6 June 2001 at Pacific Grove MTY
The AMERICAN CROW is a common resident of oak savanna, agricultural fields, and riparian stretches of lowland California. It is only local in the southeast or east of the Sierran divide. There are interesting aspects as yet unstudied, including the fact that some coastal birds are cooperative breeders while interior pairs are not; some concepts are introduced in the Atlas of Breeding Birds of Monterey County by Roberson & Tenney, eds. (1993). Here's a photo of a juvenal crow begging from an adult on the Big Sur River (26 May 2000):
All my California records have been of birds within their usual range. I was familiar with this bird in the Central Valley as a child so my "state bird" does not have a specific date. Partial albinos have been seen at Pt. Pinos MTY over the years.
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