| 单词 | caw |
| 例句 | The crows cawed and wheeled and beat their shiny black wings against the wind-whipped clouds. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Magdalys watched the dactyl swoop back into the night with a triumphant caw. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Elsie never talked, she just cawed and chirped like a bird as she waved her hands inches from her face. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z A pair of ravens exploded off a tree branch and flew around the oasis cawing wildly. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The raven stirs and caws at something in the shadows. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Old Familiar cawed at the waves of energy coming off High John’s fury. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Then the bird started again, and some kind of buzzing insect and then a chattering and a cawing, and soon there was the same background of sound. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z He snarled something I didn’t quite catch to Old Familiar, and the crow cawed once and began to turn. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The peacocks slender neck moved this way and that, and then, as though it had heard her, it cawed, its beak parted wide, the sounds pouring out of its throat. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In the distance, she heard the caw of a crow, over and over. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The raven turns its head and lets out a sharp, metallic caw. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The raven caws at it from its perch in the balcony. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But as soon as Clayton caught Beat Box’s eye, Beat Box stopped cawing. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z There were carrion birds in the sky, circling and cawing ugly cries that Lazlo imagined translated as Die so we can eat you. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I heard a crow cawing somewhere and I looked up. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Outside, the flag rope snapped and clattered in the wind, and the rooks cawed as they wheeled around the ramparts. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z During the day several crows cawed at us when we walked to our car. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The caw of the crow echoed through the trees like a bell. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A crow, startled by my small commotion, alighted from a branch to the right, cawing his displeasure, a staccato of anxiety stitching the night a darker blue. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “I understand your anger, Elias. You feel pain, sorro—” His words fall upon my ears like the incessant caws of a crow. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He might have stood there for a while, considering the cutaway road and the perfect metaphor it was, if a murder of black crows hadn’t shown up, cawing their stupid heads off. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It was just about to stab when Bigwig ran straight into it from behind and knocked it sideways, so that it staggered across the turf with a harsh, raucous cawing of rage. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I have not always had them. I know what I speak of, boy, and though you may think me a dismal old crow, you’ll do well to heed my cawing.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I stumbled to my feet and waded toward the cawing raven, which had landed on the bank a few yards away. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Somewhere in the jungle, an unidentified bird trilled, cawed, and fell silent. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z A barrage of frightened crows explodes from the underbrush, cawing and dark against the sky. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z An echo of thrilled caws erupts in the massive space. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Bongo flew high into my branches and landed with a victorious caw. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z There were dozens of the huge black birds hanging out in the trees around camp, cawing for handouts at mealtime. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z He perched on the pole and screamed a dark message in Edward’s left ear: Caw, caw, caw, without ceasing. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z I flap my arms and caw at Matt and Lance. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z A crow cawed and thunder clapped, and everyone in Isihlangu froze in time. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z They’d caw at her from the trees and wait for the shiny things that always appeared in her footsteps. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The only sounds were the rustling of the leaves and the cawing of a crow high up in one of the trees. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The carcasses of burnt and butchered animals dotted the ground, under living blankets of carrion crows that rose, cawing furiously, when disturbed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The men shuddered, their daemons bristled or shook themselves or cawed harshly, and the men soothed them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Come in!” she cawed like a pirate parrot. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She matched her words so perfectly that the speech was not a speech at all, but one creature’s voice in the wild, as natural as a raven’s caw or a coyote’s howl at midnight. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon, on the other hand, leaped into the air with a loud caw of delight, and wheeled and skimmed and darted now ahead of the boat, now behind the stem. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He could hear Beat Box and Boom Box going “caw, caw, caw” behind him. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z In response it caws again and spreads its large wings, taking flight and swooping toward the stage, gaining speed as it approaches. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z An explosion of caws and shrieks erupted around her as two dozen wings started flapping at the same time. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z They were so loud and crazy with their cawing and flapping, he knew what it meant to be surrounded by a murder of crows. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Above us, a nest full of young crows cawed for theirs, too. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Surrounded by nature—a gurgling stream, the caws, chirps of birds, a forest quiet humming underneath all the other sounds. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “You were hoarse with crying when you washed up here. You cawed over and over. So I called you Crow.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The raven cawed again, ignoring the treats being lobbed at it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The raven cawed from the edge of the clearing. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z It landed on a branch just inside the tree line, cawed, and then flew up and into the sky. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The occasional hollow caw of one raven to another. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The sound of his waking voice, perhaps a caw as hoarse as mine had been when I’d washed up on this very shore. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The giant crow cawed once and flapped its enormous wings. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It’s silent, no voices of children; only the monotonous cawing of a crow, and behind it the sea sound of distant traffic. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The crow was sitting on the fence, pecking ineffectively at the string with his bill, cawing softly to himself, a miserable sound. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z High John spoke again in that language of dancing slaves and hidden meanings, and the giant black crow cawed and flapped into the sky. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Michelangelo, after a great space of cawing gulls, said, “I agree with you, Jeanne. A life is worth infinitely more than a book.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Before she can respond, a caw echoes through the theater from the raven still perched on the balcony, watching the scene in front of him curiously. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They came flying at him, cawing and screeching, wheeling over his head, diving at his ears. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Even his raven joined in, cawing loudly from above the window. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A fish market was coming to life along the avenue, and the shouts of merchants mixed with the caws of seagulls and rumble of steamboats coming in to port. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The old woman throwing stones at crows who cawed and derided her was his old woman—and they his crows. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Their small black eyes were full of secrets, and they would caw at him and peck his skin when they heard the songs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As soon as I stepped off Old Familiar with her in my arms, the giant crow cawed and took off, disappearing into the shadows. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A crow cawed, and then all was still. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Bongo gave a little caw and headed back to me. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She spread her wings menacingly and let out her most ferocious caw. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z An old crow cawed her thanks and flapped ahead with two smaller crows following after her, joining the rest as we started to walk. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I shovel a handful of the fresh snow into my mouth, listen to the muffled stillness broken only by the cawing of crows. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Every now and then it cawed, a loud, shrill cry that made me flinch. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Then he raised his wings and splashed his belly in the water, sending a spray of drops everywhere and cawing in pleasure to be taking such a fine bird bath. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z High John stood on Old Familiar’s back as the shadow crow cawed and flapped above us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z "Will you sing it again? You have a nice voice, nicer even than the birds," I say as a crow starts cawing. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, Old Familiar cawed and hunted brand flies. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The crescent of weather-beaten bird cages, the rusted chairs left on the back porch, the sound of birds cawing and flapping around—it was all kinda freaking Genie out. