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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This story is a favorite from our archives. Professor John Marzluff’s phone is ringing more than usual, which means it’s crow dive-bombing season in Seattle. “Every time I go out into my backyard ...

When I was a kid, one of my biggest fantasies was to have a pet crow. I was recently reminded of this by an active family of crows that lives down by the river behind our house. I haven’t found the ...

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, ...

We have all been there: It’s like 5 a.m. and you are rudely awoken from a deep slumber by the annoying and relentless sound of a crow cawing outside your house. You lay there in bed annoyed, listening ...

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 ...