# A murder of crows just landed in our trees!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 1, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-just-landed-in-our-trees/972526 "2022-10-01T01:06:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-just-landed-in-our-trees/972526/21 "2022-10-04T02:29:23Z")

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We have a murder of Crows in my neighborhood. I love listening to their coarse caws.

I have a lovely app on my phone that listens to bird noises and returns the most likely species. It tells me that what I listen to most frequently is Corvus ossifragus- the Fish Crow. Ravens are bigger, with a different wing shape - these are definitely crows, rather than Ravens, when I watch them fly overhead.

Really I love all corvids, , though I do love ravens in particular. And I rarely, if ever, steal any corvids at all. I can’t help it if they want to come with me.

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**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-murder-of-crows-just-landed-in-our-trees/972526/22 "2022-10-04T04:31:01Z")

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I wish they’d stay for a short while then _leave_ our place.

I don’t mind them as such but they tend to promote a monoculture. They turn up and all the other birds vanish.

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