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Above them, a raven cawed loudly in the rookery. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At last the woods rose; the rookery clustered dark; a loud cawing broke the morning stillness. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Osh told me how I stopped cawing and lay silent as a mouse when a hawk-shadow comes—I blinking up at him and he down at me—that morning when we first met. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z And from the trees, a murder of crows, cawing their displeasure at the ruined world. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z As I looked around, a cloud of crows flew over me, straight for the woods in back of the barn, cawing their heads off. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z The tree was black with crows all cawing at once. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Beat Box started cawing, and the other boys joined in. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z They turned away from the red-tail and, cawing frantically, dove at her. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Even Bongo’s quietest caw is a bit on the harsh side. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The crow sped toward her, flying in a tight, fast twist, all black feathers and black beak and panicked cawing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z They marched alongside the stream as it fattened into a river, alert all the while to the constant sound track of caws, shrieks, growls, and croaks. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The giant shadow crow cawed as they soared above us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the raven’s cawing changed to a strangled yelp. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Poking at the zipper with her beak, she cawed frantically. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Griffins flew back and forth in the sky, cawing, while knights sitting on their backs brandished lances, spears, and bows. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I go to the window, open it, and in come the eerie moans and caws of the loons, the thunder of the winter waves, stellar waves, I see. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Then I heard the death caw of the bird. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He whistled, and Old Familiar cawed and flapped down out of the air. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Old Familiar cawed twice, and then we took off, flapping in a giant, gusty circle as we built up speed and climbed higher and higher. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Across the pale, oyster-colored sky of twilight a flock of crows flew, sharply black, and whirred over him, cawing loudly. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The birds erupted into a feathery whirlwind, cawing and chirping as they fled toward all exits. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z With that, Bongo let loose a hoarse and gleeful caw, and set off to wait for children to arrive at school. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Some seagulls flew past, cawing in the dark sky above them. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z A dozen crows, disturbed, rose cawing around them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Crows cawed, sundown was near, but his home was not; the lane of Chinese elms had turned into a tunnel of darkening green, and he lived at the end of it, half a mile away. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z She nibbled at the edge and shuddered from head to foot, cawing like she was dying. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Grasshoppers jumped around our feet, bees buzzed, a crow cawed in the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Furthermore, he didn’t want to be called Clay Bird—and from the way the boys cawed, he knew they saw a “bird.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z A few bold crows flocked near, cawing at their backs. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z A bird cawed and soared on a wind current; small feet pattered across the floor behind the window. Tom Bissell's 'Apostle' takes a ride-along through unanswerable questions about Jesus' disciples 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z A few people are splashing in the water as seagulls swoop and caw overhead; groups of day-trippers eat ice cream on some modern steps by the beach. Britain’s oldest roller coaster is ready to ride after a $30 million park makeover 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Kitai would understandably like to split — 1,000 years after humans abandoned Earth, he and Dad have landed on a now seemingly pristine, healed world teeming with cawing, clawing menace and some cute baby critters. Movie Review: ‘After Earth,’ Starring Will Smith and Jaden Smith 2013-05-30T21:48:08Z But not so fast: she grows into a child who never speaks, only caws and squawks, a child who longs to fly, who wishes for wings instead of hands and arms. Raven Girl takes wing and flies onstage 2013-05-04T06:00:35Z Thirty seconds into the barbecue, my Cleveland cousins have everyone speaking Southern—broadened vowels and dropped consonants, whoops and caws. In ‘Playlist for the Apocalypse,’ the Weight of American History and of Mortality 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Just then, the cawing of birds attracts attention overhead. ‘Challenger Disaster’ TV Film Stars William Hurt 2013-11-13T16:00:49Z Seagulls, protecting their trashy turf, caw in the air, and public buses — which often break down, sometimes explode, but rarely arrive on time — screech on the ground. Rome in Ruins 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z The finale, introduced by cawing crows, is a doozy: 28 minutes of “Love and Only Love,” remade from Mr. Young’s 1990 album with Crazy Horse, “Ragged Glory.” The Playlist: A Punk Response to Violence and Neil Young’s Return to Love 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z It has never hurt that Mr. Dylan’s words were delivered, as the English poet Philip Larkin once put it, in a “cawing, derisive voice” that seemed to carry the weight of myth and prophecy. Bob Dylan on the Page: Poetry and Prose to Match Any American Writer 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z In the last scene, more chopping from the Hound—boy, does he love to chop!—and the sound of a bird caw. “Game of Thrones”: Start Choppin’ 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z There is no music, only the cawing of birds. Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘Great Beauty’ Explores Italy’s Decline 2013-09-08T21:23:29Z We stopped under overcast skies and listened to the cacophony of squawks, squeaks, caws and chattering. Not those gators: Improbable fauna 10 minutes from downtown Gainesville 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z On the night of the arranged contract murder, a raven appears outside Gildong’s room and caws three times. Michael Dirda reviews Korea’s version of ‘Robin Hood’ 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z For those excited fans waiting for her patented scream, that was delivered too — along with other ho-hum shrieks and caws of varied intensity. Review: 'American Idols Live' rolls into town; amiable twanger Aaron Kelly a standout 2010-08-21T19:03:00Z As you cross, the noises and bustle of the city fade away, replaced by the caws of sea gulls. Europe, in 9 Walks 2013-04-19T14:51:25Z A tender study of loss told from the perspectives of its mourning characters, “Grief Is the Thing With Feathers” also features passages from the consciousness of an enormous, cawing bird. A Writer’s Deathbed Portrait of Francis Bacon 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Peacocks and peahens don’t have much of a bird song — they emit a sharp “caw” that is “not cute,” Lewis said — but other birds have found themselves in conversation with the 31-year-old whistler. Whistling as an Art Almost Died Off. Can Molly Lewis Keep It Alive? 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z The foliage sways in the breeze, casting glimmering shadows that dance on a nearby wall to the chorus of crickets chirping, leaves rustling and crows cawing. On Craft & Folk Art Museum's golden anniversary, 'Paperworks' is a cutting-edge gift 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z The caw of a cockatoo precedes a wash of cymbals. Readers recommend: songs about birds 2010-04-29T22:45:00Z Loud “caws” are their most common vocalizations, but they also use clicks, rattles and coos. Crows are often thought of as scavengers. But they are also smart and playful. 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z With their paint-freckled surfaces, fiber wigs and movable parts, they’re a chorus of cawing, braying, snuffling, singing beings, visual art as visual noise. Art Review: African Art Museum of the SMA Fathers, Tenafly, N.J. 2010-08-19T22:05:00Z Monk and her singers chirrup and caw, clack and chant, sometimes evoking the cries of animals or the wailing of sirens, sometimes suggesting a music of the spheres. Songs of Ascension 2010-08-31T20:30:00Z With the strange caws and showy displays, these beasties provide a lot of the movie’s easygoing pleasures. Review: ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Unleashes J.K. Rowling’s Magic on Old New York 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Ice, tree roots, the cawing of a raven, the door: thoughts of them linger, like a sad dream that haunts us all. “Game of Thrones”: The Door 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z Working out the sound of a crow’s caw, the pair seemed ready for their spotlight — at the most stylish comedy hour ever. A Cabaret Star and an Opera Star Walk Onto a Stage … 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z So I resolve to let everyone squawk and caw until they get bored, or become distracted, or fall asleep, or cheer up. Marriage Requires Amnesia 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z As my mother and I were taking an evening walk down an alleyway in our neighborhood, several cawing crows drew our attention up toward a fabulous spectacle of reds and greens in the sky. Long aftermath of a mass shooting: Remembering my father, killed in 1991 at the University of Iowa 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z Out on the water, his passenger’s neuronal activity resolved into a pleasing if possibly illusory tableau of blue sky, gentle breeze and cawing sea gulls. Daniel Dennett, Author of ‘Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking’ 2013-04-29T21:49:23Z Squirming, deadpanning in his distinctive Home Counties caw, Bird is very funny throughout. Simon Bird spreads his wings 2011-02-20T00:05:18Z A breeze rustles the leaves, rooks hidden in the oaks caw to each other. In northeast England, learning about birds of prey and their high-flying ways Adjuah mixes in the odd SPD-SX drum machine or other synthesized percussion, but the album features almost nothing