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Re: Hains Point, West Potomac Park

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jfox

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Thu, 10 Mar 2005 19:30:40 -0500

I think this bird should be named Uh-oh Crow. It's fun to say, makes for  
an amusing double take on the hyphen/second word convention in print, and  
if ever a name reflected a bird's call this would be it. Does anyone know  
where Fish Crow comes from or what it denotes?

John Fox
Arlington VA
jjfoxfox comcast net

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 12:59:44 -0500, Celia Adams  
<> wrote:

> A fish crow says uh-oh  or ah-aw in a higher pitched, croaky, raspy  
> voice.  Once you've heard it for sure, you'll never forget.  It's  
> nothing like the American crow's deeper caw.
> Celia Adams
> Fairfield, PA
>
>> From: Warren Strobel <>
>> Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding <>
>> To: 
>> Subject: [MDOSPREY] Hains Point, West Potomac Park
>> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 12:39:21 -0500
>>
>> 	Had 2 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS in the Washington Channel side of West
>> Potomac Park today (a new DC bird!), along with a Great Blue Heron  
>> standing
>> one-legged on the railings.
>> 	Other sightings included numerous Lesser Scaup in both the channel and
>> Potomac, Mallard, Canada Goose and what I'm also certain was a Fish  
>> Crow. I
>> am still learning the difference between the two crows - if it has a
>> two-syllable call, must it be a Fish Crow?
>> 	Thanks to all
>>
>> 	PS - In the continuing saga of tensions between birders and security  
>> folks,
>> I was questioned (although not rudely) by a uniformed Secret Service  
>> officer
>> in a motorcycle with side-car who seemed interested as to why I was  
>> walking
>> around Hains Point with a pair of binocs. (I did not have a scope).
>> 	Sigh. Why don't they hassle people who sit on their couches, eat junk  
>> food
>> and watch TV all day?
>>
>>
>>  Warren and Lisa Strobel
>>  OR 
>> Cape St. Claire, MD
>>
>> 2005 Year List - 97
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>> World Life List - 353
>
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