Thousands of eerie black birds have descended on Mansfield. Some soared in on feathers. Others are shaped from clay or paint.

We have all been there: It’s like 5 a.m. and you are rudely awoken from a deep slumber by the annoying and relentless sound of a crow cawing outside your house. You lay there in bed annoyed, listening ...

For Susan Johanson of Bucktown, morning is a time to sip coffee on the deck and listen to the birds sing. The loud, raspy cawing of crows is not what she has in mind. Yet lately, it seems like that's ...