but acoustic percussion, vocals and the occasional sound of trees rustling or birds cawing. A Trumpeter Stretches Past the Bounds of Jazz 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z His voice becomes an amplified, guttural caw that somehow also embraces the elegant, emphatic diction of a classic ham actor. Review: What the Crow Knows in ‘Grief Is the Thing With Feathers’ 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z The other inhabitants are the region’s cawing, cooing, slithering animals, including the elusive moray eels Julija hunts. ‘Murina’ Review: Hunting for Independence on Her Terms 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z As scientists collect terabytes on terabytes of whale clicks and crow caws, they're hoping that deep learning can find patterns and meaning in the sounds that human beings have always missed. Introducing Scientific American' s Redesign, Newsletter and Podcasts 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z “My drawing with watercolor markers. A common visitor to my backyard, where they loudly caw each morning if I am late with the daily in-shell peanut allotment.” How Sketching Birds Changes the Way You See Them 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z After that, guests were handed ceramic, parrot-design shot glasses and invited to toast with the ceremonial utterance “Ca caw!” then down the mini cocktail. All aboard the tropical fall escape of Acey Deucey Club’s tiki bar submarine 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z A bard crafts a sad ballad, And sang that ballad back: ’Twas a dark and sad and clammy day; A lark caws daftly, madly. Style Invitational Week 1514: Ask Backwards XLI 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z “It changed my life because I didn’t have to be ashamed of what I was writing,” she says while sitting on the patio of her Long Beach apartment, seagulls cawing in the distance. Diana Burbano, a Colombian immigrant and punk rock playwright, is always true to herself 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z If there wasn’t total hush, it was nature’s noise — territorial turkeys or summer cicadas, not gun battles or urban caw. A neighborhood’s cryptocurrency mine: ‘Like a jet that never leaves’ Even the sea gulls, whose cawing and mewling were so much a part of the commotion of the Bosporus, fell in line with this solemn tableau. Returning to Istanbul, a Place of Competing Identities 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The noises of the Puget Sound filled the air: ship horns blowing, gulls cawing, music playing. How the Emerald City welcomed 4 out-of-state travelers 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, those blessed crows sit and caw and take care of themselves. Column: I abandoned all my big pandemic projects. Here are 13 lessons I learned instead 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z “The more northern tribes of the northeastern United States knew this as the crow moon, when the cawing of crows signaled the end of winter,” explains NASA, on its website. Full worm supermoon thrills skywatchers 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z “The more northern tribes of the northeastern United States knew this as the Crow Moon, when the cawing of crows signaled the end of winter,” explains NASA, on its website. Full worm supermoon on deck: What you need to know 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z “We best be returning to the lab, Nathaniel. It’s getting dark,” she says, her exaggerated old Hollywood accent suddenly cawing like a crow. 'Schitt's Creek' has a trailer for 'The Crows Have Eyes 3.' And it's bonkers 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z It started at her motion, then forced its way up into the sky and away towards the sea, cawing hoarsely. Three tales the river told 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z In Maine, seagulls caw and a bald eagle perches on a pine tree right in front of my cabin. Column: Unplugging from 'L.A. me' once a year lets me plug back in refueled to see life anew 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z An eerie silence is broken by an occasional security vehicle whizzing past or the cawing of crows. No phone calls, no groceries: Kashmir on edge under lockdown 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z It’s in the caw of the crow above that the Ngarigo, the Indigenous people of the Snowy Mountains, hear the voices of ancestors. Ngarigo: Australia's people of the snow – a photo essay 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z Except for the cawing of crows nesting within an apartment building’s crumbling gables, the town was silent. Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere Into the Center of the World Economy? 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Crows caw, lizards listen, golden girls sing and the feet of rats scribble on the doorsills sounding not maybe as you would expect, but in hearing them, discovering that they sound as they must. Review: Michael Tilson Thomas brings his 'Playthings' to the L.A. Phil, and they're not what you think 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z A mysterious nocturnal mood pervaded, be it the strumming in the piano for Paul Klee’s “Black Prince” or Leng Tan’s cawing like a crow to accompany Van Gogh’s “Wheatfield With Crows.” Review: Major new works by Steve Reich and George Crumb find two leading American octogenarian composers in magnificent old form - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Perhaps inspired by their black plumage and coarse caws, stories and legends depict these birds as ominous creatures, messengers between the realms of the living and the dead, harbingers of death and misery. Counting Crows 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Among the hundreds of crows observed during the study, the majority merely cawed loudly and dive bombed at the corpse without touching it. Why Are Some Crows Committing Acts of Necrophilia? 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z The corridors are thick with rasping shrieks and caws. From sharks to chimps to moon bears: tales of a supervet 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Startled, it flaps leisurely away, cawing its displeasure. Ded-Mek 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z As the dim morning hours stretched into afternoon at the aquarium this spring, hundreds of shrieking children swarmed past Storm’s open air habitat and dozens of cawing birds flew overhead. Texas State Aquarium houses more rescued animals post-Harvey 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z The team personalizes the intros for the opponent; for instance, there was an eagle caw in reference to the Capitals’ alternate logo. Relive the Vegas Golden Knights’ theatrical Stanley Cup Game 1 intro 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z At the sight of a dead crow near possible predators, the birds swarm in large numbers, emitting a cacophony of caws, but never touch the body. Why Are Some Crows Committing Acts of Necrophilia? 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z A workman passed through the garden, a bird cawed from the shade and flew away. Mary Steenburgen knows how to coax a laugh but is equally at home with the dark side 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z The gargantuan vessel - named “La Perla” after house founder Coco Chanel’s Southern French villa - was brought to life by lighting mimicking lapping ocean waves and the sound of cawing sea gulls. Chanel wows celebrities with ship for cruise show in Paris 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z The gargantuan vessel — named “La Perla” after house founder Coco Chanel’s Southern French villa — was brought to life by lighting mimicking lapping ocean waves and the sound of cawing sea gulls. Chanel wows celebrities with ship for cruise show in Paris 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z The severity of the framing can seem at first like a distortion of reality, much like the wild, teeming soundscape, alive with buzzing insects, cawing birds, giggling children and distant gunshots. Lucrecia Martel's 'Zama' is a feverishly brilliant tale of European colonialism and its discontents 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Headphones will fill your ears with voices and cawing birds. Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s virtual-reality voyage is D.C.’s most intriguing experience right now 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z On a recent evening, Lange motioned toward a mass of American crows bellowing their raucous caws as they perched on tree branches just outside the airport's boundaries. Large flocks of crows pose danger for plane traffic at John Wayne Airport, some pilots say 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z Two passing teens don’t make eye contact, but one of them caws like a crow. Fishing on the sidewalk: Homeless man gets by the hard way 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z Scientists have inferred meanings for only a few categories of vocalizations, like the guttural caws that incite crows to mob predators and the plaintive squawks young birds employ to beg for food. What’s with all the cawing? UW team eavesdrops on crows 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z They are usually noisiest in the morning—a robust concert of clucks, chortles and caws. Fowl Language: AI Decodes the Nuances of Chicken "Speech" 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z One hall in the war museum, called “Defeat of the U.S.,” showed a huge diorama with an American soldier’s corpse being picked at by crows, with the sound of their caws filling the room. Opinion | Inside North Korea, and Feeling the Drums of War 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z The ravens of El Corb soared above me, cawing out their rightful claim. Mount Everest is collapsing under our weight. Time to dump the bucket list | Philip Hoare 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z He keeps cawing all the way to Front Street. Fishing on the sidewalk: Homeless man gets by the hard way 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z To the casual listener, all “caws” might sound the same. What’s with all the cawing? UW team eavesdrops on crows 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z A windswept, nearly treeless expanse of dunes, waving prairie grass, and fast, undulating turf, the new place has every attribute of a links except cawing sea birds and an ocean. Trinity Forest Golf Club promises to be the PGA Tour's most unique venue - Golf Digest 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z Around four, the crows started cawing, and soon the smaller birds were chattering, as if they had dreams they were eager to share. “You Are Happy?” 