The Language of Crows

Crow Caws: Understanding Their Language

Crows are surprisingly expressive creatures, and their calls can tell you a lot about what they are thinking and feeling. On this page, we explore the different types of caws and calls, what they mean, and how to recognize them.

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  • "Crows are not always available to give warning."

    —Carlos Castaneda

  • "Our minds are like crows. They pick up everything that glitters, no matter how uncomfortable our nests get with all that metal in them. "

    —Thomas Merton

  • "‘As the crow flies,' a popular and picturesque expression to denote a straight line."

    - William Henry Maule

  • "If men had wings and bore black feathers, few of them would be clever enough to be crows"

    (Rev. Henry Ward Beecher)