This year, I learned about the GBBC and decided to take part. In an
effort to lure some of the Red-winged Blackbirds away from my feeders,
it was suggested (on some birding site) to put out dog food as an
alternative. I did, and the crows love it (so do the Brewer's
Blackbirds). However, I didn't count the crows for the GBBC. After
submitting my count of the birds I did report, I went to check on the
results. They have naturally compiled all kinds of lists. But when
checking the stats for Washington State, and perusing the top ten
birds, I noticed that there were 1771 American Crows counted, but only
154 Northwestern Crows. What's up with that? I thought we had
predominately Northwestern Crows in this region? Is it simply because
the people that were counting didn't know the difference (and the GBBC
tally sheet lists the American Crow first instead of the Northwestern
Crow), or is it me that is all wet?

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Susan in WA
Sumner, Washington
email: smuttart at qwest.net