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Could those really have been caws heard the next morning in Central Park, a grating but not unwelcome note in the daily symphony of Manhattan noises? Crows and Ravens Make New York Comebacks to Caw (and Cr-r-ruck) About 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z There is almost total silence here, apart from the lazy purr of cicadas’ wings and the occasional caw of a bird, and rustle of wings through the trees. Preparing for peace: inside Farc’s Colombian jungle base 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Where did all the animal sounds come in – cow’s mooing, horses whinnying, goats and sheep bleating, crows cawing? Neil Young is out to reinvent the live album on 'Earth' 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z The only sounds were the chirring of the cicadas and the occasional hoarse cawing of crows in the treetops at the edges of the field. Cooking is a simple route to joy | David Ferguson 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z I assume that when he works out, he’s not listening to EDM or podcasts, but the sound of the mighty Mississippi river rushing or the incessant caw of the majestic bald eagle. Paul Ryan: creep, failure, hero of the hour | Dave Schilling 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z An American crow makes the familiar caw, while the smaller fish crow says “uh-uh.” Crows and Ravens Make New York Comebacks to Caw (and Cr-r-ruck) About 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z However, it is its own kind of discrimination to blithely caw that all people “out there” are bigots. Trump Is Extremely Articulate—That's Why He's So Dangerous 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z “They wake me up every morning, cawing at 5 a.m.,” she said. Crows find home, leave waste in downtown Wichita 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Pacing around her home's makeshift kitchen, the cawing and chirping of birds audible through the smoke-stained tarpaulin roof, Sweet is forlorn as she talks about her family's future. Liberia's Ebola widows learn to become the new breadwinners 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Sunlight spilled through the open door and window, and as we sat down, I heard leaves rustle in the garden and the unfamiliar caws of Swedish birds. WSJ. Magazine’s 2015 Literary Innovator risked everything by writing ‘My Struggle,’ a 3,600-page account of his life 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z He kept seagulls as pets, or said he had, and that he spoke their language: he would flap his hands, and skip, and caw. The Long-Lost Tale of the World’s Longest Book 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Now, the only sounds were our voices echoing around a vast courtyard, the crunch of rubble beneath our feet and the caw of a lone ornery crow. The Estonian city that loves Putin - BBC News 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z “If you go between him and the TV, he’s so mad, he starts cawing like ‘Hey, get out of my way!’” $1,000 reward offered for Mickey the macaw, stolen from East L.A. home 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z The cawing of crows mixed with terrified screams as the worst of the aftershocks — magnitude 6.7 — pummeled the capital city. Aftershocks Rattle Nepal as Quake Toll Passes 2,200 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z The cawing of crows mixed with terrified screams as the aftershock pummeled the capital city early Sunday afternoon. Magnitude 6.7 aftershock hits Nepal, causes panic 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z Republicans, he cawed, are forcing Lynch to “sit in the back of the bus.” Inexcusable wackiness in the Senate 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z The wavy motion of the bird, its soft caws, the gentle children's song gently bouncing in the background: every component merges together into this blend of sound and color, putting me into a relaxed trance. The 21 games that should be installed on every iPhone 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Sitting in the air-conditioned cafeteria while the cool breezes beckoned and the sea gulls gently cawed a few yards beyond, Josh Weintraub, 18, a film student, looked up from the laptop he was working on. A College Beach Party With a Twist, and More Than a Few Wrinkles 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z Nesting ravens caw as he plays a wooden flute and chants at a spot he discovered as a child. Trying to share Monument Valley without ruining it 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z It was dusk, and there was loud cawing and hooting coming from the jungle all around. How Laura Poitras Helped Snowden Spill His Secrets 2013-08-13T09:00:02Z Birds cawed overhead, shriller than any alarm clock. Special Night for Camping Not Far From City’s Lights 2013-08-08T00:04:12Z Crows cawed about the gullies, flaunting their power of flight as I laboured sweatily in the morning sun. Walking in the Swiss Alps – in the footsteps of a package holiday pioneer 2013-06-14T20:00:00Z Visitors to the exhibition can carry a small portable audio device and punch in the corresponding number for each watercolor to hear a tweet or caw. Audubon's Birds Live On Long after His Death [Slide Show] 2013-05-17T18:15:00.220Z All of a sudden, there’s a burst of cawing and most or all of the birds take off in unison. In pursuit of the Rook 2013-05-12T17:45:05.410Z Crows, for example, use different calls — a deliberate language system — to communicate in various situations; a harsh caw is a call for help, while haaa signals hunger and longing for meat. ‘Earth from Space’ to air on PBS; book shows brainy birds behaving like humans 2013-02-04T20:58:33Z Insects are everywhere, including several trying to burrow under my skin, and birds caw in the background. Rio +20: Joining the ecological dots 2012-06-17T11:51:46Z The runners are always on time, spending 10 minutes or more before practice stretching on the track as crows caw overhead. Far From Home, Amantle Montsho Chases Olympic Dream 2012-06-01T13:02:57Z I must introduce to you an old acquaintance—the Rooks—caw! caw! caw! all around us. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z No sound but the distant cawing of crows, and somewhere to the right the chirp of a squirrel broke the silence save for the rustling leaves underfoot. The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z He signaled that the tanks were coming, but they mooed as they moved and the aeroplanes of which he spoke in dots and dashes cawed most distinctly. The A.E.F. With General Pershing and the American Forces 2012-03-09T03:00:18.240Z A flight of crows, frightened by I know not what, rose from the dark marshes and alighted upon the tops of the poplars, beating their wings and cawing above the waste. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z The cawing of rooks, the murmur of wood-doves, the scents of late spring filled the balmy air. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Except the custodian of the place there was not a human creature there; nor a sound to be heard save the cawing of crows that flew among the columns, and lighted on the roof. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z Circling the clearing, they comment in uproar upon the most advisable oak for their afternoon symposium, expand their polished feathers, and, seated in a derisive row, caw a farewell to the wader’s long, departing legs. Minstrel Weather 2012-01-24T03:00:25.640Z Chirp, chirp, says the sparrow; Caw, caw, says the crow; Quack, quack, says the duck; And what cuckoos say, you know. The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes 2012-01-15T03:00:17.137Z A cawing din filled the air, with an occasional loud “Quock!” of alarm or indignation. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z The conversation of the prophetical birds had extended thus far when the crows began to caw, the east put on a reddish hue, and the travellers beneath the tree bestirred themselves. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z As they moved along the stillness was disturbed by the noisy cawing of a flock of crows that seemed to be disputing some matter. Storm-Bound or, A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts 2011-12-17T03:00:14.840Z The birds were divided into two groups; one was exposed to threatening predator sounds like crunching leaves, cawing crows and shrieking hawks, and the other listened to neutral sounds produced by geese, hummingbirds and seals. Green Blog: For Sparrows, Terror Has Grim Consequences 2011-12-13T21:13:08Z He heard the caw of homing rooks and the flutter of thrushes in the great Hall shrubberies. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z I hear the caw of a crow and watch it fly by, sleek and black. City Room: Autumn Unfolds: In Native Witch Hazel, a Stunning Endnote 2011-11-25T15:09:51Z She listened: there was only the cawing of some distant rooks and the whisper of the breeze among the pines. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z It was answered by a single “caw,” low, but seemingly so near that they were startled, and for a moment felt that they were being deceived. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z The blackbird has to some extent the power of the mocking bird, of imitating the sounds it hears,—such as the chuckling of a hen, the song of the nightingale, the caw of the crow. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Hundreds of perps are getting all comfy in the treetops, cawing in mirthful defiance, unaware that they have just made her day. This Land: Terre Haute Battles Crow Problem -This Land 2011-10-26T17:57:32Z High in the windless spaces above the elms, the rooks were circling and cawing. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z “O, I know two words in Welsh,” said I, “bara y caws.” Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z The “caw” was repeated low, but with reassuring effect, for they now discovered that while the sound was apparently near, due to atmospheric conditions, it was in reality fully two hundred feet away. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z Here they build their nests, rear their young, keep up an incessant cawing, quarrel and make peace as do all other large communities. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z They communicate through a vocabulary that goes well beyond “caw.” This Land: Terre Haute Battles Crow Problem -This Land 2011-10-26T17:57:32Z Blended with the cawing of the rooks came the tolling of the bell for her son's funeral. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z Tell us whether you know more Welsh than bara y caws; or to speak more plainly, whether you understand a good deal of what we say.” Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z It startled her out of her reverie, and finally she concluded the “caw,” which seemingly sounded from the opposite woods, was really at the shore, and resulted from the peculiar condition of the atmosphere. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z The croak of the crow is, moreover, much harsher than the caw of the rook. