caw

Carrion crows can count out loud, effectively calling “one, two, three” as they caw, researchers report today in Science.

From Science Magazine ● May 22, 2024

And at that, Spencer cocks his head to the side and lets out a proud caw.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2021

It’s in the caw of the crow above that the Ngarigo, the Indigenous people of the Snowy Mountains, hear the voices of ancestors.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 13, 2019

An American crow makes the familiar caw, while the smaller fish crow says “uh-uh.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2016

The occasional hollow caw of one raven to another.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

One 16th Century tale sees Saint Peter trick Welshmen with the call caws bobi - Welsh for roasted cheese - which he said reflected the dish's cultural ties to Wales.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2025

An accordionist spurred the crowd of about 150 to dance, clap or yelp bird caws in approval.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2025

Estrildid finch songs, Japanese quail calls, squirrel monkey caws and even the ultrasonic vocalizations of house mice were used for comparison in the study.

From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2024

As scientists collect terabytes on terabytes of whale clicks and crow caws, they're hoping that deep learning can find patterns and meaning in the sounds that human beings have always missed.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 19, 2023

A fish market was coming to life along the avenue, and the shouts of merchants mixed with the caws of seagulls and rumble of steamboats coming in to port.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

Dierks Bentley’s stomps on his porch in Colorado jiggled the camera and an off-camera crow cawed at him.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 5, 2020

A bird cawed and soared on a wind current; small feet pattered across the floor behind the window.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2016

Sitting in the air-conditioned cafeteria while the cool breezes beckoned and the sea gulls gently cawed a few yards beyond, Josh Weintraub, 18, a film student, looked up from the laptop he was working on.

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2014

Crows in nearby trees cawed incessantly as the sisters considered what has happened here since the EPA arrived.

From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2010

It landed on a branch just inside the tree line, cawed, and then flew up and into the sky.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Johnson pledges his devotion to tropes like cawing ravens and thunderous rainstorms while giving his various red herrings silly nicknames like “the knife robot” and “the clangy clunk.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025

"These crows rise early and interrupt our sleep with their annoying squeals and cawing," Mombasa resident Victor Kimuli told the BBC.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2024

Adjuah mixes in the odd SPD-SX drum machine or other synthesized percussion, but the album features almost nothing but acoustic percussion, vocals and the occasional sound of trees rustling or birds cawing.

From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

The noises of the Puget Sound filled the air: ship horns blowing, gulls cawing, music playing.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2021

A barrage of frightened crows explodes from the underbrush, cawing and dark against the sky.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt