Crows Quotations

The gay bunting erects his white crest, and gives utterance to the joy he feels in the presence of his brooding mate; the willow grouse on the rock crows his challenge aloud; each floweret, chilled by the night air, expands its pure petals; the gentle breeze shakes from the blades of grass the heavy dewdrops.

On the first of March, the crows begin to search.

No one can liberate you, for no one has bound you; you hold on to the nettle of worldly pleasures and you weep for pain. The kite is pursued by the crows so long as it carries the fish in its beak, it twists and turns in the sky trying to last and it drops the fish. That moment it is free. So give up the attachment to the senses; then grief and worry can harass you no more.

Since January 1, we've found four dead crows that tested positive for West Nile.

We took $10,000 on the Crows at $4.50, another $5000 at $4.30, and a steady stream of money since has forced them into $4.20 now.

It allows us to see where birds are expanding their ranges and where they're declining. (For example,) in the year after the West Nile virus was first discovered, we did see populations of crows decreasing in certain areas.

Robin considers that crows are a fiery mixture of intelligence, tenacity and spirit poured into a frail body.

Crows are what are known as colonial roosters -- they roost in a colony at night. That area in the east end near Homewood is where all of our crows, from who knows how far away, go. At times there's 20,000 crows down there.

The whole reason that we don't just allow people to go out and kill birds is that birds go to other places. What's happening in Wyoming is you have a concentration of crows from all over.

As the old cock crows the young cock learns

I've heard pileated woodpeckers make that kind of sound; I've heard crows make that kind of sound in breaking open a nut.

I now remember the prison cell as being tiny and cold instead of a window of opportunity and a source of pride as I once did. All I can do now is stand-by and watch the vultures, ravens, crows and magpies pick the bones of a once magnificent country clean.

The crows seemed to be calling his name, thought Caw.