I was walking my dogs in Grandview this evening and around 6:30 pm I 
walked up Virginia Ave. and heard a deep guttural croaking call coming 
from a tall pine tree.  It was followed by a short, slightly breathy 
intake sound (sorry my descriptors are not very precise).  The bird 
continued to make these calls and I was able to find locate the source 
near the top of the pine tree.  

Since I am not familar with all of the calls of a crow, when I saw that it 
was a large black bird making the sounds, I assumed it was a crow.  When I 
got home, I went through all of the voice ID resources that I have.  The 
sound I heard wasnt anything close to what a crow or grackle would make. 
Whatbird.com has a raven recording that is almost exactly what I heard so 
I assume that would be the only bird it could be.  

http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/104/overview/Common_Raven.aspx

By the time I realized this was a rarity, I was already on my way out of 
town for work and couldnt go back to get pictures or a recording to 
confirm. Hopefully he will be there tomorrow or even tonight if anyone is 
close by.  The address is 1313 Virginia Ave. just north of 3rd Ave in 
Grandview.

Nikki

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