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Title: The birds of Albany County; a catalogue of the species recorded in this vicinity with notes on their lives and habits, and brief field-marks for aid in identification
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Judd, Wilbur Webster
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Albany, N. Y. (Press of Brandow printing co.)
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s near relative, the Blue Jay, also has a very large brainand the same marvelously developed auditory organs. The versatility of the Crow is shown in the way in whichhe adapts himself to conditions. He is a winter residentin Albany County and, when the food in the woods andfields fails, he knows how to fish in the river. I have frequentlyseen this operation. My journal for March 14, 1904,reads: I observed Crows fishing in Island Creek. Onehovered over the water, dropped down to the surface, andwent to the ice to eat what it had caught. While sojourningat Lake George, I saw Crows fishing almost every day. Why cast aspersion upon the ebony and perfectly properplumage of the Crow? Whether battling against the Marchor November winds, or posed against the white background ofWinter, he is always trim, well groomed, and altogetheradmirable. He also has an independent air and shows hisfreedom in every movement. I say that he is a permanentresident of Albany County, but ornithologists agree in
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Rose-Breasted Grosbeak Plate XIV American Crow 101 attributing to him a certain nomadic temperament. In aword, the Crows that breed hereabouts are supposed to havespent the Winter in more southern quarters, while those thatare seen about here during the Winter may probably go alittle farther north to establish their families. The femaleCrow is an admirable mother. No one of our feathered folkis more solicitous of the home and the eggs and fledglings thanthe despised Crow; in fact, many a human mother might learna lesson from the raucous bird of black plumage. In thisconnection I might mention that the Crow is one of naturessuccesses. The species is common everywhere in NorthAmerica from the fur countries to Mexico. Closely alliedspecies are found all over Europe, and it might be cited thatPierre Lou in his book Ulnde, Sans les Anglais, demon-strates that the Crow fairly overruns the whole of India.Our bird is equally common in Albany County. Mr.William G. Van Zandt, a local painter of

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