Northwestern Crow

Corvus brachyrhynchos caurinus

First view, Seward, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, 27 May 2021.

Another view, the former “Northwestern Crow”, across the street from the Red Lion Hotel, Jantzen Beach, Portland, Oregon, 14 June 2018; crummy photo with my iPhone. Here are my comments about this bird when I posted them, back when this was considered a species: This is most likely one of the very few “controversial” photos on my website. Some experts say that this species can be reliable identified only by range, and Portland is just south of the (usually) accepted range. On the other hand, this was a very small crow whose voice was identical to Northwestern Crow, but substantially different from American Crow. It also responded to the Northwestern Crow call on my IPhone (as it is doing in this photo), but ignored the American Crow call on my iPhone. If this is not a Northwestern Crow, then perhaps Northwestern Crow is not a genuine species.