern Crow question
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>>>
>>>> Is Northwestern Crow a separate species or a subspecies of American Crow?
>>>
>>>The 7th edition (1998) of the American Ornithologists' Union check-list of
>>>North
>>>American birds considers Northwestern and American crows as separate
>>>species.
>>>The Washington Bird Records Committee also lists both as full species.
>>>
>>>I believe few Washington birders will be surprised when/if the AOU lumps the
>>>two. Will WBRC follow suit or lead the way?
>>>
>>>--
>>>Scott Richardson
>>>Olympia, Washington
>>>salix at halcyon.com
>>>
>>
>>


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