Corvus brachyrhynchos

* American Crow 

Crows are Shorebirds Too

October 6, 2018October 1, 2018 Mosey2014 Corvus brachyrhynchos

The intelligent and adaptable American Crow isn’t about to let a feeding opportunity to go waste, especially when there’s other

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American Crow Birds General 

Mussel Quarantine Posted

April 2, 2018January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 Corvus brachyrhynchos

I was walking westward on the Virginia Street Extension this morning when a crow dropped something black on the dirt

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* American Avocet American Coot American Crow American White Pelican American Wigeon Belted Kingfisher Birds Black Oystercatcher Black Phoebe Black Turnstone Black-bellied Plover Black-crowned Night Heron Black-necked Stilt Brown Pelican Bufflehead Burrowing Owl Canada Goose Clark's Grebe Common Goldeneye Common Loon Double-crested Cormorant Eared Grebe Eurasian Wigeon Forster's Tern Great Blue Heron Great Egret Greater Scaup Greater Yellowlegs Horned Grebe Least Sandpiper Long-billed Curlew Mallard Marbled Godwit Mew Gull Northern Pintail Red-throated Loon Ring-billed Gull Ruddy Duck Snowy Egret Spotted Sandpiper Surf Scoter Turkey Vulture Western Grebe Western Gull Whimbrel White-tailed Kite Willet 

North Basin: The Video

February 12, 2018May 1, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Actitis macularius, Aechmophorus clarkii, Aechmophorus occidentalis, Anas acuta, Anas platyrhynchos, Ardea alba, Ardea herodias, Arenaria melanocephala, Athene cunicularia, Aythya marila, Branta canadensis, Bucephala albeola, Bucephala clangula, Calidris minutilla, Cathartes aura, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Egretta thula, Elanus leucurus, Fulica americana, Gavia immer, Gavia stellata, Haematopus bachmani, Himantopus mexicanus, Larus canus, Larus delawarensis, Larus occidentalis, Limosa fedoa, Mareca americana, Mareca penelope, Megaceryle alcyon, Melanitta perspicillata, Numenius americanus, Numenius phaeopus, Nycticorax nycticorax, Oxyura jamaicensis, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Pelecanus occidentalis, Phalacrocorax auritus, Pluvialis squatarola, Podiceps auritus, Podiceps nigricollis, Recurvirostra americana, Sayornis nigricans, Sterna forsteri, Tringa melanoleuca, Tringa semipalmata

The North Basin is the body of water between Cesar Chavez Park and the Berkeley mainland.  When I first started

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* American Crow American Wigeon Berkeley Meadow Birds Black-necked Stilt Canada Goose Common Goldeneye Greater Scaup Mallard Ruddy Duck Western Grebe 

By an Early Light

December 19, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Aechmophorus occidentalis, Anas platyrhynchos, Aythya marila, Branta canadensis, Bucephala clangula, Corvus brachyrhynchos, Himantopus mexicanus, Mareca americana, Oxyura jamaicensis

I was in luck this morning.  As I began my walk around eight o’clock, the sun slanted almost flat to

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* American Crow Birds Red-tailed Hawk 

Hawk v. Crows

December 10, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Buteo jamaicensis, Corvus brachyrhynchos

This Red-tailed Hawk sat on a high branch of one of the cedar trees lining Spinnaker Way along the south

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* American Coot American Crow Birds Fish Fishers Pelagic Cormorant People Western Gull 

Birds, Fish, and Planes

October 29, 2017February 14, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Corvus brachyrhynchos, Fulica americana, Larus occidentalis, Phalacrocorax pelagicus

This Western Gull caught or stole a flat little fish, but had a problem getting it into its gullet.  As

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American Crow Birds 

Crow Cleaning Up

February 11, 2017January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Corvus brachyrhynchos

Turkey vultures don’t show up at Cesar Chavez Park much, so the important job of cleaning up carrion falls to

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American Crow Birds Red-winged Blackbird 

Blackbird defends against raiding Crow

March 31, 2015January 21, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Agelaius phoeniceus, Corvus brachyrhynchos

A crow possibly looking for a breakfast of scrambled blackbird eggs ran into a vigorous air defense from a resident Red-Winged

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