Crows are commonly seen all over Maine. It doesn’t matter if it’s an urban or a rural setting. Seen alone or in a big group called a murder, the corvid family birds are everywhere.
They also are intelligent and social birds, according to Cornell Lab. They seem to watch humans, but constantly interact with each other. Their loud caws can be heard coming from woods and fields across the state, sometimes as a warning to other wildlife of a predator or human presence.
And apparently they can talk, according to this video contributed to Bangor Daily News by Juliette Allen of Athens.
Allen had just gotten out of her vehicle after parking it at a Walmart in Skowhegan and she heard this odd “hello.”
She followed the voice to the crow, which was in a tree across the parking lot near the Skowhegan State Fair fence, she said.
She went over to investigate and see if the crow would do it again and managed to catch it on video telling her “hello.”.
When asked if it might recognize her from home or somewhere else, she said it could be.
“I did save a crow a few months ago. I found it in the middle of the road just sitting so I moved it into a safe spot. It could have been saying thanks. You never know,” she said.
Guess we may never know unless the crow tells us.
If you have had experiences like this with crows or other birds, tell us about it by emailing Outdoors Editor Julie Harris at [email protected] .
