Crow Facts

From an article in my college alumni magazine, about a professor who researches crows.

• Average life span of a crow in the wild: 4 to 6 years
• Age of the oldest captive wild crow: 59 years
• Decline in U.S. crow populations since the arrival of the West Nile virus: 45 percent
• Speed of a crow in flight: 30 to 60 miles per hour
• Miles a crow flies in a day, collecting food: 25
• Size of an average crow: 1 pound, 36" wingspan

I've always liked crows, and now I like them better.



Photo by Walter Siegmund from the Wikimedia Commons