From K-QEDE.

Chances are good. That is a familiar sound.

Crows. Corvus Brucky Rinkus if you want to

get scientific about it are often unwanted urban neighbors. Crows are thought to be loud, pesky, aggressive, even

sinister. And they're the subject of questions we got from San Mateo

listener Kevin Branch. There are so many crows around nowadays.

Are they pushing out the old normal birds that I grew up with,

the blue jays the mocking birds the red-wing black birds the birds I used to grow up

listening to the

when I woke up in the morning.

I'm Olivia Alan Price.

You're listening to the Bay Curious Podcast.

Today we're exploring the Rise of the Crow. We'll answer Kevin's

questions and explain to you why crows have lots of fans too. Support for

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Okay, so Kevin has a few questions for us. Are there more crows? Are they pushing out

other birds? And is there a plan to reduce their populations? We asked KQEDs Dan Brecky, who has a fascination with just about everything,

including the natural world, to take a stab at answering them. So Dan, what did you

got for us? So let's just say Kevin is not imagining things. I visited him at work. He works for a

theatrical rigging company down in Redwood City. He says it's the same thing every

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