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z It is three far-off seagulls cawing over a crushed oyster shell. The Fifth Down: Week 5 N.F.L. Matchups: Another Turning Point 2011-10-07T10:00:05Z As for the crows and ravens, they cawed as though they were in terror of their lives, and started off to hide themselves among the clouds. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z I’ve shot it more ’n once, and I brought down a cawing crow last winter. The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp 2011-09-30T02:00:20.203Z For a moment the silence was intense; then it was broken again by the familiar, long-drawn out, guttural cry, “Caw! caw!” of the black scavenger bird. An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z Crows and hawks cawed and screamed; kingfishers and squirrels chickered and chirred, but no animal came near the traps. Lost in the Ca?on 2011-09-19T02:00:14.387Z From without, the cawing of rooks and shouts of children at play are faintly audible. Puppets at Large Scenes and Subjects from Mr Punch's Show 2011-09-19T02:00:13.900Z Load it with two shots, and shoot when you hear me caw and crow.” The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z When they had advanced somewhat farther, the two men heard cawing, but the crows were invisible. On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z “Wait!” and Sam placed his two hands over his mouth so as to form a hollow, and called out in moderate tones: “Caw! caw!” An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West 2011-11-17T03:00:31.330Z Through the blue sky flocks of ravens were approaching more and more numerously, with great cawing, and coming down at a distance, waited till the soldiers, still going about on the plain, should depart. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z And they’re always a-fighting too, just like my boarders be, and never a thing do they say from morning till night but caw, caw, caw. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z And all around in the sky the crows were beginning to caw to each other, in anticipation of the feast. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z The cawing of crows and of daws was heard then above them a second time. On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z And high aloft, among some gigantic elms, the rooks were cawing lustily, as they swang on the branches near their nests. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z But only the voices of muskets and the loud cawing of the dark birds gave him answer. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z A pack of crows cut across the sky, cawing. Haruki Murakami: “Town of Cats.” 2011-08-29T04:00:00Z And it was near midnight, and very misty, and Ulenspiegel, being just about to leave the house, thought he heard the cawing of a crow, three times repeated. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z Flocks of crows from among the leafless trees by the roadside flew before the sleighs with shrill cawing. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z In dashed the bay through the park-gates, sending the shingle flying up in small simoons, and the rooks cawing in supreme surprise from their nests in the branches of the beech-trees. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z The rooks lazily cawed as they flew off with the acorns, the hills were half hidden with a yellowy vapour, and a few distant fleecy clouds, far up, floated in the azure. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z The third is an ignorant fellow that caws out strange predictions in Crow-alley, of whose croaking noise I shall here take no notice, he having been sufficiently mauled in the most ingenious Spectators. The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell A Gentlen, who, tho' Deaf and Dumb, Writes down any Stranger's name at first Sight; 2011-08-14T02:00:22.973Z The rooks rose from the oaks with a lazy cawing, loth to leave the ripening acorns, and settled again when he had passed. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z “Caw, caw!” a crow went over down to the shore, where he hoped to find a mussel surprised by the dawn in shallow water. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Day after day came the cawing of crows and ravens, in flocks without number. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z So long as they can see a light they will not caw. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z From distant fields and forests the caw of the crows winging their slow way across the blue sky came monotonously. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z Underneath lay a fallow strip, reddish brown amidst the green waves of pasture, and a party of rooks rose cawing above the idle plough. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z Three unhackneyed images, from the City of the Soul, I noted as admirable: "The distant rook's faint cawing, harsh and sweet." A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z Soon the crows began to sweep solemnly through the air with their caw! caw! The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z They go to some distance and then wheel round and come back at an immense height, and there, collected in loose order, circle round and round, cawing as they sail. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Woolsonbury stands out like a headland above the dark Danny woods, over which the rooks were wheeling and cawing previous to settling themselves in for the night. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z He jes’ flopped down, give a caw, and swallowed the corpse. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z A crow cawed wildly as it rose; all about was the stir of startled and scurrying things. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z "Caw! caw!" he screamed again, looking down curiously at the squirrel, as much as to say, "Who cares for your music!" The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z As I write, the rooks are cawing in the church-yard elms, disputing and chattering like a set of busy prosaic burghers. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z There was no sound in the dim, slumbrous wood, but the far-off sleepy caw of a rook. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Jays shot through the leafless woods shouting their raucous call; crows cawed in the distance; close at hand, squirrels chattered and scolded at her from the trees as she passed under the stark, bare branches. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z The church clock is silent now, but the rooks caw on undisturbed from one spring to another in the Old Kensington suburb. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z While our squirrel was singing his morning psalm, a crow, just out of his bed, went sailing along above us, with his "caw! caw!" and settled on a tree nearby. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z It is beautiful in summer in the meadows, at the edge of the pine woods, when the sun brings out the delicious aromatic perfume of the pines, and the birds sing, and the rooks caw. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Rats everywhere, in the sewers and broken walls; in the crumbling belfry above birds, cawing discordantly. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z The daws, with cawing clamorousness, flew to and fro across the abyss, and crept into the crevices of the rock where their nests were. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z The children could listen to the cawing of the rooks, to the echo of the hours, as they struck on from one day to another, vibrating from the old square tower of the church. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z Aw, caw, I don’t think I can fly all that way. The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India 2011-05-07T02:00:31.307Z The air was heavy with the scent of flowers; from the fields came the caw of rooks, as long flights passed homeward to roost. For the School Colours 2011-04-28T02:00:12.693Z And I never thought of chattering jackdaws cawing the matter from the house-tops. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z The bare branches of the tree, were often crowded with cawing rooks, coming from the neighbouring woods, and eagerly watching for a bone or crumb, from the kitchen of the castle. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z There was nothing to be heard but continual cawing; and in a great opening where the oaks grew thinnest, the children saw their own fathers busy planting acorns. Granny's Wonderful Chair & Its Tales of Fairy Times 2011-04-12T02:00:26.413Z A rooster was crowing lustily at the barn; the cawing of a crow came across the fields. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z The last rook had cawed out its low guttural note, and the last gleam of daylight died off between the thick boughs of the dark trees that pattered lightly overhead, as Thorkell set off afresh. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z The light, falling upon the roosts of the rooks, had set the birds astart, and caused them to commence the utterance of their cheerful cawing. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Should a crow come near the house, and caw in its usual rapid raucous tones, it means that calamity is impending. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z Dimly we could hear the problems of a great and unhappy universe flapping in our ears and urging us with unintelligible, hoarse caws to present their cases for solution. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z A rain-crow was huskily cawing on the trough by the roadside where he had perched. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z It is quiet, and stillness itself; no sound but the cawing of the rooks, and the ticking of the clock on the broad old staircase. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z There was a long-abandoned apple orchard about a hundred yards from where the forest began, and a crow in one of the trees cawed lazily as they approached. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z If a crow keeps on cawing incessantly at a house, it is believed to foretell the coming of a guest. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z With a startled squawk, it beat frantically into the air, struggled to gain altitude and cawed derisively after it had done so. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z He ended it by flapping his arms in imitation of flying, and emitting a series of caws. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z Their shrieking and cawing alternated with the shaman's unintelligible incantations. Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:00:56.713Z Even the sound of children's laughter and prattle is never heard there, and little but the solemn caw of the rooks and the baying of the night-dog. The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:56.067Z Just opposite was a house almost hidden in clematis, and in the background was a tall row of elm trees amongst the branches of which the rooks were cawing. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z When a crow cawed, the kitten swung at once toward the sound. