caw
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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
So I resolve to let everyone squawk and caw until they get bored, or become distracted, or fall asleep, or cheer up.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2021
Crows caw, lizards listen, golden girls sing and the feet of rats scribble on the doorsills sounding not maybe as you would expect, but in hearing them, discovering that they sound as they must.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2018
Forty-seven miles west of Barry and Po’s yard, seagulls caw and circle the property that was once Pungo district hospital.
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2018
Even Bongo’s quietest caw is a bit on the harsh side.
From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate
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
An echo of thrilled caws erupts in the massive space.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
Blackbirds cawed from trees and flapped over block after block of destruction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2025
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
Among the hundreds of crows observed during the study, the majority merely cawed loudly and dive bombed at the corpse without touching it.
From New York Times ● Jul. 19, 2018
Crows in nearby trees cawed incessantly as the sisters considered what has happened here since the EPA arrived.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2010
Somewhere in the jungle, an unidentified bird trilled, cawed, and fell silent.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
"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
After chatting and cawing — Fix is losing his ability to speak — they become friendly.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2024
“It changed my life because I didn’t have to be ashamed of what I was writing,” she says while sitting on the patio of her Long Beach apartment, seagulls cawing in the distance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
The noises of the Puget Sound filled the air: ship horns blowing, gulls cawing, music playing.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2021
There was nothing except the birds, cawing overhead.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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