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From: mjm@oliven.olivetti.com (Michael Mammoser)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: hunting crows, etc . Can crows talk??
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Date: 31 Aug 88 17:34:16 GMT
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In article <9200@ihlpa.ATT.COM>, pkb@ihlpa.ATT.COM (Benson) writes:
 > > 
 > > Question. Can crows be trained to talk? I heard that they could!
 > 
 > 
 > My father-inlaw had a pet crow for a few years who would say 'Hello Al'.
 > My father-inlaw's name is AL so I guess thats where the crow got it from.
 > Al didn't do anything special to the bird, the crow just started saying the 
 > phrase one day.

	There is a captive Raven at Alum Rock Park, a San Jose city park, that
will repeatedly say "hello". Its voice is somewhat high-pitched, but the word
is clear and distinct.

	On a more important note, the rare bird alert has reported a Terek
Sandpiper and a Long-Toed Stint along the coast at Monterey Bay; both first
records for the state of California! I just hope that they will stick around
until the weekend.

Mike