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z Two rooks cawed to each other from the pine tree nearest our door; and Rose-Marie Schmidt said her morning prayers then and there, still clinging to her shovel. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z When they entered the gates the park lay before them, bathed in sunlight, the rooks cawed lazily in the trees, while the deer regarded them, from their couches in the bracken, with mild, contemplative eyes. The Childerbridge Mystery 2011-02-16T03:00:38.127Z The rooks, advertising their clumsy flight and semi-human ways, cawed noisily, playing in the gusty wind. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z The rooks had ceased to caw above his head. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z Across one of the more distant fields a flock of sable rooks—some of them fluttering and cawing—wings its slow and melancholy flight. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z Hitherto unseen stumps appeared above the settling snow, the gray haze of woods purpled with a tinge of spring, and the caw of returning crows pleased their ears, tired of the winter’s silence. A Hero of Ticonderoga 2011-01-27T03:00:45.450Z The crow flew caw cawing all over the district, but returned at last and reported failure, saying, “there is not such a man in the world.” Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z Just a while ago I cawed and that rascal Vaska almost fell off the fence. Verotchka's Tales 2011-01-24T03:00:16.880Z Rooks—real English rooks—were cawing above his head. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z A few rooks, hovering in the air and wisely bent on some facetious mischief, send down through the silver haze of the summer morning their sagacious yet melancholy caw. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z The crow on yonder tall fir tree Looks down and caws at such high jinks, When Potter played in front of me The other day upon the links. Wayside Weeds 2011-01-23T03:00:17.230Z The moment she heard the cawing of the crow she hid herself from sight among the foliage. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z Round the chapel swept the swallows, pigeons whirled aloft in the cloudless blue sky; from the leafy trees came the cooing of doves, and the cawing of rooks could be heard. The Pagan's Cup 2011-01-06T03:00:42.697Z A solitary rook cawed to us, perched on the vane of the court-house steeple. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z ‘It has been delightful,’ said I. At this point the first crow began to caw. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z A pair of crows winged across the Trail, alighted in a solitary pine, and cawed raucously. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z Just as I'm about to suggest bats, rats and giant spiders – if not vampires and zombies – a murder of crows alight on a gothic gable and arrange themselves into a line, cawing menacingly. The scariest building in Britain? 2010-10-27T20:31:00Z The crow began to caw -- screaming in that way that only crows scream. Tales from the road 2010-06-11T12:01:00Z Crows in nearby trees cawed incessantly as the sisters considered what has happened here since the EPA arrived. For asbestos-ravaged town, questions persist 2010-05-24T15:13:00Z The stillness was complete around, only broken by the cawing of a colony of rooks amongst some distant elms. A Little World The air was perfectly still; one heard each drop falling on the dry leaves, and, from time to time, the crows, very numerous in that locality, cawing in the treetops. A Divided Heart and Other Stories For one instant her eyes flashed, and I felt sure she was going to say: "Take your caws and crows and rooks, and get them to go with you!" Deep Moat Grange The hymn was sung: the choir boys twittered again like sparrows, and, bowing their greetings to one another, the dons cawed gravely like rooks. Sinister Street, vol. 2 A crow flew cawing over a distant field. The Cottage of Delight A Novel The crows, sated with the gleanings of harvest fields, fluttered in their rookeries with scarcely a caw. The Great Discovery The loud cawing of the rooks as they hastened homeward filled the air, but he never once lifted his head to watch them! Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) But the moment they saw a man with a gun, they scattered, cawing, in every direction. Mary Imagine in a mountain’s side a deep, broad ravine, adorned with fine trees, and harmonious with the cawing of rooks and yellow-beaked crows, and the amusing chattering of magpies. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 The carrier turned his horse; and when the sound of the wagonette had died away there was silence except where the stream lapped against the barge and where very far off some rooks were cawing. Plashers Mead A Novel There are days when I feel like turning a blind eye to 'bus number 13, and when a crow, sitting and cawing on the roof of the church opposite, gives me the shivers. The Book of This and That Entirely black, including bill and feet; often seen in flocks; wings appear frayed and ragged in flight; note, a lusty “caw.” Wild Birds in City Parks Being hints on identifying 145 birds, prepared primarily for the spring migration in Lincoln Park, Chicago An army of crows had encamped near by, and the woods rang with their cawing as they carried on an important debate among themselves. Harper's Round Table, August 20, 1895 I hear the cawing of the rooks from out the dark shadows. Windyridge It was a morning of moist winds and rich November sunlight, of pattering leaves and topaz lights, full of sea-gulls' wings and the cawing of rooks. Carnival Just then there was the rustling of wings overhead and a black raven cawed out: "Which of you wants my help, you, oh Mightiest Dragon, or you, Vitazko, the Victorious?" The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales Outside, all was still, except for the cawing of a flock of crows which were hovering over the Rhine. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine A native woman in some unseen hut began to sing, the mail train thundered past on its way to Delhi, and a roosting crow cawed drowsily. International Short Stories English The cawing of the rooks is a shade more mournful than usual, and the grey smoke from the stacks above my head floats languidly on the heavy air. Windyridge Jenny could not bear to see these relations cawing like rooks in a domestic parliament. Carnival “What fun to hear them all croaking and cawing!” Holiday House A Series of Tales This year the crows flap cawing overhead Ha! A Pushcart at the Curb Such a number of rooks came over her head Crying "Caw, caw!" on their way to bed; She said, as she watched their curious flight, "Little black things, good night, good night!" The Bible Story The rooks cawed dismally in the highest branches of the sycamores, the leaves of which were already beginning to fall. Windyridge Caw, caw!" he said; "she sends you greeting, and here is a little roll which she took from the kitchen for you. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series It was a lovely day of early spring, and the thrushes were hopping about the lawn, and the rooks in the great elms were making a prodigious cawing and fuss over their nest-building. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland Then Mr. Crow stepped out into the open, where he could have a fair chance to raise his wings and off he sailed without a single 'caw,' which shows how nervous he really was. The Club at Crow's Corner It began to caw as if speaking to him. Toilers of the Sea It affected her disagreeably when, upon going to the window of sparry gypsum, a raven rose cawing from the marble sill, and flew slowly over the garden with hoarse cries, heavily flapping its wings. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 He stood looking at her for some time, and then he wagged his head and said, "Caw, caw, good day, good day." Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series As his father’s sword, which he wore at his side, clanked on the ground, twelve ravens began cawing from the top of the tree. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales Hark! the new-born lambs are bleating, And the cawing rooks are meeting In the elms,—a noisy crowd; 5 All the birds are singing loud; And the first white butterfly In the sunshine dances by. Graded Poetry: Third Year With them a daw ‘is reckoned a religious bird, Because it keeps a cawing from the steeple.’ The London Pulpit The hawk sails high in the sleepy air, The buzzard on wings as strong and fair Circles and stoops 'neath the lazy cloud, And crows in the wood are cawing aloud. Blooms of the Berry Over the temple cawing flies The crow with carrion in his beak. Song-Surf His silver sword clanked sharply and at its sound twenty-four ravens circled above him, cawed in fright, and flew away. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales The very rooks on the palace roofs soared away, cawing in terror, and the dogs in the kitchens, with their tails between their legs, skulked into hiding places. Francezka Crows caw, while Ravens croak; but to be sure that you have actually seen a Raven he should be with Crows, when the Raven's much larger size is evident. What Bird is That? A Pocket Museum of the Land Birds of the Eastern United States Arranged According to Season Squirrels chattered noisily; jays shrieked their alarm; the lazy caw of a crow was heard from a distance. The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in And I watched the crows, that cawed and cried, Hunting the hawk at the forest-side; The bees that sucked in the blossoms slim, And the wasps that built on the lichened limb. The Garden of Dreams The raven croaks, clucks, caws, chuckles, squalls, pleads, “pooh-poohs,” grunts, barks, mimics small birds, hectors, cajoles—yes, pulls a cork, whets a scythe, files a saw—with his throat. Our Southern Highlanders Crows roosting innumerous on a huge tree—but they caw not in their hunger. