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American crow(Corvus brachyrhynchos) which means short beak.

Physical Description

Length: 15.8-20.9 inch,Weight: 11.2-21.9 ounces,Wingspan: 33.5-39.4 inches

Life span: 7-8 years (in the wild).

Behaviors

American Crows are very social, sometimes forming flocks in the thousands. Inquisitive and sometimes mischievous, crows are good learners and problem-solvers, often raiding garbage cans and picking over discarded food containers. They’re also aggressive and often chase away 

larger birds including hawks, owls and herons.

American crows spend most of the year living in pairs in small family groups and they usually mate for life. They remain loyal and stay with their respective mates year after year until and unless the mate is killed or it becomes incapable of mating any more.

migration

American Crows can be considered partially migratory. That is, some populations migrate, others are resident, and in others only some of the crows migrate. Crows in the southern parts of their range appear to be resident and not migrate.

habitat

According to allaboutbirds.org, American crow can be found at open woodlands, forests, agricultural fields, lawns, parking lots, athletic fields, roadsides, towns, and city garbage dumps.

food and diet

Seeds,Nuts,Fruits,Berries ,Vegetables ,Grains ,Eggs,Insects and meat and fat.;

status

Least concern(population increasing)

There are 27 million in the world

what hunts them 

hawks and owls

Hawks attack, kill and eat them during the day,Owls come after them at night when they are on their roosts,But crows also attack hawks and owls—though not to eat them.

Why it’s associated with death

Crows were associated with the Black Plague, the Great Fire of London, and the Civil War, when they would follow soldiers to the battlefield," explains Haupt with a warm existentialism. "This is why when we see crows in the city, they open up a whole mythology of death."