Fish Crow: 2, at the junction of Cedar and South Green roads in University Heights While running errands today, I came across a perched crow near the grocery store where the Fish Crows were hanging out this spring. I watched the bird sit and preen itself for thirty minutes. I didn't have binoculars with me, and the bird sat silent the whole time. I stuck around since the bird appeared small, thin-billed, and short-legged as a Fish Crow should. Finally, a second bird appeared and they called to each other, confirming their identity. Hopefully they will stick around for the Cleveland Christmas Bird Count. Andy -- Andy Jones, Ph.D. Director of Science William A. and Nancy R. Klamm Endowed Chair of Ornithology and Head of Department of Ornithology Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1 Wade Oval Drive, University Circle Cleveland, OH 44106 http://www.cmnh.org/Ornithology.aspx Photography: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ornitholoco ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]