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How can you tell a crow from a raven? Various things help, such as location, size, shape, behavior, and flight pattern. If the bird speaks, however, you'll know.

The American Crow is known for feasting on garbage, carrion, crops, and livestock, but these intelligent birds eat pests, clean up road kill, and raise big families.

Three amazing Crow stories illustrate the intelligence of Crows. Amusing crow stories introduce the trickster crow, the talking crow, and the feathered problem solver.

Almost everyone is familiar with canaries, budgies and parrots, but mynahs, doves, toucans, and crows are often kept as pets as well.

New birdwatchers can learn to recognize birds by paying close attention to the following six traits. A good guidebook and plenty of practice will do the rest.

In the early 1950s, a boy raised a crow as a pet - a pet that lived up to all the intriguing stories we hear about crows. Bill Bennett shares his memories of Ralph.

Carrion, the dead remains of animals, is removed by scavengers and insects.

The Grand Canyon in Arizona is dry and arid for the most part, but many species of diverse birds can be found in the gorge.

West Nile virus probably came to North America with a bird, and it's spreading. Mosquitoes are infected when they bite birds. Then they bite people.

Thousands of crows gathering together in stands of trees are an incredible sight. These days, crow roosts are common in cities; they inspire both wonder and irritation.

Most animals don't use tools and even fewer make tools - the New Caledonian Crow does both, using twigs, probes, and prefabricated hooks to get at buried or hidden food.

Ravens and crows are the subject of unpleasant folklore and superstition in many countries. Black plumage and repelling habits make them perfect Halloween symbols.

Keystone is well known for winter sports, but it's a great summer destination for fishing, mountain biking and hiking, too. Birders will also find it worth their time.

The Whip-poor-will, a nightjar of North and South America, is a night bird but it's still well known within its range because of its distinctive call.

Formerly known as the Common Snipe, Gallinago delicata is a common and interesting bird of bogs and marshes in North America.

People who feed birds are upset to find hawks using bird feeders to capture prey. Birds at feeders are as important to the hawks as the seeds are to the smaller birds.