Food of the Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm, in South-central Kansas

"Food of the Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm, in South-central Kansas" by Dwight R. Platt is a mid-20th century scientific publication from the University of Kansas that explores what crows eat in south-central Kansas. By studying what the crows cough up in their pellets, they figured out they ate mostly plants like wheat, sorghum, and sunflower seeds, but also lots of beetles and grasshoppers. The research shows how the crow’s diet changes with the seasons and how they help out by eating bugs, even though they also eat some crops; the book uncovers how they balanced eating grains while controlling bad bugs, showing their importance to the local environment.