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) When the stage-horses stopped to walk, you could hear the crows caw, and the bobolinks singing, in the meadows. The Life of Nancy Birds started singing, mocking birds and cardinals among others, crows could be heard cawing close by as though there might be a hidden bird roost not far distant. Eagles of the Sky With Jack Ralston Along the Air Lanes Lofty arches yawned in the sunlight and a silence as of the grave reigned, broken only by an occasional caw from an inquisitive crow, or the intermittent chattering of apes. Banked Fires In a dark hemlock wood in a valley, the owls were hooting ominously, and the crows dismally cawing. A Year in the Fields Sometimes another sound from the nursery came to my ears,—the caw of an adult, drawn out into a long, earnest "aw-w-w," like admonishing or instructing the now silent olive branches. Upon The Tree-Tops The cawing of the crows rings a mile across the tree tops, but these are the only winter birds one may hear far in the full sunshine. Old Plymouth Trails By degrees he got tired and went slower, and a crow came and perched on his back, and said, “Caw, caw.” Indian Fairy Tales Zac looked for a few moments, as if to see whether it was all right, and then gave a peculiar cry, something like the cawing of a crow, which he repeated three times. The Lily and the Cross A Tale of Acadia Soon they topped the high elms, startling the rooks into noisy cawing, and then, skimming the wall, sailed stealthily on outspread wings across the yard. Jimbo A Fantasy The caw of crows above the treetops, hoarse, desolate, forlorn ... The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 She even hoped she might be mistaken—had made a false interpretation of some entirely different sound; not the cawing of one of those rooks—that was against reason. When Ghost Meets Ghost "What really is the cause of the crow's caws?" The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna or, The Crew That Won The seven ravens said: "Caw, caw," and set off at once in search of her. Fairy Tales from the German Forests She croaked like a Raven, She screeched like an Owl, She cawed like a Crow, She crowed like a Fowl—Oh yes! Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 The crows were cawing over his head as he endeavoured to find the path over the snow-clad fields. Absolution Did you suppose I didn’t really know those two who came into the box, the one who roared and the one who cawed? Aurora the Magnificent "And who fed them, I should like to ask?" said the Crow, with a disagreeable laugh: "Caw, caw, caw!" The Talking Thrush and Other Tales from India Just then she heard to her joy a "caw caw," seven times repeated, and there she saw her dear ravens sitting on a tree just outside the garden. Fairy Tales from the German Forests At the close there is a universal caw, which I believe stands for "Amen." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 19 April 1890 The wind whirled round them, and a flock of ravens, startled at their approach, flew out of the furrows screeching and cawing just over their heads. Absolution The black domino, with a shrug of the shoulders and a gesture of black-gloved hands excusing the limitations of a bird, answered by a simple caw. Aurora the Magnificent "Caw, caw, caw!" said the Crow, "you understand me." The Talking Thrush and Other Tales from India The raven was making awkward attempts to fly and cawing "Go to, now!" every other second. The Royal Book of Oz In which the Scarecrow goes to search for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island Every Saturday he assembles all the rooks on one large tree, and caws solemnly to them for ten minutes. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 19 April 1890 The stark desolateness of the place was enhanced by the wild cawing of the gulls and the mournful booming of the sea upon the reef. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story At which the whole colony set up a—caw! The Adventures of A Brownie As Told to My Child by Miss Mulock Jack made a speech and the jury cawed back at him, and after a time appeared to acquit Jack! Ways of Nature Over the bridge the still stork stands, The crow caws not in the pine. Many Gods The sounds uttered by this bird are very peculiar, resembling somewhat the cawing of the Raven, but change gradually to a varied scale in musical gradations, like he, hi, ho, how! Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 1 January, 1897 Why, that old crow just flopped down there for fun, and when he saw the queer-looking girl, he cawed as if it made him mad, and I didn't blame him. Dorothy Dainty at the Mountains And in one tree sat a raven, beating his wings and cawing loudly. The Chinese Fairy Book One of them uttered a peculiar caw as they saw me, but they did not fly away. Ways of Nature And over all a pale cobalt sky, and a snow-covered hill, where, in the woods, crows sat cawing on the taller trees, and a slow goshawk sailed. The Crimson Tide A Novel Yet the cawing of rooks usually produces in people feelings of a grateful kind—feelings which most of them suppose to result from the quality of the sound itself. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I You would hear the crickets chirping, crows cawing, and squirrels barking in the woods.” Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance His curiosity was excited by the way in which numerous rooks stood about a field cawing loudly. The Industries of Animals The crow has many caws, that no doubt convey various meanings. Ways of Nature Just then the crow appeared, and, with a polite "caw, caw," said, "You have saved my life: now I will show you my gratitude." The Two Story Mittens and the Little Play Mittens Being the Fourth Book of the Series The cawing of rooks is not in itself an agreeable sound: musically considered, it is very much the contrary. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I She hides a crow between her claws, Too tight to hear the “caw cah caw’s”. FreeChildrenStories.com Collection A Crow that lived on a tree by a great city in the East thought that the day dawned because of his cawing. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales The rising of a body of them in the air, the circling and cawing, may be an instinctive act to advertise the meeting to all the crows within sight or hearing. Ways of Nature The crow flew off with a "caw, caw," and then spoke like a human being, saying, "Thank you; I will repay you." The Two Story Mittens and the Little Play Mittens Being the Fourth Book of the Series They cawed a little louder when they discovered the intruder, then began in a straggling manner to fly away. Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Only a flight of rooks breaks the even line of the sky; their cawing alone makes at times a weird accompaniment to the chanting of the Litany. A Bride of the Plains “Caw, caw,” said a big raven that hopped on the stone in front of her. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Only the earliest sparrows were twittering; in the trees only the most wakeful rooks were uttering tentative caws. The Wild Geese When it is hungry it "caws" till we go out and feed it. Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly He knew what the chatter of the squirrels meant, and the caw of the crows. The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts A dozen cawing crows flew over the camp. Shaman This he said deceitfully; but the raven, anxious to refute the reflection cast upon her voice, set up a loud caw, and dropped the cheese. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales In autumn the partridges whirred up, birds in flocks blew like spray across the fallow, rooks appeared on the grey, watery heavens, and flew cawing into the winter. The Rainbow The rooks, those staunch adherents to old family abodes, still hovered and cawed about their hereditary nests. From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services And whenever she entered the room where he was he would say, "Caw—caw!" to her, in pleading tones, until she picked him up or took some notice of him. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland “Listen to the crows cawing as they fly overhead,” said Jud, presently. The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats Some knave of my kind must have cawed and helped the sun up!” Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales The cawing of crows just above their heads awoke them early next morning. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill A crow sat upon the dead limb of a sycamore, and cawed, and cawed, in noisy unrest. The Love Story of Abner Stone Caw! caw! caw!" he chuckled hoarsely; "what do I care what you say about me? Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland The idea of a crow being able to play on anything, when they make such a horrid noise cawing! Harper's Young People, February 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly First he looked up at the crows, and counted them as they passed overhead cawing ominously—one—two—three—four—five! The Maids of Paradise Before they begin to eat, they arrange themselves in a solemn row, as if holding a council, and "caw" in a very wise manner. The Nursery, April 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 4 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers The rook he cawed, and he hummed and hawed, And muttered, "What matter, what matter?" Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors For Young Folks For the last time the squirrels have swung from his boughs: for the last time the rooks have sailed and cawed about his proud old head. Anthony Lyveden All of a sudden Ellie was startled by a loud "caw." Harper's Young People, February 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly I listened, and heard the cawing of rooks, the neighing of horses, and the lowing of cattle. The Birthright The rooks are cawing in the elms, the cuckoo's note has been heard in the spinney for some time before these little visitors pass in jerky flight up and down the valley. Birds in the Calendar It bulged on a rock, and the waves rushed in fast: Round and round flew the Raven and cawed to the blast. The Children's Garland from the Best Poets There were snow and frost in the mornings still, but the roads were getting dark, and there were rooks cawing above them. The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories High overhead the rooks, who were wiser than men, went cawing home to their squatting-places among the elms. Tales of Space and Time Thus while the rooks cawed in their joy and the dogs barked I lay, while my little maid sat by my side, and told me the things which my heart yearned to know. The Birthright This note is of course the promise of a "caw," but the a is flattened to the sound of a in bar, which makes it a ludicrous caricature of our own first utterances. Little Brothers of the Air Caw, caw," he said, "she sends you greeting, and here is a little roll which she took from the kitchen for you; there is plenty of bread there, and she thinks you must be hungry. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Kilgobbin Park lay outside with the rooks cawing in the trees, miles of park land across which the dusk was coming, blotting out all things from Arranakilty to the Slieve Bloom Mountains. The Ghost Girl The sky began to grow red toward the west once more, and the cawing rooks flew homeward, past the window where Percival sat waiting vainly for the summons which did not come. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 At times the sharp cawing of black crows mingles with the croaking, and of course other birds have their say as well, in the bright mornings and dreamy eves. The Cornwall Coast From behind the Scout with the flags now came the call of a crow—caw, caw, caw! The Boy Scout Automobilists or, Jack Danby in the Woods Crows and magpies fluttered about them, and cried, as if in contempt, 'Caw, caw, turned out of our nest—caw, caw,' as they had done in the wood at Borreby, when the trees were felled. