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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

Crows caw Cassandra-like about imminent danger or snatch an ornament off a character’s head and fly away in a direction that leads that character to her destiny.

From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2021

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2021

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

Their small black eyes were full of secrets, and they would caw at him and peck his skin when they heard the songs.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

In response it caws again and spreads its large wings, taking flight and swooping toward the stage, gaining speed as it approaches.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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

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

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

It was just about to stab when Bigwig ran straight into it from behind and knocked it sideways, so that it staggered across the turf with a harsh, raucous cawing of rage.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams