Medium-sized, black bird with a square tail and heavy bill
Coastal forests; nests in dense thickets of spruce or hemlock trees. Feeds along the shoreline.
Invertebrates (mussels and limpets), carrion (dead animals), eggs and young birds, small mammals
Great horned owls, goshawks; eggs taken by ravens, jays, squirrels
Crows open clams and mussels by carrying them aloft and dropping them on rocks below.
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