caw

And yet I was surprised recently when a routine phone call to ask Mr. Kennedy for comment about another article was interrupted by a loud “caw” at the other end of the line.

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

“That woman with the voice like the cawing of a crow and those shoulders like sides of beef?”

After chatting and cawing — Fix is losing his ability to speak — they become friendly.

A swarm of black ravens swarmed the space, their caws deafening.