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen The bird in the Rose of Sharon bush that she had taken for a thrush—why, the thing cawed like a crow. Judith of the Cumberlands The fish crow, a smaller cousin of the big black fellow, also nests here, easily known by his shriller, higher caw. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year Every rook within a mile flew from its eyrie and cawed strenuously. The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley Simon entered the gorge, and carrying his fingers to his lips made a noise that sounded like the hoarse caw of a crow. The Son of Monte-Cristo A solitary crow flew across the sky, and cawed out its guttural note. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time The Crow flew o'er an old oak tree; 'Caw me,' he croaked, 'and I'll caw thee.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy "I know all the birds say when they twitter and chirp, caw and coo, gobble and cluck." Europa's Fairy Book There was nothing to be heard but cawing. Granny's Wonderful Chair The twenty crows flew back through the forest, cawing mournfully. Tales of Folk and Fairies The tops of the trees were filled with birds, cawing and uttering a chaos of cries. In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk Perhaps the drowsy, distant sounds—the cawing of crows far away, the almost inaudible rattle of a mowing machine, and the unvarying gurgle of the brook near at hand—had softened Miss Tucker's temper. Duffels The rooks cawed in the glen, there was a hot hum of bees, and a company of starlings passed overhead, glittering in the sunlight like the scales of a herring. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 "All together for the good caws!" shrieked the King Crow, and with a great flapping of wings the birds rose into the air. Little Wizard Stories of Oz “Caw!” said the mother; “We caw,” said the six: So they cawed and they cawed In their nest built of sticks. Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk Then a rook went over and cawed, and Bevis, looking up at the bird, caught a glimpse of the swing over the wall—it stood under the sycamore tree. Wood Magic A Fable The rooks cawed from their citadel—to venture abroad was out of the question, lest the rogues should be surprised in some act of depredation, and suffer damage thereby. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Away in the park some rooks cawed fussily over the choice of their night quarters. Queensland Cousins If you try to get near him, he will fly away, saying "Caw, caw, caw!" The Nursery, September 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 3 When she cawed she dropped the cheese and the Fox ran away with it. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide "Hum! haw! caw!" said the rook, "I do not know about that." Wood Magic A Fable Two rooks flew over the Cathedral Close, and as they neared the old square Norman tower they cawed in a sneering way. The Queen's Scarlet The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne Mr. Crow cawed so angrily that a dozen of his cronies flew over from the woods to see what was going on. The Tale of Grunty Pig Slumber-Town Tales Caw! caw! caw! and how busy they are! Harry's Ladder to Learning A. No. He knew she could only caw. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide For he was as big and as black as his father and mother, who were with him; and yet he kept on cawing to them to stuff his beak with sweets. Wood Magic A Fable And when he was well up in the air he gave a glum caw, caw as he wheeled and sailed away down the wind. The Tale of Snowball Lamb Swallows perch in envious silence on the chimney pots, and the crows caw in sullen despair from the hedgerows. High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France Said the Crow "Caw, caw, I never have seen Such a one myself, And I am, I am sure Longer in the world." The Boy Who Knew What The Birds Said Then Mr. Crow said that some of his wild relatives had been cawing about lately, and that was a sign, too. Hollow Tree Nights and Days Bevis ran along the hill in the same direction they were going, shouting and waving his hand to them, and they cawed to him in return. Wood Magic A Fable Far down the valley he could hear old Mr. Crow's warning caw, caw, telling him again to beware of Johnnie Green. The Tale of Snowball Lamb Save for the occasional belated cawing of some rooks in the trees which shadowed the graveyard, no sound reached him at all. The Northern Iron The only sign of life about the old castle or the uninhabited island was given by two or three jackdaws that wheeled about overhead, and cawed harshly in resentment of this intrusion. The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols Twice she turned her head, intensely alert, but there was no sound save the cawing of crows winging across the deepening crimson in the west. Special Messenger Jimmy Crow hopped about him and chuckled softly, "Caw, caw!" hen giggled and cried out, "Jimmy-Jimmy wants a !" "Oh, yes," said Jack, "let's give Jimmy a , and see where he takes it." Jimmy Crow One day last year, with hems and haws and sidelong steps and nervous caws, the crows came mincing forth to mail gay valentines, you know. Zodiac Town The Rhymes of Amos and Ann In the animal kingdom, the robin becomes grey and old at ten years of age; the rook caws lustily until a hundred. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother In front of him lay the town, desolate, appalling, with a few rooks cawing discordantly round the windowless houses. No Man's Land There was a silence save for the cawing of the rooks, ring of the axe, and grinding of wheels on the gravel. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance There was something in the toe. held it up and shook it, and out fell—the top! flapped his and cried "Caw, caw!" Jimmy Crow It might have been the same crow that in other days called to me, now cawing his welcome. David Malcolm It's too sweet," said he, "and I prefer the cawing of crows and the croaking of ravens. The Cat in Grandfather's House There was a racket like a flock of crows eating a bunch of canaries—whistles, cackles, caws, trills, and what have you. A Martian Odyssey Now they circled restlessly above that shaded spot; then darted off, a cloud against the sky, and returned with renewed cawing and discord. Under the Rose Then the Crow comes out, hopping, flopping, cawing. Woodland Tales In the stillness of the forest they heard nothing but the songs of the birds, broken occasionally by the caw of a crow or the tapping of a woodpecker. The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp A sound of rooks faintly cawing, of sea-gulls crying far up in the sky, and of dogs barking at a great distance rose up out of the general murmur of evening voices. Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Mystic-Humorous Stories They heard the evening cawing of crows, and the waters rushing with a wilder wash on the beach. Marianson From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 Imagine in a mountain-side a deep, broad ravine adorned with fine trees and alive with the cawing of rooks and yellow-beaked crows and the amusing chatter of magpies. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole The swan, like the gander I before mentioned, dragged the felon towards the lake, and plunging him under water, held him there till his caws sounded no longer. Stories of Animal Sagacity An immense flock of crows flew up from the plain and seemed to be following him, filling the heavens with their cawing. The Dean's Watch Safety lay in flight and shelter where the crows could not reach her, and would finally caw themselves hoarse and tired, and at last depart. Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State No need of that, for the elder had caught the sound—a faint and apparently distant cawing of a crow from some lofty tree-top. The Phantom of the River Hark! the new-born lambs are bleating, And the cawing rooks are meeting In the elms,—a noisy crowd; All the birds are singing loud; And the first white butterfly In the sunshine dances by. The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children The crow cawed in return, but kept carefully beyond reach of his hand; showing that, having enjoyed a free existence, it did not intend to submit again to captivity. Stories of Animal Sagacity The oriole, the swallow, the sparrow, the cawing crow, the chipmuck, or the squirrel will not desert him. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy It's all for me, for me— Caw, caw, caw! Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State The oppressive stillness that held reign throughout the forest on that sultry summer afternoon enabled the two men to hear the cawing with unmistakable distinctness. The Phantom of the River Such a number of rooks came over her head Crying, "Caw, caw!" on their way to bed; She said, as she watched their curious flight, "Little black things, good-night, good-night!" The Posy Ring A Book of Verse for Children All round is the cawing of rooks, as they sail majestically back to their nests, grave and cheerful with their abundance of food and their security of tenure. Lynton and Lynmouth A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland The old man sat with bent head “a-studyin’,” then nodded, then fell into a deep sleep, soothed by the silence, which reigned unbroken save for the distant cawing of a crow. Plantation Sketches Tuesday, October 12.—The cawing of the crow resounds among the woods. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 While the words were in the mouth of Boone, the soft, faint cawing of the crow was heard for the fifth time. The Phantom of the River "Must have been a crow cawing, or a gray squirrel barking," suggested Ethan. Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys The Birch Bark Lodge He was almost upon the hindermost, when he crossed the path of a rook, who rose at him, cawing angrily, and was immediately joined by two or three others, who rose from the trees. Lynton and Lynmouth A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland A gull was circling over the cove, and a black crow cawed dismally from the top branch of a tall spruce. Frank Merriwell's Cruise Tales are delightful as tales—sweet as primroses after the long winter, restful as the cawing of rooks at sunset. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly The faint cawing of a crow, as if calling from the upper branches of a tree to his mate, floated across the Ohio to the startled ears of the listening Kenton. The Phantom of the River All the air was dreamy, the sun sloping to the west, the crows cawing in the mountain clearings. The Long Roll A little wind that moaned among the boulders, and the cawing of unseen, horrible birds.... The Wind Bloweth The grey church tower peeping above the lime trees, and the rooks cawing and wheeling above the old trees. The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent A Complete Course of 66 Short Sermons, or Full Sermon Outlines for Each Sunday, and Some Chief Holy Days of the Christian Year |
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