What are crows saying when their loud cawing fills a dark winter's evening? Despite the inescapable ruckus, nobody knows for sure. Birds congregate daily before and after sleep, and they make some ...

DEAR JOAN: Something interesting happened last week in my yard. I had just gotten home when l heard loud (really loud) cawing from about a dozen crows in my backyard. I looked outside and saw the ...

Crows, along with ravens and magpies, as a type of bird known as corvids. They are highly intelligent, with good memories, capable of mimicking human speech, and have been known to hold grudges, as ...

As winter approaches, a silence creeps over the natural landscape. Songbirds are mostly quiet now, not to resume their cheery singing until early next spring. Bees have stopped buzzing. Katydids and ...

DEAR JOAN: I would like your help and advice about a small group of crows that seems to have taken up residence in my neighborhood, especially around my cul-de-sac of six homes. About six months ago, ...

Crows are known for their black feathers, sharp beaks, and loud cawing. Few birds occupy such a complicated place in the human imagination. Across folklore, literature, mythology, superstition, and ...

BOTHELL — If a congregation of crows is called a murder, then the nightly gathering at North Creek Wetlands could be described as a massacre. More than 16,000 of the birds converge on the streamside ...

Calling someone a “bird brain” isn’t really much of an insult. Birds possess extraordinary intelligence, and crows, in particular, have demonstrated keen abilities that continue to surprise ...

DEAR JOAN: I would like your help and advice about a small group of crows that seems to have taken up residence in my neighborhood, especially around my cul-de-sac of six homes. About six months ago, ...