Unfortunately, young American crows, especially when begging for food from their parents, often sound like fish crows.

Many years ago when Danny, that city boy, was putting in the garden in the field, he heard a loud crrroooak and thought a person was imitating a raven, but not very well. He had never seen or heard ...

The sounds made by crows and ravens share many properties with our language, and above all this is what so captivates those who listen.

My many hikes on trails within New York State’s 6-million-acre Adirondack Park were often punctuated by the same raven sounds of my more recent hikes on Mount Philo.

Crows and ravens (black birds that are comparable in their size and sound) are very comforting and nostalgic for me, as they remind me of my longtime love affair with the works of Edgar Allan Poe.