Anyone who has spent time in a park or backyard has probably noticed how noisy crows can get when an owl is nearby. The calls get louder, more birds join in, and before long, the owl is surrounded and ...

Cities have more lights. Crows do not have good night vision, so they like to roost in areas where they can spot their ...

They dress in black, hang out in noisy groups and hold grudges if you tick them off. These aren’t members of an outlaw motorcycle gang. They’re crows hanging out in your yard, neighborhood parks and ...

THE FIRST THING Ray Johnson brought out when we started on our crow hunt was a worn and battered cowbell. I stared at the noisy contraption, for the only Ohio crow hunting I’d done in Ray’s company ...

HOLDERNESS, N.H. - As the distressed cries of crows blare from a tape player, a group of hunters in training hunker in the brush, waiting for the varmint to swoop in. Before them, a perched, plastic ...

Crows have been patrolling my property and occupying my thoughts this week. The property is their territory. My mind is in awe of them. The crows have minds of their own. This current interest in ...

This story, “Cowbell Crows,” appeared in the Sept. 1950 issue of Outdoor Life. THE FIRST THING Ray Johnson brought out when we started on our crow hunt was a worn and battered cowbell. I stared at the ...