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

A few people are splashing in the water as seagulls swoop and caw overhead; groups of day-trippers eat ice cream on some modern steps by the beach.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2017

The caw of the crow echoed through the trees like a bell.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

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

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 bard crafts a sad ballad, And sang that ballad back: ’Twas a dark and sad and clammy day; A lark caws daftly, madly.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2022

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

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

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 workman passed through the garden, a bird cawed from the shade and flew away.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2018

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

The raven cawed from the edge of the clearing.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

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

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

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2021

As my mother and I were taking an evening walk down an alleyway in our neighborhood, several cawing crows drew our attention up toward a fabulous spectacle of reds and greens in the sky.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2019

Michelangelo, after a great space of cawing gulls, said, “I agree with you, Jeanne. A life is worth infinitely more than a book.”

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz