caw
noun
the harsh, grating cry of the crow, raven, etc.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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A crow is cawing in a tree, and looks with beady eyes below.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 by Various